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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 16, 1917
Died
November 25, 1999
Place of Birth
Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- William 'Billy' Benedict
- Bill Benedict
- Billy Benedict
William Benedict
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.0
Himself
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020
7.5
Gus Morton
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
6.0
Elderly Man
Computercide
1982
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
4.5
Old Man
Goldie and the Boxer
1979
8.0
Leon Jaworski
Born Again
1978
7.2
Vic
The Incredible Hulk
1977
5.9
Telegraph Office Manager
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Credits
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
as Himself
2020
8.0
Bonanza: The Next Generation
as Gus Morton
1988
7.5
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Computercide
as Elderly Man
1982
6.0
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Goldie and the Boxer
as Old Man
1979
4.5
Born Again
as Leon Jaworski
1978
8.0
The Incredible Hulk
as Vic
1977
7.2
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Telegraph Office Manager
1976
5.9
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Charlie's Angels
as Emmett Winston, Esq.
1976
6.7
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Man on Bus
1976
4.1
Matt Helm
as Scavenger
1975
7.4
Ellery Queen
1975
7.4
Cop on the Beat
as Lennie
1975
4.1
The Dead Don't Die
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1975
5.9
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
The Sting
as Roulette Dealer
1973
8.0
Police Story
as Prescott
1973
6.9
🎬
The Secret Sharer
as Mr. Burns
1973
0.0
The Dirt Gang
as Station Attendant
1972
2.7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Adventures of Nick Carter
as Newsboy
1972
2.7
Call Her Mom
as Mr. Feigelbaum
1972
4.0
Emergency!
1972
7.8
All in the Family
as Jimmy McNab
1971
7.8
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
7.0
The Immortal
1970
7.4
Hello, Dolly!
as News Vendor (uncredited)
1969
7.0
The Brady Bunch
1969
6.7
Then Came Bronson
as Card Player
1969
4.8
The Over the Hill Gang
as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
1969
5.6
Big Daddy
1969
0.0
The Lottery
as Joe Summers
1969
6.8
Here's Lucy
as Deliveryman
1968
6.7
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Uncle Whitmore
1968
5.7
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Pet Shop Owner
1968
5.7
Land of the Giants
as Villager Peabody
1968
6.7
Adam-12
as Bill White
1968
7.0
Funny Girl
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1968
7.2
Rogue's Gallery
as Jocko (as William Benedict)
1968
6.0
Mannix
1967
6.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Telegrapher
1967
6.2
Hondo
1967
6.5
Ironside
1967
6.8
What Am I Bid?
as Clem (as Bill Benedict)
1967
0.0
Mission: Impossible
as Denver
1966
7.6
The Monkees
1966
6.5
The Monkees
as Old Man
1966
6.5
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
Frankie and Johnny
as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
1966
5.6
I Dream of Jeannie
as Cleaning Man
1965
7.8
Honey West
as Farley
1965
7.0
The Hallelujah Trail
as Simpson
1965
6.1
Dear Heart
as Stu
1965
6.4
Branded
1965
6.6
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
7.0
Petticoat Junction
as Willie
1963
5.7
Lover Come Back
as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1961
6.9
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Joe
1960
6.2
Dennis the Menace
1959
6.5
The Twilight Zone
as Conklin
1959
8.5
The Hanging Tree
as Trapper (uncredited)
1959
6.7
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
Wagon Train
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1957
6.6
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
The Killing
as American Airlines Clerk
1956
7.7
Mobs, Inc.
as Telegraph Boy
1956
4.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Gus
1955
6.6
Bride of the Monster
as Newsboy
1955
4.4
Lassie
1954
6.1
The Magnetic Monster
as Albert
1953
5.6
I'm the Law
1953
5.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Degnan
1951
8.6
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Crazy Over Horses
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
1951
5.5
Let's Go Navy!
