William Benedict 04/16/1917 , (107 years old) in Haskell, Oklahoma, USA

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Acting

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.

poster Bringing Up Baby (1938)

David's Caddy (uncredited)

poster The Talk of the Town (1942)

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

poster After the Thin Man (1936)

Newsboy (uncredited)

poster The Great McGinty (1940)

Farm Boy (uncredited)

poster The Last Gangster (1937)

Freddy the Office Boy

poster Funny Girl (1968)

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

poster Do You Love Me (1946)

Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)

poster Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)

poster Young People (1940)

Boy (uncredited)

poster Scattergood Baines (1941)

Lafe Hopper (uncredited)

poster Great Guns (1941)

Recruit at Corral

poster Captain January (1936)

Telegram Delivery Boy

poster Ramona (1936)

Joseph Hyar

poster The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)

Telegram Delivery Boy

poster Nobody's Darling (1943)

Sammy (uncredited)

poster Rogue's Gallery (1968)

Jocko (as William Benedict)

poster Triple Trouble (1950)

Whitey, Bowery Boy

poster Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)

Pesky (uncredited)

poster Tuxedo Junction (1941)

Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)

poster Crazy Over Horses (1951)

Whitey (as William Benedict)

poster Time Out for Rhythm (1941)

Messenger (uncredited)

poster The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)

Bellboy (uncredited)

poster What Am I Bid? (1967)

Clem (as Bill Benedict)

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