William Benedict
Born April 16, 1917 (Age: 108)
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Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Sting
1973
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as Roulette Dealer
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Age: 56
No Image
The Secret Sharer
1973
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as Mr. Burns
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Age: 55
Hello, Dolly!
1969
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as News Vendor (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Big Daddy
1969
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as
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Age: 52
Funny Girl
1968
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as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
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Age: 51
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
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as Simpson
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Age: 48
Lover Come Back
1961
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as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
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Age: 44
The Hanging Tree
1959
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as Trapper (uncredited)
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Age: 41
Mobs, Inc.
1956
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as Telegraph Boy
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Age: 38
A Night to Remember
1942
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as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Heart of the Golden West
1942
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as Telegraph Messenger
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Age: 25
Get Hep to Love
1942
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as Soda Jerk
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Age: 25
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
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as Theatre Usher
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Age: 25
The Glass Key
1942
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as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Wildcat
1942
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as Bud Smithers
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Age: 25
The Talk of the Town
1942
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as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Junior G-Men of the Air
1942
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as Whitey
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Age: 25
Perils of Nyoka
1942
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as Red Davis
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Age: 25
Lady in a Jam
1942
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as Barker (uncredited)
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Age: 25
I Live on Danger
1942
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as Bellboy (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Home in Wyomin'
1942
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as Usher (uncredited)
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Age: 25
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
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as Bellboy
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Age: 24
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
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as Messenger (uncredited)
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Age: 24
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
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as
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Age: 24
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941
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as Ice Cream Man
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Age: 24
Cadet Girl
1941
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as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
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Age: 24
Tuxedo Junction
1941
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as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
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Age: 24
Jesse James at Bay
1941
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as Young Davis
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Age: 24
Great Guns
1941
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as Recruit at Corral
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Age: 24
Dressed to Kill
1941
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as Singing Telegram Boy
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Age: 24
Time Out for Rhythm
1941
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as Messenger (uncredited)
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Age: 24
She Knew All the Answers
1941
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as Singing Telegraph Boy
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Age: 24
In Old Cheyenne
1941
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as Train Vendor
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Age: 23
Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941
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as Whitey Murphy
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Age: 23
Mr. District Attorney
1941
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as Office Boy
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Age: 23
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
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as Telegram Delivery Boy
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Age: 23
Scattergood Baines
1941
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as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
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Age: 23
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
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as Jig
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Age: 23
Second Chorus
1941
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as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
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Age: 23