William Benedict

Actor Apr 16 (died age 82) Haskell, Oklahoma, USA 1935–2020 (85 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

The Sting

Roulette Dealer

Film

The Killing

American Airlines Clerk

Film

Bringing Up Baby

David's Caddy (uncredited)

Film

The Ox-Bow Incident

Greene (uncredited)

Film

Funny Girl

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Film

Hello, Dolly!

News Vendor (uncredited)

Film

After the Thin Man

Newsboy (uncredited)

Film

Libeled Lady

Joe

Filmography

Acting (233)

Movies (186)

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

2020

as Himself

8.0

Bonanza: The Next Generation

as Gus Morton

Computercide

as Elderly Man

Goldie and the Boxer

as Old Man

Born Again

as Leon Jaworski

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

as Man on Bus

4.1

Sherlock Holmes in New York

1976

as Telegraph Office Manager

Cop on the Beat

as Lennie

The Dead Don't Die

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Sting

as Roulette Dealer

The Secret Sharer

as Mr. Burns

The Adventures of Nick Carter

as Newsboy

Call Her Mom

as Mr. Feigelbaum

The Dirt Gang

as Station Attendant

Hello, Dolly!

as News Vendor (uncredited)

The Lottery

as Joe Summers

Big Daddy

The Over the Hill Gang

1969

as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)

5.6

Funny Girl

1968

as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

7.2

Rogue's Gallery

1968

as Jocko (as William Benedict)

6.0

What Am I Bid?

1967

as Clem (as Bill Benedict)

Frankie and Johnny

1966

as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)

The Hallelujah Trail

as Simpson

Dear Heart

as Stu

Lover Come Back

as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

6.9

The Hanging Tree

1959

as Trapper (uncredited)

6.7

The Killing

1956

as American Airlines Clerk

Mobs, Inc.

as Telegraph Boy

Bride of the Monster

as Newsboy

The Magnetic Monster

as Albert

Bowery Battalion

as Whitey

Ghost Chasers

as Whitey

Crazy Over Horses

as Whitey (as William Benedict)

Let's Go Navy!

as Whitey

Triple Trouble

as Whitey, Bowery Boy

Blonde Dynamite

as Whitey

Blues Busters

as Whitey (as William Benedict)

Lucky Losers

as Whitey

Hold That Baby!

as Whitey

Master Minds

as Whitey

Fighting Fools

as Whitey

Angels in Disguise

as Whitey

Riders of the Pony Express

1949

as Eddie Lund

6.0

Secret Service Investigator

1948

as Counterman

6.0

Night Wind

1948

as Irv Bennett

Jinx Money

1948

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

Smuggler's Cove

as Whitey

Trouble Makers

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

Angels' Alley

as Whitey

Fun on a Weekend

as Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)

Bowery Buckaroos

as Whitey

The Pilgrim Lady

as Bellboy

Hard Boiled Mahoney

as Whitey

The Hucksters

as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)

6.9

News Hounds

1947

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

6.0

Merton of the Movies

1947

as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)

6.8

Gay Blades

1946

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Mr. Hex

1946

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

6.7

Road to Utopia

1946

as Second Newsboy (uncredited)

6.7

Never Say Goodbye

1946

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

6.2

Live Wires

1946

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

5.4

Without Reservations

1946

as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)

6.2

In Fast Company

1946

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

6.3

People Are Funny

1946

as NBC Usher

5.2

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946

as Newsboy (uncredited)

6.2

The Gentleman Misbehaves

1946

as Bellboy (uncredited)

Spook Busters

1946

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

One More Tomorrow

as Stinky

Bowery Bombshell

as Whitey

Do You Love Me

as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)

4.8

Story of G.I. Joe

1945

as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)

6.4

Brenda Starr, Reporter

1945

as Pesky (uncredited)

Docks of New York

as Skinny

Come Out Fighting

as Skinny

Hollywood and Vine

as Joe the Newsboy

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

1945

as Skinny

5.0

They Live in Fear

1944

as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)

The Whistler

1944

as The Deafmute (Uncredited)

Bowery Champs

as Skinny

That's My Baby!

as Office boy

I Won't Play

as Florida

Follow the Boys

as Joe (uncredited)

Block Busters

as Butch

Janie

1944

as Soda Jerk (uncredited)

Million Dollar Kid

as Skinny

Follow the Leader

as Spider O'Brien

All by Myself

as Telegraph Messenger

Moonlight in Vermont

1943

as Abel

6.0

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

as Greene (uncredited)

7.7

Whispering Footsteps

1943

as Jerry Murphy

5.0

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

1943

as Zombie Parker

6.5

Nobody's Darling

1943

as Sammy (uncredited)

The Powers Girl

1943

as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)

Clancy Street Boys

as Butch

Aerial Gunner

as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell

4.4

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

as Benny

4.2

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

as Busboy (uncredited)

6.0

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

1943

as Pinky

Get Hep to Love

1942

as Soda Jerk

4.0

Heart of the Golden West

1942

as Telegraph Messenger

1.5

Perils of Nyoka

1942

as Red Davis

The Glass Key

1942

as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)

On the Sunny Side

as Messenger

Rings on Her Fingers

Wildcat

as Bud Smithers

The Talk of the Town

as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

7.3

I Live on Danger

1942

as Bellboy (uncredited)

