Nat Pendleton
Age: N/A | From: Davenport, Iowa, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Nathaniel Greene Pendleton , Nathaniel Greene "Nat" Pendleton
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Davenport, Iowa, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 56
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Nathaniel Greene 'Nat' Pendleton was an American former Olympic wrestler turned actor. Two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champion (1914-1915) in the 175-lb. class at Columbia University, Pendleton graduated Class of 1916. He wrestled for the United States at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, earning a silver medal, losing only one match due to a controversial point decision. After the Games he became a professional wrestler and was a big fan favorite, which led to Hollywood. In the 1920 census he was living in Manhattan with his first wife Juanita Alfonzo (age 22) and her brother Ramon Alfonso (age 13). He was working as a sports manager. Pendleton was usually cast as a circus strongman, brutish thug, dumb cop, or dense buffoon, but he had a college degree and in 1933 wrote the script for Deception (1932), in which he starred - not surprisingly - as a wrestler. Upon his death from a heart attack, his remains were interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California. Nat Pendleton was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame inaugural class in 2006.
Most Famous Work
Baby Face
(1933) Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
The Great Ziegfeld
(1936) Sandow
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934) Spud
The Sign of the Cross
(1932) Strabo
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
(1943) Joe Weyman
Northwest Passage
(1940) 'Cap' Huff
Death Valley
(1946) Jim Ward
The Beast of the City
(1932) Abe Gorman (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | Bill Raymond (archive footage) | |
| 1965 | Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage) | |
| 1964 | (archive footage) | |
| 1954 | Self | |
| 1947 | Sgt. Michael Collins | |
| Bill 'Bull' Raymond | ||
| 1946 | Jim Ward | |
| 1943 | 'Killer' Kennedy | |
| Joe Weyman | ||
| 1942 | Joe Weyman | |
| Joe Weyman | ||
| Red Hogan | ||
| Sonny McGann | ||
| 1941 | Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan | |
| Sgt. Michael Collins | ||
| 1940 | C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles | |
| Joe Wayman | ||
| Joe Wayman | ||
| 'Fatso' Werner | ||
| Bondsman | ||
| 'Gunboat' Jacklin | ||
| Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver | ||
| Roscoe | ||
| 'Cap' Huff | ||
| 1939 | Joe Wayman | |
| John Guild | ||
| Goliath | ||
| Mr. Grimes | ||
| Socks Martin | ||
| Sergeant Fred Koretz | ||
| Joe Wayman | ||
| Buddy Buttle | ||
| 1938 | Joe (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Joe Wayman | ||
| 'Pug' Walsh | ||
| Floppy Phil | ||
| 'Dice' | ||
| Paul Terison | ||
| Joe Doyle | ||
| Joe Skopapolous | ||
| 1937 | George Black | |
| Smiles Hogan | ||
| Benvenuto Romandi | ||
| Police Sgt. Lucks | ||
| 1936 | Rocky | |
| Flynn | ||
| 'Steamer' Krupp | ||
| Rocky O'Neil | ||
| Sandow | ||
| Sergeant Ernest Heath | ||
| 1935 | Henry Potke | |
| 'Piccolo Pete' | ||
| Knuckles Benedict | ||
| 'Spud' Burke | ||
| Blossom | ||
| Rocky Bannister | ||
| Mack | ||
| 1934 | William T. 'Shoots' Magiz | |
| 'Truck' Hogan | ||
| Skippy | ||
| Strozzi | ||
| Life Guard | ||
| Rocky | ||
| Inspector John Guild | ||
| Spud | ||
| T. Fenny Sylvester | ||
| Alfred 'Tiny' Smith | ||
| Legs Caffey | ||
| 1933 | Petrowski | |
| Big Mike | ||
| Harry (uncredited) | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| Tony Gazotti | ||
| Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited) | ||
| Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited) | ||
| Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer | ||
| Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Motorcycle Officer Cassidy | ||
| Joe Salvatore | ||
| 1932 | Wrestler (uncredited) | |
| Strabo | ||
| Bucky O'Neill | ||
| Mike McDougal | ||
| Maniac Killer | ||
| MacHardie (uncredited) | ||
| 'Killer' Delmar | ||
| Joe - Jealous Husband | ||
| Mugg Malone | ||
| Kid Melrose (uncredited) | ||
| Bouncer | ||
| Kelly - Naughty Boy | ||
| Abe Gorman (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | Bull Martin (uncredited) | |
| Lady Godiva's Husband | ||
| Gunner - Bodyguard | ||
| Assistant Coach | ||
| Hank aka Pete | ||
| Board Member (uncredited) | ||
| Big Jack | ||
| Purvis | ||
| 1930 | Chef (uncredited) | |
| Smoke | ||
| Bossamer | ||
| Pat O'Day | ||
| 1929 | James Dugan | |
| 1926 | Jimmy | |
| 1924 | Bud Means | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |