Steve Pendleton
Born: 1908-09-16 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1984-10-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steve Pendleton (September 16, 1908 – October 3, 1984) was an American film and television actor, often cast in the role of law-enforcement officers. Pendleton was cast in eight episodes in different roles from 1952 to 1957 on The Roy Rogers Show. In 1955, he played the role of Baumer in "Gold of Haunted Mountain" of the CBS drama, Brave Eagle. In another 1955 appearance, he was cast as Captain Kenneth McNabb in "The Fight for Texas" of the syndicated western series, Buffalo Bill, Jr. In 1956, he was cast as Bill Mathison in the episode "The Long Weekend" of the then CBS military drama, Navy Log. In 1957, he appeared on two episodes of William Bendix's NBC situation comedy, The Life of Riley. In 1958, he played Marshal Purvis in "Star Witness" of another syndicated western series, Casey Jones, with Alan Hale, Jr., in the title role. In 1959 he portrayed Sheriff Anderson in "The Louisiana Dude" of the CBS western series Yancy Derringer. Pendleton was cast in two roles in a total of twelve episodes broadcast between 1956 and 1961 of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of deputy marshal Wyatt Earp. He played a United States Army mayor, Benteen, in five segments, including "Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom" (May 7, 1957). In this segment, the actor Ian MacDonald is cast as Dull Knife, a Cheyenne chief, who leads his tribe from its reservation in Oklahoma Territory to their homeland in Montana, which they claim the U.S. government had promised them. Benteen has orders to prevent the Indians from passing through. Pendleton also appeared in seven other series episodes as the character Thacker. In 1960, Pendleton was cast as Marshal McCoy in "The Town That Wasn't There" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Maverick. That same year, he played deputy Kelsey, with Lee Van Cleef as deputy Clyde Wilson, in the episode "Man on a Mountain" of another ABC/WB western, Lawman. In 1961, he portrayed deputy marshal Ben Johnson in the episode "Death Trap" of the ABC western series, The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors. In 1967, he played Mr. Hutchins in the episode "Howard and Millie" of the CBS sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show. From 1968 to 1970, he had a recurring role as Mr. Bennett in six episodes of the NBC sitcom, Julia, starring Diahann Carroll. His last role was as a businessman on the 1976 episode "The Reformer" of William Conrad's CBS crime drama, Cannon. Pendleton died at the age of seventy-six in Pasadena, California.
Filmography
1971
1970
- Tora! Tora! Tora! as Destroyer Captain (uncredited)
1969
- Pit Stop as Luther
1968
1967
1966
- Batman as 1st Armored Car Driver
1965
1962
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- The Virginian as August Schimell
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Hutchins
- Ocean's Eleven as Major Taylor (uncredited)
1958
- The Rifleman
- Once Upon a Horse... as Milligan
- I Married a Woman as Photographer
1957
- Perry Mason as Duncan
- Maverick
- 26 Men
- Official Detective
- Bombers B-52 as Lt. Col. Graham (uncredited)
- The Night Runner as Captain Reynolds
- The Unholy Wife as Deputy Bob Watkins
1955
1954
- Lassie
- Studio 57
- Target Earth as Colonel
- The Caine Mutiny as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
- The Glenn Miller Story as Lt. Col. Bassell (uncredited)
- The Two Gun Teacher as Bailey
- Killers from Space as FBI Agent Briggs
1953
- Let's Do It Again as Patrol Car Driver (uncredited)
- Border City Rustlers as Larson
- The Great Jesse James Raid as Todd
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as First Mailman
- Adventures of Superman as Lynch
- Cavalcade of America as Beecher
- The Abbott and Costello Show as Man Who Punches Bud
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Dangerous Assignment
- Trail of the Arrow as (archive footage)
1951
- Chicago Calling as Police Lt. Ryan
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Submarine Command
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Purple Heart Diary as Sgt. Morse
- Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Sam White
- You Never Can Tell as Motor Cop (uncredited)
- Desert of Lost Men as Posse Member
1950
- Rio Grande as Capt. Prescott
- Gunfire as Charlie Ford (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- The Gene Autry Show
- One Way Street as Cop at First Accident Scene (uncredited)
- A Lady Without Passport as Joe - Airport Attendant (uncredited)
- No Man of Her Own as Policeman (uncredited)
- Sunset in the West as Walter Kimball (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- Hi-Jacked as Detective (uncredited)
- Where Danger Lives as Policeman at Roadblock (uncredited)
1949
- Arson, Inc. as Murph, the undercover man (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- Johnny Allegro
- Alias Nick Beal as Det. Sgt. Hill
- Roll, Thunder, Roll! as Marshal Bill Faugh
- Ride, Ryder, Ride! as Gerry Brooks
- He Walked by Night as Detective (uncredited)
- Chinatown at Midnight as Policeman
- Red, Hot and Blue as Detective (uncredited)
1948
- Beyond Glory as Gen. Prescott
- Enchantment as RAF Officer
- Walk a Crooked Mile as Police Detective Gaines
- Highway 13 as George Montgomery
1947
- Heartaches as Assistant Director (uncredited)
- The Return of Rin Tin Tin as Gordon Melrose
- Untamed Fury as Jeff Owens
1942
- Eyes of the Underworld as Hub Gelsey
1941
- Sergeant York as Scorer (uncredited)
- Military Training as Lieutenant Instructor, Crack Drill Squad
- Men of the Timberland as Tex
1940
- The Grapes of Wrath as Gas Station Attendant #2 in Needles (uncredited)
- Manhattan Heartbeat as Tony
- Triple Justice as Tommy Dale
- Road to Singapore as Gordon Wycott (uncredited)
- One Crowded Night as Mat
- Sailor's Lady as Information
- Those Were the Days! as Connie Mathews
- Young Buffalo Bill as Jerry Calhoun
- Knute Rockne All American as Football Player #12 (uncredited)
- American Spoken Here as Young Marksman (uncredited)
- Flight Command as North Island Tower Operator
1939
- Disputed Passage as Lawrence Carpenter (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- Reno as Prosecuting Attorne
- Geronimo as Pvt. Young
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Naval Courier (uncredited)
- The Marshal Of Mesa City as Jim Tanner (uncredited)
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Adjutant (uncredited)
- When Tomorrow Comes as Tommy, a Busboy (uncredited)
- Wings of the Navy as Cadet Ormsby
1938
- Having Wonderful Time as Camp Waiter (uncredited)
- Next Time I Marry as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Duke of West Point as Cadet Rains
- Pie a la Maid as Mary's Brother
1937
- Exclusive as Elliott
- Behind The Headlines as Martin Gang Member
- Internes Can't Take Money as Jones (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- They Gave Him a Gun as Soldier (uncredited)
1935
- The Informer as Dennis Daly
- Hail, Brother
1934
- Fighting to Live as John Z. Blake
- I Believed in You as Jay, a Writer
- Love Past Thirty as Sam Adair
- Twentieth Century as Brother in Play (uncredited)
1933
- Unknown Valley as Joshua Townsman
- The Woman Accused as Tony (uncredited)
- Life in the Raw as Tom Halloway
1932
- The Death Kiss as Bystander
1931
- Young Sinners as Reggie
- Seas Beneath as Ens. Richard 'Dick' Cabot (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- Daddy Long Legs as Sally's Beau (uncredited)
- The Last Parade as Larry Pearson (as Gaylord Pendleton)
1930
- Manslaughter as Bobby
- Up the River as Morris (uncredited)
- The Bluffer as Jack
1923
- Success as Joe (as Gaylord Pendleton)