William Benedict

Born: 1917-04-16 in Haskell, Oklahoma, USA

Died: 1999-11-25

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.

Filmography

1982

Computercide as Elderly Man

1981

Hill Street Blues

1979

Goldie and the Boxer as Old Man

1978

Born Again as Leon Jaworski

1977

The Incredible Hulk as Vic

1976

Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels as Emmett Winston, Esq.
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Man on Bus
Sherlock Holmes in New York as Telegraph Office Manager

1975

Ellery Queen
Matt Helm as Scavenger
The Dead Don't Die as Hotel Desk Clerk
Cop on the Beat as Lennie

1974

Little House on the Prairie as Reverend Lyman

1973

Police Story as Prescott
The Sting as Roulette Dealer
The Secret Sharer as Mr. Burns

1972

Emergency! as Hyperventilating Victim
The Streets of San Francisco
The Dirt Gang as Station Attendant
The Adventures of Nick Carter as Newsboy
Call Her Mom as Mr. Feigelbaum

1971

All in the Family as Jimmy McNab
Alias Smith and Jones

1970

The Immortal

1969

The Brady Bunch
Then Came Bronson as Card Player
Hello, Dolly! as News Vendor (uncredited)
Big Daddy
The Over the Hill Gang as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
The Lottery as Joe Summers

1968

Adam-12 as Bill White
Here's Lucy as Deliveryman
Land of the Giants as Villager Peabody
Mayberry R.F.D. as Uncle Whitmore
Funny Girl as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Rogue's Gallery as Jocko (as William Benedict)

1967

Ironside
Mannix
The Guns of Will Sonnett as Telegrapher
Hondo
What Am I Bid? as Clem (as Bill Benedict)

1966

Mission: Impossible as Denver
Felony Squad
The Monkees as Skywriter
Frankie and Johnny as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)

1965

I Dream of Jeannie as Cleaning Man
Branded
Honey West as Farley
The Hallelujah Trail as Simpson
Dear Heart as Stu

1964

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1963

Petticoat Junction as Willie

1961

Lover Come Back as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

1960

Route 66
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Joe

1959

The Twilight Zone as Conklin
Dennis the Menace
The Hanging Tree as Trapper (uncredited)

1958

The Rifleman

1957

Wagon Train as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Killing as American Airlines Clerk
Mobs, Inc. as Telegraph Boy

1955

Gunsmoke as Gus
Navy Log
Bride of the Monster as Newsboy

1954

Lassie

1953

I'm the Law
The Magnetic Monster as Albert

1951

Dragnet
The Red Skelton Show
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Degnan
Let's Go Navy! as Whitey
Ghost Chasers as Whitey
Bowery Battalion as Whitey
Crazy Over Horses as Whitey (as William Benedict)

1950

Triple Trouble as Whitey, Bowery Boy
Blonde Dynamite as Whitey
Blues Busters as Whitey (as William Benedict)
Lucky Losers as Whitey

1949

Master Minds as Whitey
Fighting Fools as Whitey
Riders of the Pony Express as Eddie Lund
Angels in Disguise as Whitey
Hold That Baby! as Whitey

1948

Jinx Money as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Trouble Makers as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Angels' Alley as Whitey
Smuggler's Cove as Whitey
Night Wind as Irv Bennett
Secret Service Investigator as Counterman

1947

The Hucksters as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend as Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
The Pilgrim Lady as Bellboy
Hard Boiled Mahoney as Whitey
Merton of the Movies as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Bowery Buckaroos as Whitey
News Hounds as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

1946

Road to Utopia as Newsboy #2 (uncredited)
Live Wires as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
The Kid from Brooklyn as Newsboy (uncredited)
Gay Blades as Newsboy (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
One More Tomorrow as Stinky
In Fast Company as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Without Reservations as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Spook Busters as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Do You Love Me as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
People Are Funny as NBC Usher
The Gentleman Misbehaves as Bellboy (uncredited)
Mr. Hex as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Bowery Bombshell as Whitey

1945

Story of G.I. Joe as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
Docks of New York as Skinny
Brenda Starr, Reporter as Pesky (uncredited)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again as Skinny
Hollywood and Vine as Joe the Newsboy
Come Out Fighting as Skinny

