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
- Get Smart as Warden
1962
- The Virginian as August Schimell
- The Beverly Hillbillies
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Hutchins
- Ocean's Eleven as Major Taylor (uncredited)
1958
- The Rifleman as Ben Johnson
- I Married a Woman as Photographer
- Once Upon a Horse... as Milligan
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
- The Caine Mutiny as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
- The Glenn Miller Story as Lt. Col. Bassell (uncredited)
- Target Earth as Colonel
- Killers from Space as FBI Agent Briggs
- The Two Gun Teacher as Bailey
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
- Dangerous Assignment
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Trail of the Arrow as (archive footage)
1951
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Submarine Command
- You Never Can Tell as Motor Cop (uncredited)
- Desert of Lost Men as Posse Member
- Chicago Calling as Police Lt. Ryan
- Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Sam White
- Purple Heart Diary as Sgt. Morse
1950
- The Gene Autry Show
- Rio Grande as Capt. Prescott
- No Man of Her Own as Policeman (uncredited)
- Where Danger Lives as Policeman at Roadblock (uncredited)
- A Lady Without Passport as Joe - Airport Attendant (uncredited)
- One Way Street as Cop at First Accident Scene (uncredited)
- Gunfire as Charlie Ford (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- Hi-Jacked as Detective (uncredited)
- Sunset in the West as Walter Kimball (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- Rookie Fireman as Potts
1949
- He Walked by Night as Detective (uncredited)
- Alias Nick Beal as Det. Sgt. Hill
- Red, Hot and Blue as Detective (uncredited)
- Johnny Allegro
- Chinatown at Midnight as Policeman
- Roll, Thunder, Roll! as Marshal Bill Faugh
- Ride, Ryder, Ride! as Gerry Brooks
- Arson, Inc. as Murph, the undercover man (as Gaylord Pendleton)
1948
- Enchantment as RAF Officer
- Walk a Crooked Mile as Police Detective Gaines
- Beyond Glory as Gen. Prescott
- Highway 13 as George Montgomery
1947
- Heartaches as Assistant Director (uncredited)
- Untamed Fury as Jeff Owens
- The Return of Rin Tin Tin as Gordon Melrose
1942
- Eyes of the Underworld as Hub Gelsey
1941
- Sergeant York as Scorer (uncredited)
- Million Dollar Baby
- Men of the Timberland as Tex
- Military Training as Lieutenant Instructor, Crack Drill Squad
1940
- The Grapes of Wrath as Gas Station Attendant #2 in Needles (uncredited)
- Flight Command as North Island Tower Operator
- Road to Singapore as Gordon Wycott (uncredited)
- Those Were the Days! as Connie Mathews
- Knute Rockne All American as Football Player #12 (uncredited)
- Sailor's Lady as Information
- Triple Justice as Tommy Dale
- Young Buffalo Bill as Jerry Calhoun
- Manhattan Heartbeat as Tony
- American Spoken Here as Young Marksman (uncredited)
- One Crowded Night as Mat
1939
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Naval Courier (uncredited)
- Wings of the Navy as Cadet Ormsby
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Adjutant (uncredited)
- Geronimo as Pvt. Young
- Reno as Prosecuting Attorne
- When Tomorrow Comes as Tommy, a Busboy (uncredited)
- The Marshal Of Mesa City as Jim Tanner (uncredited)
- Disputed Passage as Lawrence Carpenter (as Gaylord Pendleton)
1938
- Having Wonderful Time as Camp Waiter (uncredited)
- Next Time I Marry as Reporter (uncredited)
- Pie a la Maid as Mary's Brother
- The Duke of West Point as Cadet Rains
1937
- Internes Can't Take Money as Jones (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- Exclusive as Elliott
- They Gave Him a Gun as Soldier (uncredited)
- Behind The Headlines as Martin Gang Member
1935
- The Informer as Dennis Daly
- Hail, Brother
- Circle of Death as Jerry Carr
1934
- Twentieth Century as Brother in Play (uncredited)
- Love Past Thirty as Sam Adair
- I Believed in You as Jay, a Writer
- Fighting to Live as John Z. Blake
1933
- The Woman Accused as Tony (uncredited)
- Life in the Raw as Tom Halloway
- Unknown Valley as Joshua Townsman
1932
- The Death Kiss as Bystander
1931
- Seas Beneath as Ens. Richard 'Dick' Cabot (as Gaylord Pendleton)
- Young Sinners as Reggie
- Daddy Long Legs as Sally's Beau (uncredited)
- The Last Parade as Larry Pearson (as Gaylord Pendleton)
1930
- Up the River as Morris (uncredited)
- The Bluffer as Jack
- Manslaughter as Bobby
1923
- Success as Joe (as Gaylord Pendleton)