William Benedict
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-04-16
Day of Death
1999-11-25 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
William Benedict
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 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.
Acting
(2020)
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
as Himself
(1988)
Bonanza: The Next Generation
as Gus Morton
(1982)
Computercide
as Elderly Man
(1979)
Goldie and the Boxer
as Old Man
(1978)
Born Again
as Leon Jaworski
(1976)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Man on Bus
(1976)
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Telegraph Office Manager
(1975)
The Dead Don't Die
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(1975)
Cop on the Beat
as Lennie
(1973)
The Sting
as Roulette Dealer
(1972)
Call Her Mom
as Mr. Feigelbaum
(1972)
The Dirt Gang
as Station Attendant
(1972)
The Adventures of Nick Carter
as Newsboy
(1969)
Hello, Dolly!
as News Vendor (uncredited)
(1969)
The Over the Hill Gang
as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
(1969)
The Lottery
as Joe Summers
(1969)
(1968)
Funny Girl
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1968)
Rogue's Gallery
as Jocko (as William Benedict)
(1967)
What Am I Bid?
as Clem (as Bill Benedict)
(1966)
Frankie and Johnny
as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
as Simpson
(1965)
Dear Heart
as Stu
(1961)
Lover Come Back
as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
(1959)
The Hanging Tree
as Trapper (uncredited)
(1956)
The Killing
as American Airlines Clerk
(1956)
Mobs, Inc.
as Telegraph Boy
(1955)
Bride of the Monster
as Newsboy
(1953)
The Magnetic Monster
as Albert
(1951)
Bowery Battalion
as Whitey
(1951)
Ghost Chasers
as Whitey
(1951)
Crazy Over Horses
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
(1951)
Let's Go Navy!
as Whitey
(1950)
Triple Trouble
as Whitey, Bowery Boy
(1950)
Lucky Losers
as Whitey
(1950)
Blonde Dynamite
as Whitey
(1950)
Blues Busters
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
(1949)
Master Minds
as Whitey
(1949)
Fighting Fools
as Whitey
(1949)
Hold That Baby!
as Whitey
(1949)
Angels in Disguise
as Whitey
(1949)
Riders of the Pony Express
as Eddie Lund
(1948)
Jinx Money
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1948)
Secret Service Investigator
as Counterman
(1948)
Angels' Alley
as Whitey
(1948)
Trouble Makers
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1948)
Night Wind
as Irv Bennett
(1948)
Smuggler's Cove
as Whitey
(1947)
The Hucksters
as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
(1947)
News Hounds
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1947)
Merton of the Movies
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
(1947)
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Whitey
(1947)
Fun on a Weekend
as Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
(1947)
Bowery Buckaroos
as Whitey
(1947)
The Pilgrim Lady
as Bellboy
(1946)
Without Reservations
as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1946)
Bowery Bombshell
as Whitey
(1946)
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
(1946)
Mr. Hex
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1946)
Spook Busters
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1946)
People Are Funny
as NBC Usher
(1946)
In Fast Company
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1946)
Never Say Goodbye
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
(1946)
Do You Love Me
as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1946)
Live Wires
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1946)
Gay Blades
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1946)
One More Tomorrow
as Stinky
(1946)
The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1945)
Story of G.I. Joe
as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
(1945)
Hollywood and Vine
as Joe the Newsboy
(1945)
Come Out Fighting
as Skinny
(1945)
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Pesky (uncredited)
(1945)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Skinny
(1945)
Docks of New York
as Skinny
(1944)
The Whistler
as The Deafmute (Uncredited)
(1944)
Janie
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
(1944)
That's My Baby!
