William Benedict
Birthday
1917/04/16
Day of death
1999/11/25 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
William 'Billy' Benedict , Bill Benedict, Billy Benedict
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1938) Bringing Up Baby
as David's Caddy (uncredited)
(1941) Tuxedo Junction
as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
(1936) Theodora Goes Wild
as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
(1968) Rogue's Gallery
as Jocko (as William Benedict)
(1942) The Talk of the Town
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1942) The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Bellboy
(1941) Scattergood Baines
as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
(1943) Nobody's Darling
as Sammy (uncredited)
(1946) The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1950) Triple Trouble
as Whitey, Bowery Boy
(1988) Bonanza: The Next Generation
as Gus Morton
(1940) The Great McGinty
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
(1967) What Am I Bid?
as Clem (as Bill Benedict)
(1941) Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Ice Cream Man
(1941) The Man Who Lost Himself
as Telegram Delivery Boy
(1951) Crazy Over Horses
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
(1937) The Last Gangster
as Freddy the Office Boy
(1941) Time Out for Rhythm
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1941) Great Guns
as Recruit at Corral
(1943) Clancy Street Boys
as Butch
(1936) Captain January
as Telegram Delivery Boy
(1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Pesky (uncredited)
(1940) Young People
as Boy (uncredited)
(1946) Do You Love Me
as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1951) Ghost Chasers
as Whitey
(1936) Ramona
as Joseph Hyar
(1937) That I May Live
as Kurt Plivens
(1936) After the Thin Man
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1968) Funny Girl
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1937) Tramp Trouble
as ---
(1939) Pack Up Your Troubles
as Office Boy
(1935) $10 Raise
as Jimmy
(1935) Way Down East
as Amos
(1937) Flying Fists
as Monk, Tall Kid
(1938) Hold That Kiss
as Delivery Boy
(1935) College Scandal
as 'Penny' Parker
(1938) Hold That Co-ed
as Sylvester
(1943) Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Zombie Parker
(1938) King of the Newsboys
as Squimpy
(1938) Newsboys' Home
as Trouble
(1942) I Live on Danger
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1961) Lover Come Back
as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
(1936) Crack-Up
as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
(1945) Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Skinny
(1939) Hollywood Hobbies
as Tour Guide
(1942) Wildcat
as Bud Smithers
(1947) The Pilgrim Lady
as Bellboy
(1938) Young Fugitives
as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
(1942) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Theatre Usher
(1937) They Wanted to Marry
as Freckles
(1978) Born Again
as Leon Jaworski
(1982) Computercide
as Elderly Man
(1936) The Country Doctor
as The Gawker
(1972) The Adventures of Nick Carter
as Newsboy
(1936) M'Liss
as Archer Morpher
(1943) The Powers Girl
as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
(1969) Hello, Dolly!
as News Vendor (uncredited)
(1950) Lucky Losers
as Whitey
(1946) Mr. Hex
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1966) Frankie and Johnny
as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
(1975) Cop on the Beat
as Lennie
(1938) I Met My Love Again
as Billy (uncredited)
(1936) Laughing at Trouble
as Wilbur
(1945) Docks of New York
as Skinny
(1940) Stage to Chino
as Happy (uncredited)
(1936) The Witness Chair
as Benny Ryan
(1947) Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Whitey
(1956) The Killing
as American Airlines Clerk
(1979) Goldie and the Boxer
as Old Man
(1973) The Sting
as Roulette Dealer
(1942) The Ox-Bow Incident
as Greene (uncredited)
(1946) Without Reservations
as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1935) Doubting Thomas
as Caddie
(1937) Rhythm in the Clouds
as Bellboy
(1943) Ghosts on the Loose
as Benny
(1944) Million Dollar Kid
as Skinny
(1944) Follow the Leader
as Spider O'Brien
(1944) That's My Baby!
as Office boy
(1944) I Won't Play
as Florida
(1946) People Are Funny
as NBC Usher
(1946) In Fast Company
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1946) Bowery Bombshell
as Whitey
(1946) Spook Busters
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1947) Bowery Buckaroos
as Whitey
(1948) Angels' Alley
as Whitey
(1951) Let's Go Navy!
as Whitey
(1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Telegraph Office Manager
(1935) Show Them No Mercy!
