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William Benedict‌

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Birthday

calendar1917-04-16

Popularity

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William Benedict

Haskell, Oklahoma, USA

William Benedict

Haskell, Oklahoma, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1917-04-16

Popularity

star4.7

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.

Movie Credits

Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby‌
star7.5
calendar 1938

Tuxedo Junction

Tuxedo Junction‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild‌
star6.5
calendar 1936

Rogue's Gallery

Rogue's Gallery‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town‌
star7.3
calendar 1942

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Scattergood Baines

Scattergood Baines‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Nobody's Darling

Nobody's Darling‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

The Gentleman Misbehaves

The Gentleman Misbehaves‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Triple Trouble

Triple Trouble‌
star6.2
calendar 1950

Bonanza: The Next Generation

Bonanza: The Next Generation‌
star7.5
calendar 1988

The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty‌
star7.0
calendar 1940

What Am I Bid?

What Am I Bid?‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Confessions of Boston Blackie

Confessions of Boston Blackie‌
star6.1
calendar 1941

The Man Who Lost Himself

The Man Who Lost Himself‌
star4.0
calendar 1941

Crazy Over Horses

Crazy Over Horses‌
star5.5
calendar 1951

Clancy Street Boys

Clancy Street Boys‌
star7.3
calendar 1943

Great Guns

Great Guns‌
star5.8
calendar 1941

Time Out for Rhythm

Time Out for Rhythm‌
star6.2
calendar 1941

The Last Gangster

The Last Gangster‌
star6.3
calendar 1937

Captain January

Captain January‌
star6.7
calendar 1936

Brenda Starr, Reporter

Brenda Starr, Reporter‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Young People

Young People‌
star4.6
calendar 1940

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me‌
star4.3
calendar 1946

Ghost Chasers

Ghost Chasers‌
star6.7
calendar 1951

Ramona

Ramona‌
star5.1
calendar 1936

That I May Live

That I May Live‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man‌
star7.3
calendar 1936

Funny Girl

Funny Girl‌
star7.2
calendar 1968

Tramp Trouble

Tramp Trouble‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles‌
star6.2
calendar 1939

$10 Raise

$10 Raise‌
star8.0
calendar 1935

Way Down East

Way Down East‌
star3.0
calendar 1935

Flying Fists

Flying Fists‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

College Scandal

College Scandal‌
star5.2
calendar 1935

Hold That Co-ed

Hold That Co-ed‌
star6.6
calendar 1938

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Adventures of the Flying Cadets‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

King of the Newsboys

King of the Newsboys‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Newsboys' Home

Newsboys' Home‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

I Live on Danger

I Live on Danger‌
star5.7
calendar 1942

Lover Come Back

Lover Come Back‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Crack-Up

Crack-Up‌
star5.7
calendar 1936

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Mr. Muggs Rides Again‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

Wildcat

Wildcat‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

The Pilgrim Lady

The Pilgrim Lady‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Young Fugitives

Young Fugitives‌
star1.0
calendar 1938

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

They Wanted to Marry

They Wanted to Marry‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Born Again

Born Again‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Computercide

Computercide‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

The Adventures of Nick Carter

The Adventures of Nick Carter‌
star1.0
calendar 1972

M'Liss

M'Liss‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

The Powers Girl

The Powers Girl‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

Hello, Dolly!

Hello, Dolly!‌
star7.0
calendar 1969

Lucky Losers

Lucky Losers‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

Mr. Hex

Mr. Hex‌
star6.7
calendar 1946

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny‌
star5.7
calendar 1966

Cop on the Beat

Cop on the Beat‌
star4.1
calendar 1975

I Met My Love Again

I Met My Love Again‌
star5.5
calendar 1938

Laughing at Trouble

Laughing at Trouble‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Docks of New York

Docks of New York‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Stage to Chino

Stage to Chino‌
star4.8
calendar 1940

The Witness Chair

The Witness Chair‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Hard Boiled Mahoney‌
star6.4
calendar 1947

