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