William Benedict
Age: 82 | From: Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1917-04-16 17:50:32
Death: 1999-11-25 17:50:32
Aliases: William 'Billy' Benedict , Bill Benedict , Billy Benedict
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
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Movie Involvements: 72
TV Involvements: 12
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
The Twilight Zone
(1959) Conklin
Adam-12
(1968) Bill White
Wagon Train
(1957) Wagon Train Member
Gunsmoke
(1955) Gus
Mission: Impossible
(1966) Denver
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
(1960) Joe
Police Story
(1973) Prescott
Honey West
(1965) FarleyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Gus Morton | |
| 1984 | N/A | |
| 1982 | Elderly Man | |
| 1981 | N/A | |
| 1979 | Old Man | |
| 1978 | Leon Jaworski | |
| 1977 | Vic | |
| 1976 | Telegraph Office Manager | |
| N/A | ||
| Man on Bus | ||
| 1975 | Scavenger | |
| N/A | ||
| Lennie | ||
| Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1973 | Roulette Dealer | |
| N/A | ||
| Prescott | ||
| 1972 | Station Attendant | |
| N/A | ||
| Newsboy | ||
| Mr. Feigelbaum | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Jimmy McNab | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| 1969 | News Vendor (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Joe Summers | ||
| 1968 | Pet Shop Owner | |
| Uncle Whitmore | ||
| Deliveryman | ||
| Villager Peabody | ||
| Bill White | ||
| Western Union Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Jocko (as William Benedict) | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Clem (as Bill Benedict) | ||
| 1966 | Denver | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited) | ||
| 1965 | Cleaning Man | |
| Farley | ||
| Simpson | ||
| Stu | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| 1963 | Willie | |
| 1961 | Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited) | |
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Joe | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Conklin | ||
| Trapper (uncredited) | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| 1957 | Wagon Train Member | |
| 1956 | N/A | |
| American Airlines Clerk | ||
| Telegraph Boy | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Gus | ||
| Newsboy | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 1953 | Albert | |
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | Degnan | |
| N/A | ||
| Whitey (as William Benedict) | ||
| Whitey | ||
| Whitey | ||
| N/A | ||
| Whitey | ||
| 1950 | Whitey (as William Benedict) | |
| Whitey, Bowery Boy | ||
| Whitey | ||
| Whitey | ||
| 1949 | Whitey | |
| Whitey | ||
| Whitey | ||
| Eddie Lund | ||
| Whitey | ||
| 1948 | Whitey (as Billy Benedict) | |
| Whitey | ||
| Irv Bennett | ||
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict) | ||
| Counterman | ||
| Whitey | ||
| 1947 | Whitey | |
| Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited) | ||
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict) | ||
| Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited) | ||
| Whitey | ||
| Bellboy | ||
| 1946 | Whitey (as Billy Benedict) | |
| Messenger Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict) | ||
| Whitey | ||
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict) | ||
| Stinky | ||
| Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Newsboy | ||
| Bellboy (uncredited) | ||
| Second Newsboy (uncredited) | ||
| Newsboy (uncredited) | ||
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict) | ||
| NBC Usher | ||
| 1945 | Skinny | |
| Skinny | ||
| Pvt. Whitey (uncredited) | ||
| Joe the Newsboy | ||
| Skinny | ||
| Pesky (uncredited) | ||
| 1944 | Skinny | |
| Florida | ||
| Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited) | ||
| Office boy | ||
| Soda Jerk (uncredited) | ||
| Butch | ||
| Spider O'Brien | ||
| The Deafmute (Uncredited) | ||
| Skinny | ||
| 1943 | Jerry Murphy | |
| Abel | ||
| Pinky | ||
| Zombie Parker | ||
| Sammy (uncredited) | ||
| Benny | ||
| Telegraph Messenger | ||
| Butch | ||
| Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell | ||
| Green (uncredited) | ||
| Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Messenger Boy | |
| Telegraph Messenger | ||
| Soda Jerk | ||
| Theatre Usher | ||
| Farr's Receptionist (uncredited) | ||
| Bud Smithers | ||
| Western Union Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Whitey | ||
| Red Davis | ||
| Bellboy (uncredited) | ||
| Usher (uncredited) | ||
| Bellboy | ||
| N/A | ||
| Messenger | ||
| 1941 | Ice Cream Man | |
| Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited) | ||
| Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict) | ||
| Young Davis | ||
| Recruit at Corral | ||
| Singing Telegram Boy | ||
| Messenger (uncredited) | ||
| Singing Telegraph Boy | ||
| Train Vendor | ||
| Whitey Murphy | ||
| Office Boy | ||
| Telegram Delivery Boy | ||
| Lafe Hopper (uncredited) | ||
| Jig | ||
| Ticket Taker (uncredited) | ||
| 1940 | (uncredited) | |
| Link (as Billy Benedict) | ||
| Mickey Barnes (Uncredited) | ||
| Slim | ||
| Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Elevator Boy | ||
| Delivery Boy | ||
| Farm Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Happy (uncredited) | ||
| Dan Withers | ||
| Newsboy (uncredited) | ||
| Delivery Man | ||
| Lem (uncredited) | ||
| Eddie | ||
| 1939 | Office Boy | |
| Tour Guide | ||
| Trouble | ||
| 1938 | Trouble | |
| Midget Car Driver | ||
| Trouble | ||
| Sylvester | ||
| Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict) | ||
| Delivery Boy | ||
| Bellboy | ||
| Squimpy | ||
| Eddie | ||
| David's Caddy (uncredited) | ||
| Billy (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Spud | |
| Freddy the Office Boy | ||
| Kurt Plivens | ||
| N/A | ||
| Monk, Tall Kid | ||
| Bellboy | ||
| Freckles | ||
| 1936 | Newsboy (uncredited) | |
| Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Wilbur | ||
| Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited) | ||
| Henry - Copyboy (uncredited) | ||
| Joe | ||
| Joseph Hyar | ||
| Archer Morpher | ||
| Benny Ryan | ||
| Telegram Delivery Boy | ||
| The Gawker | ||
| 1935 | Cyril Church | |
| Willie (uncredited) | ||
| Amos | ||
| Flash | ||
| Breck | ||
| Caddie | ||
| 'Penny' Parker | ||
| Jimmy | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
