William Benedict

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.

Cast

Bringing Up Baby

(David's Caddy (uncredited))

Tuxedo Junction

(Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict))

Theodora Goes Wild

(Henry - Copyboy (uncredited))

Rogue's Gallery

(Jocko (as William Benedict))

The Talk of the Town

(Western Union Boy (uncredited))

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

(Bellboy)

Scattergood Baines

(Lafe Hopper (uncredited))

Nobody's Darling

(Sammy (uncredited))

The Gentleman Misbehaves

(Bellboy (uncredited))

Triple Trouble

(Whitey, Bowery Boy)

Bonanza: The Next Generation

(Gus Morton)

The Great McGinty

(Farm Boy (uncredited))

What Am I Bid?

(Clem (as Bill Benedict))

Confessions of Boston Blackie

(Ice Cream Man)

The Man Who Lost Himself

(Telegram Delivery Boy)

Crazy Over Horses

(Whitey (as William Benedict))

The Last Gangster

(Freddy the Office Boy)

Time Out for Rhythm

(Messenger (uncredited))

Great Guns

(Recruit at Corral)

Clancy Street Boys

(Butch)

Captain January

(Telegram Delivery Boy)

Brenda Starr, Reporter

(Pesky (uncredited))

Young People

(Boy (uncredited))

Do You Love Me

(Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited))

Ghost Chasers

(Whitey)

Ramona

(Joseph Hyar)

That I May Live

(Kurt Plivens)

After the Thin Man

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Funny Girl

(Western Union Boy (uncredited))

Tramp Trouble

Pack Up Your Troubles

(Office Boy)

$10 Raise

(Jimmy)

Way Down East

(Amos)

Flying Fists

(Monk, Tall Kid)

Hold That Kiss

(Delivery Boy)

College Scandal

('Penny' Parker)

Hold That Co-ed

(Sylvester)

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

(Zombie Parker)

King of the Newsboys

(Squimpy)

Newsboys' Home

(Trouble)

I Live on Danger

(Bellboy (uncredited))

Lover Come Back

(Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited))

Crack-Up

(Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited))

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

(Skinny)

Hollywood Hobbies

(Tour Guide)

Wildcat

(Bud Smithers)

The Pilgrim Lady

(Bellboy)

Young Fugitives

(Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict))

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

(Theatre Usher)

They Wanted to Marry

(Freckles)

Born Again

(Leon Jaworski)

Computercide

(Elderly Man)

The Country Doctor

(The Gawker)

The Adventures of Nick Carter

(Newsboy)

M'Liss

(Archer Morpher)

The Powers Girl

(Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited))

Hello, Dolly!

(News Vendor (uncredited))

Lucky Losers

(Whitey)

Mr. Hex

(Whitey (as Billy Benedict))

Frankie and Johnny

(Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited))

Cop on the Beat

(Lennie)

I Met My Love Again

(Billy (uncredited))

Laughing at Trouble

(Wilbur)

Docks of New York

(Skinny)

Stage to Chino

(Happy (uncredited))

The Witness Chair

(Benny Ryan)

Hard Boiled Mahoney

(Whitey)

The Killing

(American Airlines Clerk)

Goldie and the Boxer

(Old Man)

The Sting

(Roulette Dealer)

The Ox-Bow Incident

(Greene (uncredited))

Without Reservations

(Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited))

Doubting Thomas

(Caddie)

Rhythm in the Clouds

(Bellboy)

Ghosts on the Loose

(Benny)

Million Dollar Kid

(Skinny)

Follow the Leader

(Spider O'Brien)

That's My Baby!

(Office boy)

I Won't Play

(Florida)

People Are Funny

(NBC Usher)

In Fast Company

(Whitey (as Billy Benedict))

Bowery Bombshell

(Whitey)

Spook Busters

(Whitey (as Billy Benedict))

Bowery Buckaroos

(Whitey)

Angels' Alley

(Whitey)

Let's Go Navy!

(Whitey)

Sherlock Holmes in New York

(Telegraph Office Manager)

Show Them No Mercy!

