
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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