1944

Follow the Boys as Joe (uncredited)
The Whistler as The Deafmute (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Kid as Skinny
Janie as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Follow the Leader as Spider O'Brien
That's My Baby! as Office boy
I Won't Play as Florida
Block Busters as Butch
Bowery Champs as Skinny
They Live in Fear as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident as Greene (uncredited)
Aerial Gunner as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
Thank Your Lucky Stars as Busboy (uncredited)
The Powers Girl as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
Clancy Street Boys as Butch
Nobody's Darling as Sammy (uncredited)
Adventures of the Flying Cadets as Zombie Parker
Whispering Footsteps as Jerry Murphy
Ghosts on the Loose as Benny
Mr. Muggs Steps Out as Pinky
Moonlight in Vermont as Abel
All by Myself as Telegraph Messenger

1942

The Talk of the Town as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers
The Glass Key as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
Heart of the Golden West as Telegraph Messenger
A Night to Remember as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
On the Sunny Side as Messenger
Lady in a Jam as Barker (uncredited)
Junior G-Men of the Air as Whitey
Two Yanks in Trinidad as Messenger (uncredited)
Perils of Nyoka as Red Davis
Get Hep to Love as Soda Jerk
Wildcat as Bud Smithers
I Live on Danger as Bellboy (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Bellboy
Home in Wyomin' as Usher (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Theatre Usher

1941

Adventures of Captain Marvel as Whitey Murphy
Second Chorus as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Great Guns as Recruit at Corral
Adventures of Captain Marvel as Whitey Murphy
Confessions of Boston Blackie as Ice Cream Man
Tuxedo Junction as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
Time Out for Rhythm as Messenger (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody as Jig
Dressed to Kill as Singing Telegram Boy
Mr. District Attorney as Office Boy
She Knew All the Answers as Singing Telegraph Boy
Cadet Girl as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
The Man Who Lost Himself as Telegram Delivery Boy
Scattergood Baines as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
Jesse James at Bay as Young Davis
In Old Cheyenne as Train Vendor

1940

Young People as Boy (uncredited)
Bowery Boy as (uncredited)
The Great McGinty as Farm Boy (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee as Lem (uncredited)
And One Was Beautiful as Delivery Man
Rhythm on the River as Elevator Boy
The Mad Doctor as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
Lucky Partners as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder as Dan Withers
Melody Ranch as Slim
Give Us Wings as Link (as Billy Benedict)
Stage to Chino as Happy (uncredited)
Grand Ole Opry as Newsboy (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless as Eddie

1939

Hollywood Hobbies as Tour Guide
Pack Up Your Troubles as Office Boy
Code of the Streets as Trouble

1938

Bringing Up Baby as David's Caddy (uncredited)
I Met My Love Again as Billy (uncredited)
Hold That Co-ed as Sylvester
Hold That Kiss as Delivery Boy
Young Fugitives as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
Little Tough Guys in Society as Trouble
There's Always a Woman as Bellboy
Walking Down Broadway as Eddie
King of the Newsboys as Squimpy
Say It in French as Midget Car Driver
Newsboys' Home as Trouble

1937

Tramp Trouble as Young Bindlestiff
Flying Fists as Monk, Tall Kid
The Last Gangster as Freddy the Office Boy
Jim Hanvey, Detective as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Rhythm in the Clouds as Bellboy
Tim Tyler's Luck as Spud
They Wanted to Marry as Freckles
That I May Live as Kurt Plivens

1936

Libeled Lady as Johnny
Crack-Up as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
After the Thin Man as Newsboy (uncredited)
Captain January as Telegram Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
The Witness Chair as Benny Ryan
Laughing at Trouble as Wilbur
The Country Doctor as The Gawker
Ramona as Joseph Hyar
Can This Be Dixie? as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
M'Liss as Archer Morpher

1935

The Farmer Takes a Wife as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
Way Down East as Amos
College Scandal as 'Penny' Parker
3 Kids and a Queen as Flash
Bad Boy as Grocery Clerk
Your Uncle Dudley as Cyril Church
Doubting Thomas as Caddie
Steamboat Round the Bend as Breck
Show Them No Mercy! as Willie (uncredited)
$10 Raise as Jimmy