as Whitey
1951
7.0
Ghost Chasers
as Whitey
1951
6.6
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Bowery Battalion
as Whitey
1951
8.0
Blues Busters
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
1950
5.5
Triple Trouble
as Whitey, Bowery Boy
1950
6.2
Lucky Losers
as Whitey
1950
6.1
Blonde Dynamite
as Whitey
1950
5.0
Master Minds
as Whitey
1949
6.0
Angels in Disguise
as Whitey
1949
5.3
Hold That Baby!
as Whitey
1949
5.0
Riders of the Pony Express
as Eddie Lund
1949
6.0
Fighting Fools
as Whitey
1949
5.0
Trouble Makers
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1948
5.7
Smuggler's Cove
as Whitey
1948
4.7
Night Wind
as Irv Bennett
1948
0.0
Jinx Money
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1948
4.8
Secret Service Investigator
as Counterman
1948
6.0
Angels' Alley
as Whitey
1948
4.0
Bowery Buckaroos
as Whitey
1947
6.5
Merton of the Movies
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947
6.8
News Hounds
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1947
6.0
The Hucksters
as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
1947
6.9
Fun on a Weekend
as Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
1947
7.0
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Whitey
1947
6.4
The Pilgrim Lady
as Bellboy
1947
5.0
Mr. Hex
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
6.7
Never Say Goodbye
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Spook Busters
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
4.8
Bowery Bombshell
as Whitey
1946
6.0
In Fast Company
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
6.3
One More Tomorrow
as Stinky
1946
5.5
Do You Love Me
as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1946
4.8
Without Reservations
as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1946
6.2
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
6.2
The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1946
0.0
Road to Utopia
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
6.7
Gay Blades
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
0.0
Live Wires
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
5.4
People Are Funny
as NBC Usher
1946
5.2
Come Out Fighting
as Skinny
1945
7.0
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Skinny
1945
5.0
Story of G.I. Joe
as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
1945
6.4
Hollywood and Vine
as Joe the Newsboy
1945
4.0
Docks of New York
as Skinny
1945
6.0
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Pesky (uncredited)
1945
0.0
Bowery Champs
as Skinny
1944
7.0
I Won't Play
as Florida
1944
6.4
They Live in Fear
as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
1944
0.0
That's My Baby!
as Office boy
1944
5.0
Janie
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Block Busters
as Butch
1944
0.0
Follow the Leader
as Spider O'Brien
1944
2.7
Follow the Boys
as Joe (uncredited)
1944
5.3
The Whistler
as The Deafmute (Uncredited)
1944
6.1
Million Dollar Kid
as Skinny
1944
5.8
Whispering Footsteps
as Jerry Murphy
1943
5.0
Moonlight in Vermont
as Abel
1943
6.0
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
as Pinky
1943
0.0
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Busboy (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Zombie Parker
1943
6.5
Nobody's Darling
as Sammy (uncredited)
1943
0.0
Ghosts on the Loose
as Benny
1943
4.2
All by Myself
as Telegraph Messenger
1943
0.0
Clancy Street Boys
as Butch
1943
5.8
Aerial Gunner
as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
1943
4.4
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Greene (uncredited)
1943
7.7
The Powers Girl
as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
1943
6.5
A Night to Remember
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1942
6.6
Heart of the Golden West
as Telegraph Messenger
1942
1.5
Get Hep to Love
as Soda Jerk
1942
4.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Theatre Usher
1942
0.0
The Glass Key
as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
6.6
Wildcat
as Bud Smithers
1942
3.5
The Talk of the Town
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1942
7.3
Junior G-Men of the Air
as Whitey
1942
6.0
Perils of Nyoka
as Red Davis
1942
0.0
Lady in a Jam
as Barker (uncredited)
