William Benedict

William Benedict

Acting 1917-04-16 Haskell, Oklahoma, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Benedict (April 16, 1917 – November 25, 1999) was an American actor, perhaps best known for playing "Whitey" in Monogram Pictures' The Bowery Boys series. Born in Haskell, Oklahoma, he took part in school theatricals, and on leaving school he made his way to Hollywood. His first film was $10 Raise (1935) starring Edward Everett Horton, which launched Benedict on a busy career. The blond-haired Benedict almost always played juvenile roles, such as newsboys, messengers, office boys, and farmhands. In 1939, when Universal Pictures began its Little Tough Guys series to compete with the popular Dead End Kids features, Billy Benedict was recruited into the cast. These films led him into the similar East Side Kids movies (usually playing a member of the East Side gang, but occasionally in villainous roles). The East Side Kids became The Bowery Boys in 1946, and Benedict stayed with the series (as "Whitey") through the end of 1951. Other films included My Little Chickadee (1940) starring W. C. Fields and Mae West, The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster (1955), The Sting (1973) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Benedict never shook his juvenile image completely, and continued to play messengers and news vendors well into his sixties. He also worked often in television commercials.

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1988 Gus Morton
1982 Elderly Man
1979 Old Man
1978 Leon Jaworski
1977 Vic
1976 Telegraph Office Manager
1976 Man on Bus
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1976 Emmett Winston, Esq.
1975 Lennie
1975 Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1975 Scavenger
1973 Roulette Dealer
1973 Mr. Burns
1973 Prescott
1972 Station Attendant
1972 Mr. Feigelbaum
1972
1971 Jimmy McNab
1969 News Vendor (uncredited)
1969 Joe Summers
1969
1969 Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
1969 Card Player
1968 Jocko (as William Benedict)
1968 Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1968 Deliveryman
1968 Villager Peabody
1968 Bill White
1968 Uncle Whitmore
1968 Pet Shop Owner
1967 Clem (as Bill Benedict)
1967
1967
1967 Telegrapher
1966 Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
1966 Denver
1966 Old Man
1965 Simpson
1965 Stu
1965 Cleaning Man
1965
1965 Farley
1963 Willie
1961 Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1959 Trapper (uncredited)
1959 Conklin
1957 Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1956 American Airlines Clerk
1956 Telegraph Boy
1955 Gus
1955
1954
1953 Albert
1951 Whitey (as William Benedict)
1951 Whitey
1951 Whitey
1951 Whitey
1951
1951 Degnan
1950 Whitey, Bowery Boy
1950 Whitey
1950 Whitey
1950 Whitey (as William Benedict)
1949 Whitey
1949 Whitey
1949 Whitey
1949 Whitey
1949 Eddie Lund
1948 Whitey
1948 Whitey
1948 Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1948 Irv Bennett
1948 Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1948 Counterman
1947 Bellboy
1947 Whitey
1947 Whitey
1947 Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947 Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
1947 Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1947 Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
1946 Bellboy (uncredited)
1946 Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1946 Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946 Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1946 Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946 Whitey
1946 NBC Usher
1946 Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946 Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946 Newsboy (uncredited)
1946 Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1946 Stinky
1946 Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1946 Newsboy (uncredited)
1945 Pesky (uncredited)
1945 Skinny
1945 Skinny
1945 Skinny
1945 Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
1945 Joe the Newsboy
1944 Florida
1944 Spider O'Brien
1944 Office boy
1944 Skinny
1944 Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
1944 The Deafmute (Uncredited)
1944 Butch
1944 Skinny
1944 Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1944 Joe (uncredited)
1943 Sammy (uncredited)
1943 Butch
1943 Zombie Parker
1943 Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
1943 Greene (uncredited)
1943 Benny
1943 Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
1943 Telegraph Messenger
1943 Pinky
1943 Busboy (uncredited)
1943 Jerry Murphy
1943 Abel
1942 Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1942 Bellboy (uncredited)
1942 Bud Smithers
1942 Theatre Usher
1942 Red Davis
1942 Whitey
1942 Usher (uncredited)
1942 Telegraph Messenger
1942 Soda Jerk
1942 Messenger
1942 Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1942 Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
1942 Barker (uncredited)
1942 Messenger (uncredited)
1941 Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
1941 Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
1941 Ice Cream Man
1941 Telegram Delivery Boy
1941 Recruit at Corral
1941 Messenger (uncredited)
1941 Singing Telegram Boy
1941 Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1941 Train Vendor
1941 Young Davis
1941 Jig
1941 Office Boy
1941 Singing Telegraph Boy
1941 Whitey Murphy
1941 Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
1940 Farm Boy (uncredited)
1940 Boy (uncredited)
1940 Happy (uncredited)
1940 Eddie
1940 Lem (uncredited)
1940 Dan Withers
1940 Delivery Man
1940 Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1940 Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
1940 Elevator Boy
1940 Slim
1940 Link (as Billy Benedict)
1940 Newsboy (uncredited)
1940 (uncredited)
1939 Office Boy
1939 Tour Guide
1939 Trouble
1938 David's Caddy (uncredited)
1938 Delivery Boy
1938 Sylvester
1938 Squimpy
1938 Trouble
1938 Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
1938 Billy (uncredited)
1938 Midget Car Driver
1938 Eddie
1938 Bellboy
1937 Freddy the Office Boy
1937 Kurt Plivens
1937 Young Bindlestiff
1937 Monk, Tall Kid
1937 Freckles
1937 Bellboy
1937 Copy Boy (uncredited)
1937 Spud
1936 Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
1936 Telegram Delivery Boy
1936 Joseph Hyar
1936 Newsboy (uncredited)
1936 Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
1936 The Gawker
1936 Archer Morpher
1936 Wilbur
1936 Benny Ryan
1936 Joe
1936 Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
1935 Jimmy
1935 Amos
1935 'Penny' Parker
1935 Caddie
1935 Willie (uncredited)
1935 Breck
1935 Cyril Church
1935 Flash
1935 Grocery Clerk
1935 Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight