William Benedict
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.
Born: April 16, 1917
Place of Birth: Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Sting
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
$10 Raise
A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...
Born Again
Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
Thirty years of film clips, interviews, outtakes, stills and more pay tribute to the lives and work of the comedy legends known as the Bowery Boys.
Home in Wyomin'
Radio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend Pop Harrison, who wants Gene to straighten out his wayward son, Tex Harrison, whose gambling and drinking threaten to bankrupt the rodeo organization which he heads. News photographer Clementine "Clem" Benson and reporter Hack Hackett are ordered to follow Gene. The group finds quarters at the "Bar Nothing" dude ranch, winter quarters for Tex's rodeo group, and Tex soon tangles with Hackett in a quarrel.
Bowery Battalion
Slip, Sach and the gang think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.
Little House on the Prairie
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Emergency!
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
Filmography
as Himself
as Gus Morton
as Elderly Man
as Old Man
as Leon Jaworski
as Vic
as Telegraph Office Manager
as Emmett Winston, Esq.
as Man on Bus
as Scavenger
as Lennie
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
as Roulette Dealer
as Prescott
as Station Attendant
as Newsboy
as Mr. Feigelbaum
as Jimmy McNab
as News Vendor (uncredited)
as Card Player
as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
as Joe Summers
as Deliveryman
as Uncle Whitmore
as Pet Shop Owner
as Villager Peabody
as Bill White
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
as Jocko (as William Benedict)
as Telegrapher
as Clem (as Bill Benedict)
as Denver
as Old Man
as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
as Cleaning Man
as Farley
as Simpson
as Stu
as Willie
as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
as Conklin
as Trapper (uncredited)
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
as American Airlines Clerk
as Telegraph Boy
as Gus
as Newsboy
as Albert
as Degnan
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
as Whitey
as Whitey
as Whitey
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
as Whitey, Bowery Boy
as Whitey
as Whitey
as Whitey
as Whitey
as Whitey
as Eddie Lund
as Whitey
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
as Whitey
as Irv Bennett
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
as Counterman
as Whitey
as Whitey
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
as Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
as Whitey
as Bellboy
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
as Whitey
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
as Stinky
as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
as Bellboy (uncredited)
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
as NBC Usher
as Skinny
as Skinny
as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
as Joe the Newsboy
as Skinny
as Pesky (uncredited)
as Skinny
as Florida
as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
as Office boy
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
as Butch
as Spider O'Brien
as Joe (uncredited)
as The Deafmute (Uncredited)
as Skinny
as Jerry Murphy
as Abel
as Pinky
as Busboy (uncredited)
as Zombie Parker
as Sammy (uncredited)
as Benny
as Telegraph Messenger
as Butch
as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
as Greene (uncredited)
as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
as Telegraph Messenger
as Soda Jerk
as Theatre Usher
as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
as Bud Smithers
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
as Whitey
as Red Davis
as Barker (uncredited)
as Bellboy (uncredited)
as Usher (uncredited)
as Bellboy
as Messenger (uncredited)
as Messenger
as Ice Cream Man
as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
as Young Davis
as Recruit at Corral
as Singing Telegram Boy
as Messenger (uncredited)
as Singing Telegraph Boy
as Train Vendor
as Whitey Murphy
as Office Boy
as Telegram Delivery Boy
as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
as Jig
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
as Link (as Billy Benedict)
as Slim
as Boy (uncredited)
as Elevator Boy
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
as Happy (uncredited)
as Dan Withers
as Newsboy (uncredited)
as Delivery Man
as Lem (uncredited)
as Eddie
as Office Boy
as Tour Guide
as Trouble
as Trouble
as Midget Car Driver
as Trouble
as Sylvester
as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
as Delivery Boy
as Bellboy
as Squimpy
as Eddie
as David's Caddy (uncredited)
as Billy (uncredited)
as Spud
as Freddy the Office Boy
as Kurt Plivens
as Monk, Tall Kid
as Bellboy
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
as Freckles
as Newsboy (uncredited)
as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
as Wilbur
as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
as Joe
as Joseph Hyar
as Archer Morpher
as Benny Ryan
as Telegram Delivery Boy
as The Gawker
as Cyril Church
as Willie (uncredited)
as Grocery Clerk
as Amos
as Flash
as Breck
as Caddie
as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
as 'Penny' Parker
as Jimmy