William Benedict
1917-04-16 ( 107 years old ) in 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.

Movies

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter 2020-01-01
Bonanza: The Next Generation 1988-03-22
Computercide 1982-08-01
Goldie and the Boxer 1979-12-30
Born Again 1978-10-01
Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976-10-18
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood 1976-07-26
Cop on the Beat 1975-05-06
The Dead Don't Die 1975-01-14
The Sting 1973-12-25
The Dirt Gang 1972-11-01
The Adventures of Nick Carter 1972-02-20
Call Her Mom 1972-02-15
Hello, Dolly! 1969-12-12
The Over the Hill Gang 1969-07-06
Big Daddy 1969-06-11
The Lottery 1969-01-02
Funny Girl 1968-09-19
Rogue's Gallery 1968-01-01
What Am I Bid? 1967-01-01
Frankie and Johnny 1966-03-31
The Hallelujah Trail 1965-06-23
Dear Heart 1965-03-07
Lover Come Back 1961-12-20
The Hanging Tree 1959-02-19
The Killing 1956-06-06
Mobs, Inc. 1956-03-21
Bride of the Monster 1955-05-11
The Magnetic Monster 1953-02-18
Crazy Over Horses 1951-09-09
Let's Go Navy! 1951-07-29
Ghost Chasers 1951-04-29
Bowery Battalion 1951-01-24
Blues Busters 1950-10-29
Triple Trouble 1950-08-13
Lucky Losers 1950-05-14
Blonde Dynamite 1950-02-12
Master Minds 1949-11-27
Angels in Disguise 1949-09-25
Hold That Baby! 1949-06-06
Riders of the Pony Express 1949-05-13
Fighting Fools 1949-03-17
Trouble Makers 1948-12-10
Smuggler's Cove 1948-10-10
Night Wind 1948-09-01
Jinx Money 1948-06-27
Secret Service Investigator 1948-05-31
Angels' Alley 1948-03-07
Bowery Buckaroos 1947-11-22
Merton of the Movies 1947-10-11
News Hounds 1947-08-13
The Hucksters 1947-07-17
Fun on a Weekend 1947-05-15
Hard Boiled Mahoney 1947-05-10
The Pilgrim Lady 1947-01-22
Mr. Hex 1946-11-09
Never Say Goodbye 1946-11-09
Spook Busters 1946-08-24
Bowery Bombshell 1946-07-20
In Fast Company 1946-06-22
One More Tomorrow 1946-05-24
Do You Love Me 1946-05-17
Without Reservations 1946-05-13
The Kid from Brooklyn 1946-03-21
The Gentleman Misbehaves 1946-02-28
Road to Utopia 1946-02-27
Gay Blades 1946-01-25
Live Wires 1946-01-12
People Are Funny 1946-01-11
Come Out Fighting 1945-09-29
Mr. Muggs Rides Again 1945-07-15
Story of G.I. Joe 1945-07-13
Hollywood and Vine 1945-04-25
Docks of New York 1945-02-24
Brenda Starr, Reporter 1945-01-26
Bowery Champs 1944-11-25
I Won't Play 1944-11-11
They Live in Fear 1944-10-06
That's My Baby! 1944-09-14
Janie 1944-09-02
Block Busters 1944-07-22
Follow the Leader 1944-06-03
The Whistler 1944-03-30
Million Dollar Kid 1944-02-28
Whispering Footsteps 1943-12-30
Moonlight in Vermont 1943-12-24
Mr. Muggs Steps Out 1943-10-29
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943-09-25
Adventures of the Flying Cadets 1943-09-07
Nobody's Darling 1943-08-27
Ghosts on the Loose 1943-07-30
All by Myself 1943-06-11
Clancy Street Boys 1943-04-23
Aerial Gunner 1943-03-20
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943-03-11
The Powers Girl 1943-01-15
A Night to Remember 1942-12-10
Heart of the Golden West 1942-11-16
Get Hep to Love 1942-10-02
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1942-10-01
The Glass Key 1942-09-08
Wildcat 1942-09-03
The Talk of the Town 1942-08-20
Junior G-Men of the Air 1942-06-30
Perils of Nyoka 1942-06-27
Lady in a Jam 1942-06-19
I Live on Danger 1942-06-16
Home in Wyomin' 1942-04-29
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine 1942-03-27
Two Yanks in Trinidad 1942-03-26
Rings on Her Fingers 1942-03-20
On the Sunny Side 1942-02-13
Confessions of Boston Blackie 1941-12-08
Cadet Girl 1941-11-28
Tuxedo Junction 1941-11-25
Jesse James at Bay 1941-10-17
Great Guns 1941-10-10
Dressed to Kill 1941-08-08
Time Out for Rhythm 1941-06-05
She Knew All the Answers 1941-05-13
In Old Cheyenne 1941-04-04
Adventures of Captain Marvel 1941-03-28
Mr. District Attorney 1941-03-27
The Man Who Lost Himself 1941-03-21
Scattergood Baines 1941-02-21
The Great Mr. Nobody 1941-02-15
Second Chorus 1941-01-03
Bowery Boy 1940-12-28
The Mad Doctor 1940-12-20
Give Us Wings 1940-12-20
Melody Ranch 1940-09-15
Young People 1940-08-30
Rhythm on the River 1940-08-28
Lucky Partners 1940-08-02
The Great McGinty 1940-08-01
Stage to Chino 1940-07-26
Adventures of Red Ryder 1940-06-28
Grand Ole Opry 1940-06-25
And One Was Beautiful 1940-04-05
My Little Chickadee 1940-02-09
Legion of the Lawless 1940-01-05
Pack Up Your Troubles 1939-10-24
Hollywood Hobbies 1939-05-03
Code of the Streets 1939-04-13
Newsboys' Home 1938-12-24
Say It in French 1938-11-25
Little Tough Guys in Society 1938-11-01
Hold That Co-ed 1938-09-16
Young Fugitives 1938-06-30
Hold That Kiss 1938-05-13
There's Always a Woman 1938-04-20
King of the Newsboys 1938-03-18
Walking Down Broadway 1938-03-11
Bringing Up Baby 1938-02-18
I Met My Love Again 1938-01-14
Tim Tyler's Luck 1937-12-27
The Last Gangster 1937-11-12
That I May Live 1937-09-13
Tramp Trouble 1937-08-07
Flying Fists 1937-07-01
Rhythm in the Clouds 1937-06-21
Jim Hanvey, Detective 1937-04-05
They Wanted to Marry 1937-02-05
After the Thin Man 1936-12-25
Crack-Up 1936-12-14
Laughing at Trouble 1936-12-11
Can This Be Dixie? 1936-11-13
Theodora Goes Wild 1936-11-12
Libeled Lady 1936-10-09
Ramona 1936-09-25
M'Liss 1936-07-27
The Witness Chair 1936-04-23
Captain January 1936-04-17
The Country Doctor 1936-03-12
Your Uncle Dudley 1935-12-13
Show Them No Mercy! 1935-12-06
Way Down East 1935-10-25
Bad Boy 1935-10-25
3 Kids and a Queen 1935-10-21
Steamboat Round the Bend 1935-09-06
Doubting Thomas 1935-07-10
The Farmer Takes a Wife 1935-07-05
College Scandal 1935-06-21
$10 Raise 1935-05-04

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