as Office boy
(1944)
Million Dollar Kid
as Skinny
(1944)
I Won't Play
as Florida
(1944)
Follow the Leader
as Spider O'Brien
(1944)
Bowery Champs
as Skinny
(1944)
They Live in Fear
as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
(1944)
Block Busters
as Butch
(1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Greene (uncredited)
(1943)
Ghosts on the Loose
as Benny
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Busboy (uncredited)
(1943)
Whispering Footsteps
as Jerry Murphy
(1943)
Aerial Gunner
as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
(1943)
Clancy Street Boys
as Butch
(1943)
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
as Pinky
(1943)
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Zombie Parker
(1943)
The Powers Girl
as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
(1943)
All by Myself
as Telegraph Messenger
(1943)
Moonlight in Vermont
as Abel
(1943)
Nobody's Darling
as Sammy (uncredited)
(1942)
The Talk of the Town
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1942)
The Glass Key
as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Barker (uncredited)
(1942)
A Night to Remember
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
(1942)
Wildcat
as Bud Smithers
(1942)
Heart of the Golden West
as Telegraph Messenger
(1942)
I Live on Danger
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1942)
Get Hep to Love
as Soda Jerk
(1942)
(1942)
On the Sunny Side
as Messenger
(1942)
Home in Wyomin'
as Usher (uncredited)
(1942)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1942)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Bellboy
(1942)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Theatre Usher
(1942)
Perils of Nyoka
as Red Davis
(1942)
Junior G-Men of the Air
as Whitey
(1941)
Second Chorus
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
(1941)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Whitey Murphy
(1941)
In Old Cheyenne
as Train Vendor
(1941)
Jesse James at Bay
as Young Davis
(1941)
Dressed to Kill
as Singing Telegram Boy
(1941)
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Jig
(1941)
Great Guns
as Recruit at Corral
(1941)
Time Out for Rhythm
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1941)
She Knew All the Answers
as Singing Telegraph Boy
(1941)
Tuxedo Junction
as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
(1941)
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Telegram Delivery Boy
(1941)
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Ice Cream Man
(1941)
Cadet Girl
as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
(1941)
Mr. District Attorney
as Office Boy
(1941)
Scattergood Baines
as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Lem (uncredited)
(1940)
Young People
as Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
Lucky Partners
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
The Mad Doctor
as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
(1940)
The Great McGinty
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
Bowery Boy
as (uncredited)
(1940)
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Dan Withers
(1940)
Melody Ranch
as Slim
(1940)
Legion of the Lawless
as Eddie
(1940)
Grand Ole Opry
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1940)
And One Was Beautiful
as Delivery Man
(1940)
Stage to Chino
as Happy (uncredited)
(1940)
Give Us Wings
as Link (as Billy Benedict)
(1940)
Rhythm on the River
as Elevator Boy
(1939)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Tour Guide
(1939)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Office Boy
(1939)
Code of the Streets
as Trouble
(1938)
Bringing Up Baby
as David's Caddy (uncredited)
(1938)
Hold That Kiss
as Delivery Boy
(1938)
Newsboys' Home
as Trouble
(1938)
Say It in French
as Midget Car Driver
(1938)
I Met My Love Again
as Billy (uncredited)
(1938)
Young Fugitives
as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
(1938)
There's Always a Woman
as Bellboy
(1938)
Walking Down Broadway
as Eddie
(1938)
Hold That Co-ed
as Sylvester
(1938)
King of the Newsboys
as Squimpy
(1938)
Little Tough Guys in Society
as Trouble
(1937)
Flying Fists
as Monk, Tall Kid
(1937)
The Last Gangster
as Freddy the Office Boy
(1937)
Jim Hanvey, Detective
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
(1937)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Spud
(1937)
Tramp Trouble
as Young Bindlestiff
(1937)
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Bellboy
(1937)
They Wanted to Marry
as Freckles
(1937)
That I May Live
as Kurt Plivens
(1936)
After the Thin Man
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1936)
Libeled Lady
as Joe
(1936)
Captain January
as Telegram Delivery Boy
(1936)
The Witness Chair
as Benny Ryan
(1936)
Laughing at Trouble
as Wilbur
(1936)
Theodora Goes Wild
as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
(1936)
Ramona
as Joseph Hyar
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as The Gawker
(1936)
Crack-Up
as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
(1936)
M'Liss
as Archer Morpher
(1936)
Can This Be Dixie?
as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
(1935)
Doubting Thomas
as Caddie
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
(1935)
Bad Boy
as Grocery Clerk
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Flash
(1935)
Show Them No Mercy!
as Willie (uncredited)
(1935)
College Scandal
as 'Penny' Parker
(1935)
$10 Raise
as Jimmy
(1935)
Way Down East
as Amos
(1935)
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Breck
(1935)
Your Uncle Dudley
as Cyril Church