Nat Pendleton
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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.
Known for
Credits
Baby Face (1933)
as Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
Death Valley (1946)
as Jim Ward
The Thin Man (1934)
as Inspector Guild
Swing Fever (1943)
as 'Killer' Kennedy
Buck Privates (1941)
as Sgt. Michael Collins
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
as Sergeant Fred Koretz
Fugitive Lovers (1934)
as Legs Caffey
Another Thin Man (1939)
as Lieutenant Guild
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
as Strabo
I'm No Angel (1933)
as Harry (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
as Spud
Jail House Blues (1942)
as Sonny McGann
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
as Sgt. Michael Collins
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
as Roscoe
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
as 'Dice'
Crazy House (1930)
as Chef (uncredited)
Lady for a Day (1933)
as Shakespeare
Horse Feathers (1932)
as MacHardie (uncredited)
At the Circus (1939)
as Goliath
Northwest Passage (1940)
as 'Cap' Huff
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
as Sergeant Ernest Heath
On Borrowed Time (1939)
as Mr. Grimes
The Night Club Lady (1932)
as Mike McDougal
The Gay Bride (1934)
as William T. 'Shoots' Magiz
Times Square Lady (1935)
as Mack
Flight Command (1940)
as C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Wayman
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
as Sandow
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)
as Joe Weyman
Death on the Diamond (1934)
as John 'Truck' Hogan
The Laughing Lady (1929)
as James Dugan
The Cat's-Paw (1934)
as Strozzi
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
as Joe Doyle
Flesh (1932)
as Wrestler (uncredited)
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
as Life Guard
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924)
as Bud Means
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
as Joe Weyman
By Whose Hand? (1932)
as 'Killer' Delmar
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
as Joe Wayman
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
as Joe Weyman
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
as Wayman
The Big Pond (1930)
as Pat O'Day
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Swing Your Lady (1938)
as Joe Skopapolous
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Bill Raymond (archive footage)
Under Cover of Night (1937)
as Police Sgt. Lucks
The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931)
as Assistant Coach
Parachute Jumper (1933)
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Sing Me a Love Song (1936)
as Rocky
Trapped by Television (1936)
as Rocky O'Neil
Taxi! (1932)
as Bull Martin (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
as Joe Wayman
Phantom Raiders (1940)
as 'Gunboat' Jacklin
Exposure (1932)
as Maniac Killer
Murder in the Fleet (1935)
as 'Spud' Burke
Two in a Crowd (1936)
as Flynn
The Crowd Roars (1938)
as 'Pug' Walsh
The Chaser (1938)
as Floppy Phil
Child of Manhattan (1933)
as Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
The Golden Fleecing (1940)
as 'Fatso' Werner
Penthouse (1933)
as Tony Gazotti
The Defense Rests (1934)
as Rocky
Reckless (1935)
as Blossom
Blonde Crazy (1931)
as Hank aka Pete
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
as Joe Wayman
Scared to Death (1947)
as Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Seas Beneath (1931)
as 'Butch' Wagner (uncredited)
Calm Yourself (1935)
as Knuckles Benedict
The Star Witness (1931)
as Big Jack
Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
as Joe Wayman
The Big Timer (1932)
as Kid Melrose (uncredited)
It's in the Air (1935)
as Henry Potke
The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
as Red Hogan
The Secret Witness (1931)
as Gunner - Bodyguard
The Sea Wolf (1930)
as Smoke
The Nuisance (1933)
as Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
as Mugg Malone
The Beast of the City (1932)
as Abe Gorman (uncredited)
Sing and Like It (1934)
as T. Fenny Sylvester
Fast Company (1938)
as Paul Terison
Manhattan Parade (1931)
as Lady Godiva's Husband
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)
as Buddy Buttle
Life Begins in College (1937)
as George Black
The Chief (1933)
as Big Mike
College Coach (1933)
as Petrowski
The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
as Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
Straight Is the Way (1934)
as Skippy
6,000 Enemies (1939)
as Socks Martin
Lazy River (1934)
as Alfred 'Tiny' Smith
Goldie Gets Along (1933)
as Motorcycle Officer Cassidy
Song of the City (1937)
as Benvenuto Romandi
Whistling in the Dark (1933)
as Joe
Baby Face Harrington (1935)
as Rocky
The Last of the Duanes (1930)
as Bossamer
A Fool's Advice (1932)
as Kelly - Naughty Boy
New Moon (1940)
as Bondsman
The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936)
as Dugan
Sworn Enemy (1936)
as 'Steamer' Krupp
Hell-Fire Austin (1932)
as Bouncer
Here Comes the Band (1935)
as 'Piccolo Pete'
The Tenderfoot (1932)
as Joe (uncredited)
Deception (1932)
as Bucky O'Neill
Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)
as Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
The Ruling Voice (1931)
as Board Member (uncredited)
Gangway (1937)
as Smiles Hogan
Let's Get Married (1926)
as Jimmy
Fair Warning (1931)
as Purvis