The Killing

The Killing‌
star7.7
calendar 1956

Goldie and the Boxer

Goldie and the Boxer‌
star4.5
calendar 1979

The Sting

The Sting‌
star8.0
calendar 1973

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident‌
star7.7
calendar 1942

Without Reservations

Without Reservations‌
star6.3
calendar 1946

Angels' Alley

Angels' Alley‌
star4.0
calendar 1948

In Fast Company

In Fast Company‌
star6.3
calendar 1946

Rhythm in the Clouds

Rhythm in the Clouds‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Bowery Buckaroos

Bowery Buckaroos‌
star6.5
calendar 1947

Ghosts on the Loose

Ghosts on the Loose‌
star4.2
calendar 1943

I Won't Play

I Won't Play‌
star5.8
calendar 1944

Bowery Bombshell

Bowery Bombshell‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

Follow the Leader

Follow the Leader‌
star3.5
calendar 1944

That's My Baby!

That's My Baby!‌
star4.5
calendar 1944

Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

Million Dollar Kid

Million Dollar Kid‌
star6.4
calendar 1944

Let's Go Navy!

Let's Go Navy!‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

People Are Funny

People Are Funny‌
star5.2
calendar 1946

Spook Busters

Spook Busters‌
star4.7
calendar 1946

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Sherlock Holmes in New York‌
star5.8
calendar 1976

Show Them No Mercy!

Show Them No Mercy!‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady‌
star7.3
calendar 1936

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

Legion of the Lawless

Legion of the Lawless‌
star5.2
calendar 1940

Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

Smuggler's Cove

Smuggler's Cove‌
star4.7
calendar 1948

Trouble Makers

Trouble Makers‌
star5.7
calendar 1948

Bride of the Monster

Bride of the Monster‌
star4.4
calendar 1955

Little Tough Guys in Society

Little Tough Guys in Society‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

They Live in Fear

They Live in Fear‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

The Whistler

The Whistler‌
star5.9
calendar 1944

Aerial Gunner

Aerial Gunner‌
star4.4
calendar 1943

Perils of Nyoka

Perils of Nyoka‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

All by Myself

All by Myself‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

My Little Chickadee

My Little Chickadee‌
star6.4
calendar 1940

Adventures of Red Ryder

Adventures of Red Ryder‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Junior G-Men of the Air

Junior G-Men of the Air‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Jim Hanvey, Detective

Jim Hanvey, Detective‌
star5.9
calendar 1937

The Hucksters

The Hucksters‌
star6.9
calendar 1947

Code of the Streets

Code of the Streets‌
star7.0
calendar 1939

And One Was Beautiful

And One Was Beautiful‌
star6.2
calendar 1940

Master Minds

Master Minds‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

Blonde Dynamite

Blonde Dynamite‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners‌
star5.9
calendar 1940

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Mr. Muggs Steps Out‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Block Busters

Block Busters‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Come Out Fighting

Come Out Fighting‌
star7.0
calendar 1945

Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River‌
star7.0
calendar 1940

Bowery Champs

Bowery Champs‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

Second Chorus

Second Chorus‌
star5.9
calendar 1941

Live Wires

Live Wires‌
star5.5
calendar 1946

Hold That Baby!

Hold That Baby!‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

News Hounds

News Hounds‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

Angels in Disguise

Angels in Disguise‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

Fighting Fools

Fighting Fools‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

Melody Ranch

Melody Ranch‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

Gay Blades

Gay Blades‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye‌
star6.1
calendar 1946

Tim Tyler's Luck

Tim Tyler's Luck‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Give Us Wings

Give Us Wings‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry‌
star7.0
calendar 1940

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail‌
star5.9
calendar 1965

Home in Wyomin'

Home in Wyomin'‌
star8.0
calendar 1942

Steamboat Round the Bend

Steamboat Round the Bend‌
star7.5
calendar 1935

One More Tomorrow

One More Tomorrow‌
star5.5
calendar 1946

Riders of the Pony Express

Riders of the Pony Express‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

In Old Cheyenne

In Old Cheyenne‌
star4.1
calendar 1941

Jesse James at Bay

Jesse James at Bay‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Heart of the Golden West