as Willie (uncredited)
(1936) Libeled Lady
as Joe
(1941) Dressed to Kill
as Singing Telegram Boy
(1940) Legion of the Lawless
as Eddie
(1947) Merton of the Movies
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
(1948) Smuggler's Cove
as Whitey
(1948) Trouble Makers
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1955) Bride of the Monster
as Newsboy
(1938) Little Tough Guys in Society
as Trouble
(1944) They Live in Fear
as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
(1944) The Whistler
as The Deafmute (Uncredited)
(1943) Aerial Gunner
as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
(1942) Perils of Nyoka
as Red Davis
(1943) All by Myself
as Telegraph Messenger
(1940) My Little Chickadee
as Lem (uncredited)
(1940) Adventures of Red Ryder
as Dan Withers
(1942) Junior G-Men of the Air
as Whitey
(1937) Jim Hanvey, Detective
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
(1947) The Hucksters
as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
(1939) Code of the Streets
as Trouble
(1940) And One Was Beautiful
as Delivery Man
(1949) Master Minds
as Whitey
(1950) Blonde Dynamite
as Whitey
(1940) Lucky Partners
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1940) The Mad Doctor
as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
(1943) Mr. Muggs Steps Out
as Pinky
(1944) Block Busters
as Butch
(1944) Bowery Champs
as Skinny
(1945) Come Out Fighting
as Skinny
(1940) Rhythm on the River
as Elevator Boy
(1941) Second Chorus
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
(1949) Hold That Baby!
as Whitey
(1946) Live Wires
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1947) News Hounds
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1940) Melody Ranch
as Slim
(1949) Fighting Fools
as Whitey
(1949) Angels in Disguise
as Whitey
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Busboy (uncredited)
(2020) The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
as Himself
(1946) Gay Blades
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1946) Never Say Goodbye
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
(1940) Give Us Wings
as Link (as Billy Benedict)
(1940) Grand Ole Opry
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1937) Tim Tyler's Luck
as Spud
(1965) The Hallelujah Trail
as Simpson
(1942) Home in Wyomin'
as Usher (uncredited)
(1946) One More Tomorrow
as Stinky
(1935) Steamboat Round the Bend
as Breck
(1949) Riders of the Pony Express
as Eddie Lund
(1941) In Old Cheyenne
as Train Vendor
(1941) Jesse James at Bay
as Young Davis
(1942) Heart of the Golden West
as Telegraph Messenger
(1953) The Magnetic Monster
as Albert
(1938) Say It in French
as Midget Car Driver
(1935) Your Uncle Dudley
as Cyril Church
(1938) Walking Down Broadway
as Eddie
(1942) Get Hep to Love
as Soda Jerk
(1941) Mr. District Attorney
as Office Boy
(1941) The Great Mr. Nobody
as Jig
(1942) On the Sunny Side
as Messenger
(1969) The Lottery
as Joe Summers
(1941) She Knew All the Answers
as Singing Telegraph Boy
(1944) Janie
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
(1948) Night Wind
as Irv Bennett
(1948) Jinx Money
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
(1941) Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Whitey Murphy
(1947) Fun on a Weekend
as Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
(1938) There's Always a Woman
as Bellboy
(1943) Whispering Footsteps
as Jerry Murphy
(1942) A Night to Remember
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
(1969) Big Daddy
as ---
(1942) The Glass Key
as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
(1935) 3 Kids and a Queen
as Flash
(1945) Story of G.I. Joe
as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
(1942) Rings on Her Fingers
as ---
(1946) Road to Utopia
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
(1945) Hollywood and Vine
as Joe the Newsboy
(1951) Bowery Battalion
as Whitey
(1959) The Hanging Tree
as Trapper (uncredited)
(1941) Cadet Girl
as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
(1972) The Dirt Gang
as Station Attendant
(1972) Call Her Mom
as Mr. Feigelbaum
(1975) The Dead Don't Die
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(1965) Dear Heart
as Stu
(1950) Blues Busters
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
(1940) Bowery Boy
as (uncredited)
(1948) Secret Service Investigator
as Counterman
(1943) Moonlight in Vermont
as Abel
(1969) The Over the Hill Gang
as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
(1976) Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Man on Bus
(1956) Mobs, Inc.
as Telegraph Boy
(1946) The Kid from Brooklyn
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1936) Can This Be Dixie?
as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
(1935) Bad Boy
as Grocery Clerk
(1935) The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
(1942) Lady in a Jam
as Barker (uncredited)
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Deliveryman
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Cleaning Man
(1969) The Brady Bunch
as ---
(1971) All in the Family
as Jimmy McNab
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1964) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as ---
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Villager Peabody
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Willie
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Denver
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1951) Dragnet
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Gus
(1972) Emergency!
as ---
(1954) Lassie
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Degnan
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Conklin
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1966) The Monkees
as ---
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1970) The Immortal
as ---
(1959) Dennis the Menace
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as ---
(1967) Hondo
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as ---
(1955) Navy Log
as ---
(1965) Branded
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1975) Ellery Queen
as ---
(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett
as ---
(1965) Honey West
as Farley
(1953) I'm the Law
as ---
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Joe
(1975) Matt Helm
as Scavenger
(1957) Wagon Train
as Wagon Train Member
(1968) Adam-12
as Bill White
(1968) Mayberry R.F.D.
as Uncle Whitmore
(1968) Mayberry R.F.D.
as Pet Shop Owner
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as Vic
(1973) Police Story
as Prescott