Nat Pendleton
Biography
Nathaniel Greene 'Nat' Pendleton was an American former Olympic wrestler turned actor.
Two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champion (1914-1915) in the 175-lb. class at Columbia University, Pendleton graduated Class of 1916. He wrestled for the United States at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, earning a silver medal, losing only one match due to a controversial point decision. After the Games he became a professional wrestler and was a big fan favorite, which led to Hollywood.
In the 1920 census he was living in Manhattan with his first wife Juanita Alfonzo (age 22) and her brother Ramon Alfonso (age 13). He was working as a sports manager.
Pendleton was usually cast as a circus strongman, brutish thug, dumb cop, or dense buffoon, but he had a college degree and in 1933 wrote the script for Deception (1932), in which he starred - not surprisingly - as a wrestler.
Upon his death from a heart attack, his remains were interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California.
Nat Pendleton was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame inaugural class in 2006.
Acting (109 movies)
The Thin Man
1934
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
At the Circus
1939
Scared to Death
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
Baby Face
1933
Penthouse
1933
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Buck Privates
1941
The Cat's-Paw
1934
Another Thin Man
1939
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942
Blonde Crazy
1931
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Lady for a Day
1933
Northwest Passage
1940
It's a Wonderful World
1939
Phantom Raiders
1940
The Sign of the Cross
1932
Reckless
1935
Swing Your Lady
1938
The Star Witness
1931
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Flight Command
1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
Child of Manhattan
1933
Death on the Diamond
1934
Exposure
1932
Under Cover of Night
1937
Flesh
1932
Jail House Blues
1942
The Garden Murder Case
1936
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
Trapped by Television
1936
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
The Nuisance
1933
A Fool's Advice
1932
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Golden Fleecing
1940
College Coach
1933
Fast Company
1938
Whistling in the Dark
1933
Straight Is the Way
1934
Swing Fever
1943
Sing and Like It
1934
Fugitive Lovers
1934
Lazy River
1934
The Gay Bride
1934
Sworn Enemy
1936
Goldie Gets Along
1933
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
Life Begins in College
1937
The Night Club Lady
1932
The Big Pond
1930
On Borrowed Time
1939
The Defense Rests
1934
I'm No Angel
1933
The Crowd Roars
1938
The Chief
1933
Calm Yourself
1935
6,000 Enemies
1939
Baby Face Harrington
1935
Hell-Fire Austin
1932
Crazy House
1930
The Girl from Missouri
1934
Sing Me a Love Song
1936
Two in a Crowd
1936
Taxi!
1931
The Last of the Duanes
1930
Song of the City
1937
Gangway
1937
Times Square Lady
1935
Manhattan Parade
1931
Here Comes the Band
1935
The Secret Witness
1931
It's in the Air
1935
The Tenderfoot
1932
Murder in the Fleet
1935
Parachute Jumper
1933
The Shopworn Angel
1938
Horse Feathers
1932
Death Valley
1946
Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941
The Big Timer
1932
New Moon
1940
Attorney for the Defense
1932
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
The Laughing Lady
1929
The Beast of the City
1932
The Ruling Voice
1931
Let's Get Married
1926
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Complicated Women
2003
Fair Warning
1931
The Chaser
1938
The Sea Wolf
1930
Deception
1932
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