William Benedict
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Sting (1973)
as Roulette Dealer
The Killing (1956)
as American Airlines Clerk
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
as News Vendor (uncredited)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
as David's Caddy (uncredited)
Funny Girl (1968)
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Lover Come Back (1961)
as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
as Greene (uncredited)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as Simpson
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Johnny
After the Thin Man (1936)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Great Guns (1941)
as Recruit at Corral
The Talk of the Town (1942)
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Big Daddy (1969)
Actor
Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
The Glass Key (1942)
as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
as Whitey Murphy
Tramp Trouble (1937)
as Young Bindlestiff
The Hanging Tree (1959)
as Trapper (uncredited)
Young People (1940)
as Boy (uncredited)
Without Reservations (1946)
as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
as Telegraph Office Manager
The Last Gangster (1937)
as Freddy the Office Boy
Live Wires (1946)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Newsboy #2 (uncredited)
Flying Fists (1937)
as Monk, Tall Kid
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
Second Chorus (1941)
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
as Man on Bus
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Busboy (uncredited)
Bowery Boy (1940)
as (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Actor
Triple Trouble (1950)
as Whitey, Bowery Boy
Captain January (1936)
as Telegram Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
as Albert
Way Down East (1935)
as Amos
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
Follow the Boys (1944)
as Joe (uncredited)
Crack-Up (1936)
as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
One More Tomorrow (1946)
as Stinky
The Hucksters (1947)
as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
Gay Blades (1946)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill (1941)
as Singing Telegram Boy
Dear Heart (1965)
as Stu
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
A Night to Remember (1942)
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Computercide (1982)
as Elderly Man
The Over the Hill Gang (1969)
as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
as Singing Telegraph Boy
Give Us Wings (1940)
as Link (as Billy Benedict)
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Barker (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
as Jig
The Great McGinty (1940)
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
Bride of the Monster (1955)
as Newsboy
The Whistler (1944)
as The Deafmute (Uncredited)
Cop on the Beat (1975)
as Lennie
Laughing at Trouble (1936)
as Wilbur
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
as Benny
Let's Go Navy! (1951)
as Whitey
Call Her Mom (1972)
as Mr. Feigelbaum
I Met My Love Again (1938)
as Billy (uncredited)
Blonde Dynamite (1950)
as Whitey
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
as Bellboy
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Tour Guide
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
as Office Boy
The Witness Chair (1936)
as Benny Ryan
Aerial Gunner (1943)
as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988)
as Gus Morton
Lucky Partners (1940)
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Dirt Gang (1972)
as Station Attendant
Jesse James at Bay (1941)
as Young Davis
The Powers Girl (1943)
as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
The Dead Don't Die (1975)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
In Fast Company (1946)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
On the Sunny Side (1942)
as Messenger
Janie (1944)
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Lucky Losers (1950)
as Whitey
Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)
as Whitey
There's Always a Woman (1938)
as Bellboy
College Scandal (1935)
as 'Penny' Parker
Goldie and the Boxer (1979)
as Old Man
The Lottery (1969)
as Joe Summers
Rogue's Gallery (1968)
as Jocko (as William Benedict)
Cadet Girl (1941)
as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
as Dan Withers
Bad Boy (1935)
as Grocery Clerk
Get Hep to Love (1942)
as Soda Jerk
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
as Bellboy
Code of the Streets (1939)
as Trouble
Jinx Money (1948)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Say It in French (1938)
as Midget Car Driver
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Lem (uncredited)
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
as Breck
Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
as Bellboy
Angels' Alley (1948)
as Whitey
Bowery Buckaroos (1947)
as Whitey
Melody Ranch (1940)
as Slim
Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
as Messenger (uncredited)
Do You Love Me (1946)
as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Your Uncle Dudley (1935)
as Cyril Church
Legion of the Lawless (1940)
as Eddie
Stage to Chino (1940)
as Happy (uncredited)
Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
as Ice Cream Man
Docks of New York (1945)
as Skinny
Ramona (1936)
as Joseph Hyar
People Are Funny (1946)
as NBC Usher
Nobody's Darling (1943)
as Sammy (uncredited)
Rhythm on the River (1940)
as Elevator Boy
I Live on Danger (1942)
as Bellboy (uncredited)
The Country Doctor (1936)
as The Gawker
Whispering Footsteps (1943)
as Jerry Murphy
Time Out for Rhythm (1941)
as Messenger (uncredited)
All by Myself (1943)
as Telegraph Messenger
The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
as Telegram Delivery Boy
Doubting Thomas (1935)
as Caddie
Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
as Pesky (uncredited)
Bowery Battalion (1951)
as Whitey
Hold That Kiss (1938)
as Delivery Boy
Million Dollar Kid (1944)
as Skinny
Born Again (1978)
as Leon Jaworski
The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)
as Bellboy (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
as Flash
The Mad Doctor (1940)
as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
Walking Down Broadway (1938)
as Eddie
The Adventures of Nick Carter (1972)
as Newsboy
Spook Busters (1946)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Secret Service Investigator (1948)
as Counterman
Heart of the Golden West (1942)
as Telegraph Messenger
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
as Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
Smuggler's Cove (1948)
as Whitey
Home in Wyomin' (1942)
as Usher (uncredited)
News Hounds (1947)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
And One Was Beautiful (1940)
as Delivery Man
Night Wind (1948)
as Irv Bennett
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
as Freckles
Grand Ole Opry (1940)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines (1941)
as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
In Old Cheyenne (1941)
as Train Vendor
Hold That Co-ed (1938)
as Sylvester
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
as Office Boy
Bowery Bombshell (1946)
as Whitey
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
as Spud
Wildcat (1942)
as Bud Smithers
Trouble Makers (1948)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Perils of Nyoka (1942)
as Red Davis
Clancy Street Boys (1943)
as Butch
Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
as Whitey
Master Minds (1949)
as Whitey
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
as Willie (uncredited)
Fighting Fools (1949)
as Whitey
Mr. Hex (1946)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Newsboys' Home (1938)
as Trouble
Little Tough Guys in Society (1938)
as Trouble
Follow the Leader (1944)
as Spider O'Brien
Hollywood and Vine (1945)
as Joe the Newsboy
Young Fugitives (1938)
as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
as Pinky
King of the Newsboys (1938)
as Squimpy
The Secret Sharer (1973)
as Mr. Burns
Ghost Chasers (1951)
as Whitey
Bowery Champs (1944)
as Skinny
Crazy Over Horses (1951)
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
That I May Live (1937)
as Kurt Plivens
Mobs, Inc. (1956)
as Telegraph Boy
Come Out Fighting (1945)
as Skinny
Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945)
as Skinny
Block Busters (1944)
as Butch
I Won't Play (1944)
as Florida
Blues Busters (1950)
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
They Live in Fear (1944)
as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
Hold That Baby! (1949)
as Whitey
$10 Raise (1935)
as Jimmy
Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)
as Zombie Parker
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter (2020)
as Himself
Angels in Disguise (1949)
as Whitey
Riders of the Pony Express (1949)
as Eddie Lund
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
as Theatre Usher
Tuxedo Junction (1941)
as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
M'Liss (1936)
as Archer Morpher
That's My Baby! (1944)
as Office boy
Moonlight in Vermont (1943)
as Abel
What Am I Bid? (1967)
as Clem (as Bill Benedict)