William Benedict
male
Born on April 16, 1917 (108 years old)
Passed Away on November 25, 1999
From Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
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- 1988
- 1984
- 1982
- 1981
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
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- 1946
The Gentleman Misbehaves
as
Bellboy (uncredited)
1946
Do You Love Me
as
Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1946
Mr. Hex
as
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
Without Reservations
as
Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1946
In Fast Company
as
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
Bowery Bombshell
as
Whitey
1946
People Are Funny
as
NBC Usher
1946
Spook Busters
as
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
Live Wires
as
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
Gay Blades
as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
Never Say Goodbye
as
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1946
One More Tomorrow
as
Stinky
1946
Road to Utopia
as
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
- 1945
- 1944
I Won't Play
as
Florida
1944
Follow the Leader
as
Spider O'Brien
1944
That's My Baby!
as
Office boy
1944
Million Dollar Kid
as
Skinny
1944
They Live in Fear
as
Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
1944
The Whistler
as
The Deafmute (Uncredited)
1944
Block Busters
as
Butch
1944
Bowery Champs
as
Skinny
1944
Janie
as
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1944
Follow the Boys
as
Joe (uncredited)
1944
- 1943
Nobody's Darling
as
Sammy (uncredited)
1943
Clancy Street Boys
as
Butch
1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as
Zombie Parker
1943
The Powers Girl
as
Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
as
Greene (uncredited)
1943
Ghosts on the Loose
as
Benny
1943
Aerial Gunner
as
Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
1943
All by Myself
as
Telegraph Messenger
1943
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
as
Pinky
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as
Busboy (uncredited)
1943
Whispering Footsteps
as
Jerry Murphy
1943
Moonlight in Vermont
as
Abel
1943
- 1942
The Talk of the Town
as
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as
Bellboy
1942
I Live on Danger
as
Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
Wildcat
as
Bud Smithers
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as
Theatre Usher
1942
Perils of Nyoka
as
Red Davis
1942
Junior G-Men of the Air
as
Whitey
1942
Home in Wyomin'
as
Usher (uncredited)
1942
Heart of the Golden West
as
Telegraph Messenger
1942
Get Hep to Love
as
Soda Jerk
1942
On the Sunny Side
as
Messenger
1942
A Night to Remember
as
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1942
The Glass Key
as
Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Lady in a Jam
as
Barker (uncredited)
1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as
Messenger (uncredited)
1942
- 1941
Tuxedo Junction
as
Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
1941
Scattergood Baines
as
Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as
Ice Cream Man
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
as
Telegram Delivery Boy
1941
Great Guns
as
Recruit at Corral
1941
Time Out for Rhythm
as
Messenger (uncredited)
1941
Dressed to Kill
as
Singing Telegram Boy
1941
Second Chorus
as
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1941
In Old Cheyenne
as
Train Vendor
1941
Jesse James at Bay
as
Young Davis
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
as
Jig
1941
Mr. District Attorney
as
Office Boy
1941
She Knew All the Answers
as
Singing Telegraph Boy
1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as
Whitey Murphy
1941
Cadet Girl
as
Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
1941
- 1940
The Great McGinty
as
Farm Boy (uncredited)
1940
Young People
as
Boy (uncredited)
1940
Stage to Chino
as
Happy (uncredited)
1940
Legion of the Lawless
as
Eddie
1940
My Little Chickadee
as
Lem (uncredited)
1940
Adventures of Red Ryder
as
Dan Withers
1940
And One Was Beautiful
as
Delivery Man
1940
Lucky Partners
as
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1940
The Mad Doctor
as
Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
1940
Rhythm on the River
as
Elevator Boy
1940
Melody Ranch
as
Slim
1940
Give Us Wings
as
Link (as Billy Benedict)
1940
Grand Ole Opry
as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1940
Bowery Boy
as
(uncredited)
1940
- 1939
- 1938
Bringing Up Baby
as
David's Caddy (uncredited)
1938
Hold That Kiss
as
Delivery Boy
1938
Hold That Co-ed
as
Sylvester
1938
King of the Newsboys
as
Squimpy
1938
Newsboys' Home
as
Trouble
1938
Young Fugitives
as
Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
1938
I Met My Love Again
as
Billy (uncredited)
1938
Little Tough Guys in Society
as
Trouble
1938
Say It in French
as
Midget Car Driver
1938
Walking Down Broadway
as
Eddie
1938
There's Always a Woman
as
Bellboy
1938
- 1937
- 1936
Theodora Goes Wild
as
Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
1936
Captain January
as
Telegram Delivery Boy
1936
Ramona
as
Joseph Hyar
1936
After the Thin Man
as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1936
Crack-Up
as
Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
1936
The Country Doctor
as
The Gawker
1936
M'Liss
as
Archer Morpher
1936
Laughing at Trouble
as
Wilbur
1936
The Witness Chair
as
Benny Ryan
1936
Libeled Lady
as
Joe
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
as
Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
1936
- 1935
$10 Raise
as
Jimmy
1935
Way Down East
as
Amos
1935
College Scandal
as
'Penny' Parker
1935
Doubting Thomas
as
Caddie
1935
Show Them No Mercy!
as
Willie (uncredited)
1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
as
Breck
1935
Your Uncle Dudley
as
Cyril Church
1935
3 Kids and a Queen
as
Flash
1935
Bad Boy
as
Grocery Clerk
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as
Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
1935
