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