5.7

Junior G-Men of the Air

1942

as Whitey

6.0

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942

as Bellboy

6.0

Lady in a Jam

1942

as Barker (uncredited)

5.3

A Night to Remember

1942

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

6.6

Two Yanks in Trinidad

1942

as Messenger (uncredited)

2.5

Home in Wyomin'

1942

as Usher (uncredited)

8.0

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942

as Theatre Usher

Confessions of Boston Blackie

1941

as Ice Cream Man

6.1

She Knew All the Answers

1941

as Singing Telegraph Boy

Jesse James at Bay

as Young Davis

Scattergood Baines

as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)

6.0

Dressed to Kill

1941

as Singing Telegram Boy

6.3

Second Chorus

1941

as Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Great Guns

as Recruit at Corral

The Great Mr. Nobody

as Jig

Tuxedo Junction

as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)

Cadet Girl

1941

as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)

6.0

Mr. District Attorney

1941

as Office Boy

5.4

Adventures of Captain Marvel

as Whitey Murphy

In Old Cheyenne

as Train Vendor

The Man Who Lost Himself

1941

as Telegram Delivery Boy

4.3

Time Out for Rhythm

1941

as Messenger (uncredited)

6.2

Young People

1940

as Boy (uncredited)

4.6

And One Was Beautiful

1940

as Delivery Man

6.2

The Great McGinty

1940

as Farm Boy (uncredited)

My Little Chickadee

as Lem (uncredited)

The Mad Doctor

as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)

Bowery Boy

as (uncredited)

Lucky Partners

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

6.0

Give Us Wings

1940

as Link (as Billy Benedict)

6.0

Melody Ranch

1940

as Slim

5.8

Adventures of Red Ryder

as Dan Withers

Rhythm on the River

as Elevator Boy

Legion of the Lawless

1940

as Eddie

5.4

Stage to Chino

1940

as Happy (uncredited)

5.4

Grand Ole Opry

1940

as Newsboy (uncredited)

7.0

Code of the Streets

1939

as Trouble

7.0

Pack Up Your Troubles

as Office Boy

Hollywood Hobbies

as Tour Guide

Bringing Up Baby

as David's Caddy (uncredited)

Hold That Kiss

as Delivery Boy

I Met My Love Again

as Billy (uncredited)

5.4

Young Fugitives

1938

as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)

Newsboys' Home

as Trouble

Hold That Co-ed

as Sylvester

Say It in French

as Midget Car Driver

King of the Newsboys

as Squimpy

There's Always a Woman

1938

as Bellboy

5.8

Walking Down Broadway

1938

as Eddie

5.7

Little Tough Guys in Society

1938

as Trouble

6.0

The Last Gangster

1937

as Freddy the Office Boy

6.4

Tramp Trouble

1937

as Young Bindlestiff

Flying Fists

1937

as Monk, Tall Kid

5.0

Tim Tyler's Luck

1937

as Spud

Jim Hanvey, Detective

1937

as Copy Boy (uncredited)

Rhythm in the Clouds

as Bellboy

That I May Live

as Kurt Plivens

They Wanted to Marry

as Freckles

Laughing at Trouble

as Wilbur

Libeled Lady

as Joe

After the Thin Man

as Newsboy (uncredited)

M'Liss

as Archer Morpher

Crack-Up

as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)

Ramona

as Joseph Hyar

Captain January

as Telegram Delivery Boy

6.7

Theodora Goes Wild

1936

as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)

The Country Doctor

as The Gawker

The Witness Chair

as Benny Ryan

Can This Be Dixie?

as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)

Your Uncle Dudley

as Cyril Church

College Scandal

as 'Penny' Parker

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935

as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight

Bad Boy

as Grocery Clerk

Way Down East

as Amos

Steamboat Round the Bend

as Breck

Doubting Thomas

as Caddie

Show Them No Mercy!

as Willie (uncredited)

3 Kids and a Queen

as Flash

$10 Raise

as Jimmy

Television (47)

Highway to Heaven

Hill Street Blues

The Incredible Hulk

as Vic

Charlie's Angels

as Emmett Winston, Esq.

Quincy, M.E.

Ellery Queen

Matt Helm

as Scavenger

Little House on the Prairie

Police Story

as Prescott

Emergency!

The Streets of San Francisco

All in the Family

as Jimmy McNab

Alias Smith and Jones

The Immortal

The Brady Bunch

Then Came Bronson

as Card Player

Adam-12

as Bill White

Here's Lucy

as Deliveryman

Land of the Giants

as Villager Peabody

Mayberry R.F.D.

as Uncle Whitmore

Ironside

Mannix

The Guns of Will Sonnett

as Telegrapher

Hondo

Mission: Impossible

as Denver

The Monkees

as Skywriter

Felony Squad

I Dream of Jeannie

as Cleaning Man

Branded

Honey West

as Farley

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Petticoat Junction

as Willie

Route 66

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Joe

The Twilight Zone

as Conklin

Dennis the Menace

The Rifleman

Wagon Train

as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

6.6

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Gunsmoke

as Gus

Navy Log

Lassie

I'm the Law

The Red Skelton Show

Dragnet

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

5.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Degnan

8.6