William Benedict
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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.
Movies
Bonanza: The Next Generation
Gus Morton
Computercide
Elderly Man
Goldie and the Boxer
Old Man
Born Again
Leon Jaworski
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Telegraph Office Manager
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Man on Bus
Cop on the Beat
Lennie
The Dead Don't Die
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Sting
Roulette Dealer
The Secret Sharer
Mr. Burns
The Dirt Gang
Station Attendant
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Newsboy
Call Her Mom
Mr. Feigelbaum
Hello, Dolly!
News Vendor (uncredited)
The Over the Hill Gang
Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
Big Daddy
The Lottery
Joe Summers
Funny Girl
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Rogue's Gallery
Jocko (as William Benedict)
What Am I Bid?
Clem (as Bill Benedict)
Frankie and Johnny
Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
The Hallelujah Trail
Simpson
Dear Heart
Stu
Lover Come Back
Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
The Hanging Tree
Trapper (uncredited)
The Killing
American Airlines Clerk
Mobs, Inc.
Telegraph Boy
Bride of the Monster
Newsboy
The Magnetic Monster
Albert
Crazy Over Horses
Whitey (as William Benedict)
Let's Go Navy!
Whitey
Ghost Chasers
Whitey
Bowery Battalion
Whitey
Blues Busters
Whitey (as William Benedict)
Triple Trouble
Whitey, Bowery Boy
Lucky Losers
Whitey
Blonde Dynamite
Whitey
Master Minds
Whitey
Angels in Disguise
Whitey
Hold That Baby!
Whitey
Riders of the Pony Express
Eddie Lund
Fighting Fools
Whitey
Trouble Makers
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Smuggler's Cove
Whitey
Night Wind
Irv Bennett
Jinx Money
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Secret Service Investigator
Counterman
Angels' Alley
Whitey
Bowery Buckaroos
Whitey
Merton of the Movies
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
News Hounds
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
The Hucksters
Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend
Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Whitey
The Pilgrim Lady
Bellboy
Mr. Hex
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Never Say Goodbye
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Spook Busters
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Bowery Bombshell
Whitey
In Fast Company
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
One More Tomorrow
Stinky
Do You Love Me
Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Without Reservations
Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Kid from Brooklyn
Newsboy (uncredited)
The Gentleman Misbehaves
Bellboy (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Gay Blades
Newsboy (uncredited)
Live Wires
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
People Are Funny
NBC Usher
Come Out Fighting
Skinny
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Skinny
Story of G.I. Joe
Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
Hollywood and Vine
Joe the Newsboy
Docks of New York
Skinny
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Pesky (uncredited)
Bowery Champs
Skinny
I Won't Play
Florida
They Live in Fear
Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
That's My Baby!
Office boy
Janie
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Block Busters
Butch
Follow the Leader
Spider O'Brien
Follow the Boys
Joe (uncredited)
The Whistler
The Deafmute (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Kid
Skinny
Whispering Footsteps
Jerry Murphy
Moonlight in Vermont
Abel
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Pinky
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Busboy (uncredited)
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Zombie Parker
Nobody's Darling
Sammy (uncredited)
Ghosts on the Loose
Benny
All by Myself
Telegraph Messenger
Clancy Street Boys
Butch
Aerial Gunner
Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
The Ox-Bow Incident
Greene (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Heart of the Golden West
Telegraph Messenger
Get Hep to Love
Soda Jerk
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Theatre Usher
The Glass Key
Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Wildcat
Bud Smithers
The Talk of the Town
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Junior G-Men of the Air
Whitey
Perils of Nyoka
Red Davis
Lady in a Jam
Barker (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
