
William Benedict
Biography
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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 (183 movies)

Bringing Up Baby
1938

Tuxedo Junction
1941

Theodora Goes Wild
1936

Rogue's Gallery
1968

The Talk of the Town
1942

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942

Scattergood Baines
1941

Nobody's Darling
1943

The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946

Triple Trouble
1950

Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988

The Great McGinty
1940

What Am I Bid?
1967

Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941

The Man Who Lost Himself
1941

Crazy Over Horses
1951

The Last Gangster
1937

Time Out for Rhythm
1941

Great Guns
1941

Clancy Street Boys
1943

Captain January
1936

Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945

Young People
1940

Do You Love Me
1946

Ghost Chasers
1951

Ramona
1936

That I May Live
1937

After the Thin Man
1936

Funny Girl
1968

Pack Up Your Troubles
1939

$10 Raise
1935

Way Down East
1935

Flying Fists
1937

Hold That Kiss
1938

College Scandal
1935

Hold That Co-ed
1938

Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943

King of the Newsboys
1938

Newsboys' Home
1938

I Live on Danger
1942

Lover Come Back
1961

Crack-Up
1936

Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945

Hollywood Hobbies
1939

Wildcat
1942

The Pilgrim Lady
1947

Young Fugitives
1938

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942

They Wanted to Marry
1937

Born Again
1978

Computercide
1982

The Country Doctor
1936

The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972

M'Liss
1936

The Powers Girl
1943

Hello, Dolly!
1969

Lucky Losers
1950

Mr. Hex
1946

Frankie and Johnny
1966

Cop on the Beat
1975

I Met My Love Again
1938

Laughing at Trouble
1936

Docks of New York
1945

Stage to Chino
1940

The Witness Chair
1936

Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947

The Killing
1956

Goldie and the Boxer
1979

The Sting
1973

The Ox-Bow Incident
1943

Without Reservations
1946

Doubting Thomas
1935

Rhythm in the Clouds
1937

Ghosts on the Loose
1943

Million Dollar Kid
1944

Follow the Leader
1944

That's My Baby!
1944

I Won't Play
1944

People Are Funny
1946

In Fast Company
1946

Bowery Bombshell
1946

Spook Busters
1946

Bowery Buckaroos
1947

Angels' Alley
1948

Let's Go Navy!
1951

Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976

Show Them No Mercy!
1935

Libeled Lady
1936

Dressed to Kill
1941

Legion of the Lawless
1940

Merton of the Movies
1947

Smuggler's Cove
1948

Trouble Makers
1948

Bride of the Monster
1955

Little Tough Guys in Society
1938

They Live in Fear
1944

The Whistler
1944

Aerial Gunner
1943

Perils of Nyoka
1942

All by Myself
1943
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