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