Bellboy (uncredited)
Home in Wyomin'
Usher (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Bellboy
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Messenger (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers
On the Sunny Side
Messenger
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Ice Cream Man
Cadet Girl
Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
Tuxedo Junction
Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
Jesse James at Bay
Young Davis
Great Guns
Recruit at Corral
Dressed to Kill
Singing Telegram Boy
Time Out for Rhythm
Messenger (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers
Singing Telegraph Boy
In Old Cheyenne
Train Vendor
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Whitey Murphy
Mr. District Attorney
Office Boy
The Man Who Lost Himself
Telegram Delivery Boy
Scattergood Baines
Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
Jig
Second Chorus
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Bowery Boy
(uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
Give Us Wings
Link (as Billy Benedict)
Melody Ranch
Slim
Young People
Boy (uncredited)
Rhythm on the River
Elevator Boy
Lucky Partners
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Stage to Chino
Happy (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder
Dan Withers
Grand Ole Opry
Newsboy (uncredited)
And One Was Beautiful
Delivery Man
My Little Chickadee
Lem (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless
Eddie
Pack Up Your Troubles
Office Boy
Hollywood Hobbies
Tour Guide
Code of the Streets
Trouble
Newsboys' Home
Trouble
Say It in French
Midget Car Driver
Little Tough Guys in Society
Trouble
Hold That Co-ed
Sylvester
Young Fugitives
Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
Hold That Kiss
Delivery Boy
There's Always a Woman
Bellboy
King of the Newsboys
Squimpy
Walking Down Broadway
Eddie
Bringing Up Baby
David's Caddy (uncredited)
I Met My Love Again
Billy (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
Spud
The Last Gangster
Freddy the Office Boy
That I May Live
Kurt Plivens
Tramp Trouble
Young Bindlestiff
Flying Fists
Monk, Tall Kid
Rhythm in the Clouds
Bellboy
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Copy Boy (uncredited)
They Wanted to Marry
Freckles
After the Thin Man
Newsboy (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
Wilbur
Can This Be Dixie?
Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild
Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Joe
Ramona
Joseph Hyar
M'Liss
Archer Morpher
The Witness Chair
Benny Ryan
Captain January
Telegram Delivery Boy
The Country Doctor
The Gawker
Your Uncle Dudley
Cyril Church
Show Them No Mercy!
Willie (uncredited)
Way Down East
Amos
Bad Boy
Grocery Clerk
3 Kids and a Queen
Flash
Steamboat Round the Bend
Breck
Doubting Thomas
Caddie
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
College Scandal
'Penny' Parker
$10 Raise
Jimmy
TV Series
Highway to Heaven
1 Episode
Hill Street Blues
1 Episode
The Incredible Hulk
Vic
1 Episode
Quincy, M.E.
1 Episode
Charlie's Angels
Emmett Winston, Esq.
1 Episode
Matt Helm
Scavenger
1 Episode
Ellery Queen
1 Episode
Little House on the Prairie
1 Episode
Police Story
Prescott
1 Episode
The Streets of San Francisco
1 Episode
Emergency!
1 Episode
All in the Family
Jimmy McNab
3 Episodes
Alias Smith and Jones
1 Episode
The Immortal
1 Episode
The Brady Bunch
1 Episode
Then Came Bronson
Card Player
1 Episode
Here's Lucy
Deliveryman
1 Episode
Mayberry R.F.D.
Uncle Whitmore
1 Episode
Land of the Giants
Villager Peabody
1 Episode
Adam-12
Bill White
1 Episode
Mannix
2 Episodes
Hondo
3 Episodes
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Telegrapher
1 Episode
Ironside
1 Episode
Mission: Impossible
Denver
1 Episode
The Monkees
1 Episode
Felony Squad
1 Episode
I Dream of Jeannie
Cleaning Man
1 Episode
Honey West
Farley
1 Episode
Branded
1 Episode
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1 Episode
Petticoat Junction
Willie
3 Episodes
Route 66
1 Episode
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Joe
1 Episode
Dennis the Menace
1 Episode
The Twilight Zone
Conklin
1 Episode
The Rifleman
1 Episode
Wagon Train
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1 Episode
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 Episode
Navy Log
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Gus
1 Episode
Lassie
1 Episode
I'm the Law
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Degnan
1 Episode
Dragnet
2 Episodes
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1 Episode