Heart of the Golden West‌
star2.0
calendar 1942

The Magnetic Monster

The Magnetic Monster‌
star5.6
calendar 1953

Say It in French

Say It in French‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Your Uncle Dudley

Your Uncle Dudley‌
star1.0
calendar 1935

Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Get Hep to Love

Get Hep to Love‌
star4.0
calendar 1942

The Great Mr. Nobody

The Great Mr. Nobody‌
star5.3
calendar 1941

Mr. District Attorney

Mr. District Attorney‌
star6.2
calendar 1941

On the Sunny Side

On the Sunny Side‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

The Lottery

The Lottery‌
star6.7
calendar 1969

She Knew All the Answers

She Knew All the Answers‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

Janie

Janie‌
star5.5
calendar 1944

Night Wind

Night Wind‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Jinx Money

Jinx Money‌
star4.7
calendar 1948

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Adventures of Captain Marvel‌
star6.2
calendar 1941

Fun on a Weekend

Fun on a Weekend‌
star7.0
calendar 1947

There's Always a Woman

There's Always a Woman‌
star5.8
calendar 1938

Whispering Footsteps

Whispering Footsteps‌
star5.3
calendar 1943

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember‌
star6.3
calendar 1942

Big Daddy

Big Daddy‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

The Glass Key

The Glass Key‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

3 Kids and a Queen

3 Kids and a Queen‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Story of G.I. Joe

Story of G.I. Joe‌
star6.4
calendar 1945

Rings on Her Fingers

Rings on Her Fingers‌
star6.7
calendar 1942

Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia‌
star6.6
calendar 1946

Hollywood and Vine

Hollywood and Vine‌
star4.4
calendar 1945

Bowery Battalion

Bowery Battalion‌
star8.0
calendar 1951

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

Cadet Girl

Cadet Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

The Dirt Gang

The Dirt Gang‌
star3.0
calendar 1972

Call Her Mom

Call Her Mom‌
star4.0
calendar 1972

The Dead Don't Die

The Dead Don't Die‌
star5.8
calendar 1975

Dear Heart

Dear Heart‌
star6.6
calendar 1965

Blues Busters

Blues Busters‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Bowery Boy

Bowery Boy‌
star3.0
calendar 1940

Secret Service Investigator

Secret Service Investigator‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Moonlight in Vermont

Moonlight in Vermont‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

The Over the Hill Gang

The Over the Hill Gang‌
star5.6
calendar 1969

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood‌
star4.1
calendar 1976

Mobs, Inc.

Mobs, Inc.‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

Can This Be Dixie?

Can This Be Dixie?‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Tv Credits

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy‌
star6.9
calendar 1968

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie‌
star8.0
calendar 1974

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie‌
star7.8
calendar 1965

The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch‌
star6.7
calendar 1969

All in the Family

All in the Family‌
star7.8
calendar 1971

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.‌
star7.5
calendar 1976

Route 66

Route 66‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven‌
star7.4
calendar 1984

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Land of the Giants

Land of the Giants‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues‌
star7.6
calendar 1981

Dragnet

Dragnet‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Emergency!

Emergency!‌
star7.8
calendar 1972

Lassie

Lassie‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

The Monkees

The Monkees‌
star6.5
calendar 1966

Felony Squad

Felony Squad‌
star7.0
calendar 1966

The Immortal

The Immortal‌
star7.4
calendar 1970

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie‌
star3.7
calendar 1956

Hondo

Hondo‌
star6.2
calendar 1967

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok‌
star4.5
calendar 1951

Navy Log

Navy Log‌
star4.5
calendar 1955

Branded

Branded‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen‌
star7.4
calendar 1975

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett‌
star5.7
calendar 1967

Honey West

Honey West‌
star7.0
calendar 1965

I'm the Law

I'm the Law‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Matt Helm

Matt Helm‌
star7.4
calendar 1975

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

Adam-12

Adam-12‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Mayberry R.F.D.

Mayberry R.F.D.‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

Mayberry R.F.D.

Mayberry R.F.D.‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973