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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 7, 1895
Died
October 12, 1967
Place of Birth
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Also Known As
- Nathaniel Greene Pendleton
- Nathaniel Greene "Nat" Pendleton
Nat Pendleton
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
10.0
Bill Raymond (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
6.3
Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
6.3
William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
🎬
7.3
Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
6.3
Sgt. Michael Collins
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
4.1
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Scared to Death
1947
5.0
Jim Ward
Death Valley
1946
5.0
'Killer' Kennedy
Swing Fever
1943
Credits
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Bill Raymond (archive footage)
1991
10.0
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
1965
6.3
The Big Parade of Comedy
as William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
1964
6.3
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
Buck Privates Come Home
as Sgt. Michael Collins
1947
6.3
Scared to Death
as Bill 'Bull' Raymond
1947
4.1
Death Valley
as Jim Ward
1946
5.0
Swing Fever
as 'Killer' Kennedy
1943
5.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Joe Weyman
1943
5.5
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Joe Weyman
1942
5.3
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Joe Weyman
1942
6.5
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Red Hogan
1942
5.3
Jail House Blues
as Sonny McGann
1942
0.0
Top Sergeant Mulligan
as Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
1941
5.0
Buck Privates
as Sgt. Michael Collins
1941
6.7
Flight Command
as C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
1940
5.6
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Joe Wayman
1940
6.0
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Joe Wayman
1940
6.8
The Golden Fleecing
as 'Fatso' Werner
1940
5.3
New Moon
as Bondsman
1940
6.5
Phantom Raiders
as 'Gunboat' Jacklin
1940
6.1
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver
1940
4.6
The Ghost Comes Home
as Roscoe
1940
5.0
Northwest Passage
as 'Cap' Huff
1940
6.5
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Joe Wayman
1939
5.6
Another Thin Man
as John Guild
1939
7.1
At the Circus
as Goliath
1939
6.4
On Borrowed Time
as Mr. Grimes
1939
7.5
6,000 Enemies
as Socks Martin
1939
6.0
It's a Wonderful World
as Sergeant Fred Koretz
1939
6.4
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Joe Wayman
1939
6.1
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
as Buddy Buttle
1939
5.0
Breakdowns of 1938
as Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
Young Dr. Kildare
as Joe Wayman
1938
6.5
The Crowd Roars
as 'Pug' Walsh
1938
6.5
The Chaser
as Floppy Phil
1938
6.0
The Shopworn Angel
as 'Dice'
1938
6.7
Fast Company
as Paul Terison
1938
5.0
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Joe Doyle
1938
5.8
Swing Your Lady
as Joe Skopapolous
1938
4.0
Life Begins in College
as George Black
1937
0.0
Gangway
as Smiles Hogan
1937
7.0
Song of the City
as Benvenuto Romandi
1937
6.0
Under Cover of Night
as Police Sgt. Lucks
1937
5.7
Sing Me a Love Song
as Rocky
1936
0.0
Two in a Crowd
as Flynn
1936
0.0
The Luckiest Girl in the World
as Dugan
1936
7.5
Sworn Enemy
as 'Steamer' Krupp
1936
5.3
Trapped by Television
as Rocky O'Neil
1936
6.4
The Great Ziegfeld
as Sandow
1936
6.3
The Garden Murder Case
as Sergeant Ernest Heath
1936
5.4
It's in the Air
as Henry Potke
1935
5.0
Here Comes the Band
as 'Piccolo Pete'
1935
5.0
Calm Yourself
as Knuckles Benedict
1935
4.5
Murder in the Fleet
as 'Spud' Burke
1935
5.0
Reckless
as Blossom
1935
5.0
Baby Face Harrington
as Rocky
1935
4.8
Times Square Lady
as Mack
1935
6.0
The Gay Bride
as William T. 'Shoots' Magiz
1934
5.8
Death on the Diamond
as John 'Truck' Hogan
1934
7.0
Straight Is the Way
as Skippy
1934
5.5
The Cat's-Paw
as Strozzi
1934
6.3
The Girl from Missouri
as Life Guard
1934
6.9
The Defense Rests
as Rocky
1934
7.0
The Thin Man
as Inspector John Guild
1934
7.5
Manhattan Melodrama
as Spud
1934
7.0
Sing and Like It
as T. Fenny Sylvester
1934
4.0
Lazy River
as Alfred 'Tiny' Smith
1934
6.0
Fugitive Lovers
as Legs Caffey
1934
6.0
College Coach
as Petrowski
1933
4.1
The Chief
as Big Mike
1933
3.0
I'm No Angel
as Harry (uncredited)
1933
6.3
Lady for a Day
as Shakespeare
1933
7.1
Penthouse
as Tony Gazotti
1933
6.7
Baby Face
as Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
1933
7.2
The Nuisance
as Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)
1933
5.0
Child of Manhattan
as Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
1933
7.2
Parachute Jumper
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
1933
5.9
Goldie Gets Along
as Motorcycle Officer Cassidy
1933
4.0
Whistling in the Dark
as Joe
1933
5.6
The Sign of the Cross
as Strabo
1932
6.1
Flesh
as Wrestler (uncredited)
1932
5.6
Deception
as Bucky O'Neill
1932
6.0
The Night Club Lady
as Mike McDougal
1932
6.4
Exposure
as Maniac Killer
1932
2.0
Horse Feathers
as MacHardie (uncredited)
1932
6.9
By Whose Hand?
as 'Killer' Delmar
1932
6.0
The Tenderfoot
as Joe (uncredited)
1932
6.0
Attorney for the Defense
as Mugg Malone
1932
6.0
The Big Timer
as Kid Melrose (uncredited)
1932
3.7
Hell-Fire Austin
as Bouncer
1932
2.5
A Fool's Advice
as Kelly - Naughty Boy
1932
5.5
The Beast of the City
as Abe Gorman (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Taxi!
as Bull Martin (uncredited)
1932
6.6
Manhattan Parade
as Lady Godiva's Husband
1931
1.8
The Secret Witness
as Gunner - Bodyguard
1931
2.3
The Spirit of Notre Dame
as Assistant Coach
1931
6.3
Blonde Crazy
as Hank aka Pete
1931
7.0
The Ruling Voice
as Board Member (uncredited)
1931
6.0
The Star Witness
as Big Jack
1931
6.7
Fair Warning
as Purvis
1931
0.0
Crazy House
as Chef (uncredited)
1930
4.0
The Sea Wolf
as Smoke
1930
0.0
The Last of the Duanes
as Bossamer
1930
3.0
The Big Pond
as Pat O'Day
1930
5.7
The Laughing Lady
as James Dugan
1929
6.0
Let's Get Married
as Jimmy
1926
0.0
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
as Bud Means
1924
0.0