William Benedict
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 16, 1917
Day of Death: November 25, 1999 (83 years old)
Place of Birth: Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
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.
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Actor Bellboy (uncredited)
The Gentleman Misbehaves
Actor Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Do You Love Me
Actor Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Mr. Hex
Actor Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Without Reservations
Actor NBC Usher
People Are Funny
Actor Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
In Fast Company
Actor Whitey
Bowery Bombshell
Actor Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Spook Busters
Actor Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Live Wires
Actor Newsboy (uncredited)
Gay Blades
Actor Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
Actor Stinky
One More Tomorrow
Actor Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
Actor Newsboy (uncredited)
The Kid from Brooklyn
1945
1944
Actor Skinny
Million Dollar Kid
Actor Spider O'Brien
Follow the Leader
Actor Office boy
That's My Baby!
Actor Florida
I Won't Play
Actor Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
They Live in Fear
Actor The Deafmute (Uncredited)
The Whistler
Actor Butch
Block Busters
Actor Skinny
Bowery Champs
Actor Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Janie
1943
Actor Sammy (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling
Actor Butch
Clancy Street Boys
Actor Zombie Parker
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Actor Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Actor Greene (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Actor Benny
Ghosts on the Loose
Actor Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
Aerial Gunner
Actor Telegraph Messenger
All by Myself
Actor Pinky
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Actor Busboy (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Actor Jerry Murphy
Whispering Footsteps
Actor Abel
Moonlight in Vermont
1942
Actor Western Union Boy (uncredited)
The Talk of the Town
Actor Bellboy
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Actor Bellboy (uncredited)
I Live on Danger
Actor Bud Smithers
Wildcat
Actor Theatre Usher
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Actor Red Davis
Perils of Nyoka
Actor Whitey
Junior G-Men of the Air
Actor Usher (uncredited)
Home in Wyomin'
Actor Telegraph Messenger
Heart of the Golden West
Actor Soda Jerk
Get Hep to Love
Actor Messenger
On the Sunny Side
Actor Messenger Boy (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
Actor Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
The Glass Key
Actor
Rings on Her Fingers
Actor Barker (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Actor Messenger (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1941
Actor Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
Tuxedo Junction
Actor Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines
Actor Ice Cream Man
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Actor Telegram Delivery Boy
The Man Who Lost Himself
Actor Messenger (uncredited)
Time Out for Rhythm
Actor Recruit at Corral
Great Guns
Actor Singing Telegram Boy
Dressed to Kill
Actor Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Second Chorus
Actor Train Vendor
In Old Cheyenne
Actor Young Davis
Jesse James at Bay
Actor Office Boy
Mr. District Attorney
Actor Jig
The Great Mr. Nobody
Actor Singing Telegraph Boy
She Knew All the Answers
Actor Whitey Murphy
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Actor Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
Cadet Girl
1940
Actor Farm Boy (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
Actor Boy (uncredited)
Young People
Actor Happy (uncredited)
Stage to Chino
Actor Eddie
Legion of the Lawless
Actor Lem (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
Actor Dan Withers
Adventures of Red Ryder
Actor Delivery Man
And One Was Beautiful
Actor Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
Actor Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
The Mad Doctor
Actor Elevator Boy
Rhythm on the River
Actor Slim
Melody Ranch
Actor Link (as Billy Benedict)
Give Us Wings
Actor Newsboy (uncredited)
Grand Ole Opry
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Bowery Boy
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1938
Actor David's Caddy (uncredited)
Bringing Up Baby
Actor Delivery Boy
Hold That Kiss
Actor Sylvester
Hold That Co-ed
Actor Squimpy
King of the Newsboys
Actor Trouble
Newsboys' Home
Actor Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
Young Fugitives
Actor Billy (uncredited)
I Met My Love Again
Actor Trouble
Little Tough Guys in Society
Actor Midget Car Driver
Say It in French
Actor Eddie
Walking Down Broadway
Actor Bellboy
There's Always a Woman
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Actor Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild
Actor Telegram Delivery Boy
Captain January
Actor Joseph Hyar
Ramona
Actor Newsboy (uncredited)
After the Thin Man
Actor Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Actor The Gawker
The Country Doctor
Actor Archer Morpher
M'Liss
Actor Wilbur
Laughing at Trouble
Actor Benny Ryan
The Witness Chair
Actor Joe
Libeled Lady
Actor Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
Can This Be Dixie?
1935
Actor Jimmy
$10 Raise
Actor Amos
Way Down East
Actor 'Penny' Parker
College Scandal
Actor Caddie
Doubting Thomas
Actor Willie (uncredited)
Show Them No Mercy!
Actor Breck
Steamboat Round the Bend
Actor Cyril Church
Your Uncle Dudley
Actor Flash
3 Kids and a Queen
Actor Grocery Clerk
Bad Boy
Actor Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
The Farmer Takes a Wife