(Willie (uncredited))

Libeled Lady

(Joe)

Dressed to Kill

(Singing Telegram Boy)

Legion of the Lawless

(Eddie)

Merton of the Movies

(Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited))

Smuggler's Cove

(Whitey)

Trouble Makers

(Whitey (as Billy Benedict))

Bride of the Monster

(Newsboy)

Little Tough Guys in Society

(Trouble)

They Live in Fear

(Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited))

The Whistler

(The Deafmute (Uncredited))

Aerial Gunner

(Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell)

Perils of Nyoka

(Red Davis)

All by Myself

(Telegraph Messenger)

My Little Chickadee

(Lem (uncredited))

Adventures of Red Ryder

(Dan Withers)

Junior G-Men of the Air

(Whitey)

Jim Hanvey, Detective

(Copy Boy (uncredited))

The Hucksters

(Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited))

Code of the Streets

(Trouble)

And One Was Beautiful

(Delivery Man)

Master Minds

(Whitey)

Blonde Dynamite

(Whitey)

Lucky Partners

(Delivery Boy (uncredited))

The Mad Doctor

(Mickey Barnes (Uncredited))

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

(Pinky)

Block Busters

(Butch)

Bowery Champs

(Skinny)

Come Out Fighting

(Skinny)

Rhythm on the River

(Elevator Boy)

Second Chorus

(Ticket Taker (uncredited))

Hold That Baby!

(Whitey)

Live Wires

(Whitey (as Billy Benedict))

News Hounds

(Whitey (as Billy Benedict))

Melody Ranch

(Slim)

Fighting Fools

(Whitey)

Angels in Disguise

(Whitey)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

(Busboy (uncredited))

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

(Himself)

Gay Blades

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Never Say Goodbye

(Messenger Boy (uncredited))

Give Us Wings

(Link (as Billy Benedict))

Grand Ole Opry

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Tim Tyler's Luck

(Spud)

The Hallelujah Trail

(Simpson)

Home in Wyomin'

(Usher (uncredited))

One More Tomorrow

(Stinky)

Steamboat Round the Bend

(Breck)

Riders of the Pony Express

(Eddie Lund)

In Old Cheyenne

(Train Vendor)

Jesse James at Bay

(Young Davis)

Heart of the Golden West

(Telegraph Messenger)

The Magnetic Monster

(Albert)

Say It in French

(Midget Car Driver)

Your Uncle Dudley

(Cyril Church)

Walking Down Broadway

(Eddie)

Get Hep to Love

(Soda Jerk)

Mr. District Attorney

(Office Boy)

The Great Mr. Nobody

(Jig)

On the Sunny Side

(Messenger)

The Lottery

(Joe Summers)

She Knew All the Answers

(Singing Telegraph Boy)

Janie

(Soda Jerk (uncredited))

Night Wind

(Irv Bennett)

Jinx Money

(Whitey (as Billy Benedict))

Adventures of Captain Marvel

(Whitey Murphy)

Fun on a Weekend

(Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited))

There's Always a Woman

(Bellboy)

Whispering Footsteps

(Jerry Murphy)

A Night to Remember

(Messenger Boy (uncredited))

Big Daddy

The Glass Key

(Farr's Receptionist (uncredited))

3 Kids and a Queen

(Flash)

Story of G.I. Joe

(Pvt. Whitey (uncredited))

Rings on Her Fingers

Road to Utopia

(Second Newsboy (uncredited))

Hollywood and Vine

(Joe the Newsboy)

Bowery Battalion

(Whitey)

The Hanging Tree

(Trapper (uncredited))

Cadet Girl

(Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited))

The Dirt Gang

(Station Attendant)

Call Her Mom

(Mr. Feigelbaum)

The Dead Don't Die

(Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited))

Dear Heart

(Stu)

Blues Busters

(Whitey (as William Benedict))

Bowery Boy

((uncredited))

Secret Service Investigator

(Counterman)

Moonlight in Vermont

(Abel)

The Over the Hill Gang

(Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict))

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

(Man on Bus)

Mobs, Inc.

(Telegraph Boy)

The Kid from Brooklyn

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Can This Be Dixie?

(Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited))

Here's Lucy

(Deliveryman)

Little House on the Prairie

I Dream of Jeannie

(Cleaning Man)

The Brady Bunch

All in the Family

(Jimmy McNab)

Quincy, M.E.

Route 66

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Highway to Heaven

The Streets of San Francisco

Alias Smith and Jones

Land of the Giants

(Villager Peabody)

Petticoat Junction

(Willie)

Mission: Impossible

(Denver)

Mannix

Hill Street Blues

Dragnet

Gunsmoke

(Gus)

Emergency!

Lassie

Hallmark Hall of Fame

(Degnan)

The Twilight Zone

(Conklin)

Ironside

The Monkees

Felony Squad

The Immortal

Dennis the Menace

Police Story

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Hondo

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Navy Log

Branded

The Rifleman

Ellery Queen

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Honey West

(Farley)

I'm the Law

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

(Joe)

Matt Helm

(Scavenger)

Wagon Train

(Wagon Train Member)

Adam-12

(Bill White)

Mayberry R.F.D.

(Uncle Whitmore)

Mayberry R.F.D.

(Pet Shop Owner)

The Incredible Hulk

(Vic)

Police Story

(Prescott)