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