1942
5.3
I Live on Danger
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
5.7
Home in Wyomin'
as Usher (uncredited)
1942
8.0
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Bellboy
1942
6.0
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Messenger (uncredited)
1942
2.5
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
6.5
On the Sunny Side
as Messenger
1942
6.0
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Ice Cream Man
1941
6.1
Cadet Girl
as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Tuxedo Junction
as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
1941
0.0
Jesse James at Bay
as Young Davis
1941
4.2
Great Guns
as Recruit at Corral
1941
5.9
Dressed to Kill
as Singing Telegram Boy
1941
6.3
Time Out for Rhythm
as Messenger (uncredited)
1941
6.2
She Knew All the Answers
as Singing Telegraph Boy
1941
6.3
In Old Cheyenne
as Train Vendor
1941
4.1
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Whitey Murphy
1941
6.3
Mr. District Attorney
as Office Boy
1941
5.4
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Telegram Delivery Boy
1941
4.3
Scattergood Baines
as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
1941
6.0
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Jig
1941
5.3
Second Chorus
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1941
5.8
Bowery Boy
as (uncredited)
1940
3.0
Give Us Wings
as Link (as Billy Benedict)
1940
6.0
The Mad Doctor
as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
1940
6.2
Melody Ranch
as Slim
1940
5.8
Young People
as Boy (uncredited)
1940
4.6
Rhythm on the River
as Elevator Boy
1940
6.8
Lucky Partners
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1940
6.0
The Great McGinty
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Stage to Chino
as Happy (uncredited)
1940
5.4
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Dan Withers
1940
5.5
Grand Ole Opry
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1940
7.0
And One Was Beautiful
as Delivery Man
1940
6.2
My Little Chickadee
as Lem (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Legion of the Lawless
as Eddie
1940
5.4
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Office Boy
1939
6.2
Hollywood Hobbies
as Tour Guide
1939
5.3
Code of the Streets
as Trouble
1939
7.0
Newsboys' Home
as Trouble
1938
6.0
Say It in French
as Midget Car Driver
1938
0.0
Little Tough Guys in Society
as Trouble
1938
6.0
Hold That Co-ed
as Sylvester
1938
6.3
Young Fugitives
as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
1938
1.0
Hold That Kiss
as Delivery Boy
1938
6.5
There's Always a Woman
as Bellboy
1938
5.8
King of the Newsboys
as Squimpy
1938
4.0
Walking Down Broadway
as Eddie
1938
5.7
Bringing Up Baby
as David's Caddy (uncredited)
1938
7.5
I Met My Love Again
as Billy (uncredited)
1938
5.4
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Spud
1937
0.0
The Last Gangster
as Freddy the Office Boy
1937
6.4
That I May Live
as Kurt Plivens
1937
6.5
🎬
Tramp Trouble
as Young Bindlestiff
1937
0.0
Flying Fists
as Monk, Tall Kid
1937
5.0
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Bellboy
1937
5.0
Jim Hanvey, Detective
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
1937
5.9
They Wanted to Marry
as Freckles
1937
5.0
After the Thin Man
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1936
7.3
Crack-Up
as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
1936
5.5
Laughing at Trouble
as Wilbur
1936
6.0
Can This Be Dixie?
as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Theodora Goes Wild
as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
1936
6.5
Libeled Lady
as Joe
1936
7.3
Ramona
as Joseph Hyar
1936
5.1
M'Liss
as Archer Morpher
1936
5.0
The Witness Chair
as Benny Ryan
1936
6.2
Captain January
as Telegram Delivery Boy
1936
6.7
The Country Doctor
as The Gawker
1936
6.0
Your Uncle Dudley
as Cyril Church
1935
1.0
Show Them No Mercy!
as Willie (uncredited)
1935
7.0
Bad Boy
as Grocery Clerk
1935
5.0
Way Down East
as Amos
1935
3.0
3 Kids and a Queen
as Flash
1935
6.0
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Breck
1935
7.5
Doubting Thomas
as Caddie
1935
7.0
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
1935
6.1
College Scandal
as 'Penny' Parker
1935
5.2
$10 Raise
as Jimmy
1935
8.0