Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 16, 1917
Died
Nov 25, 1999
Place of Birth
Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Credits
233 titles
William 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 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
Filmography
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
Himself
Bonanza: The Next Generation
Gus Morton
Highway to Heaven
Bobby Joe
Computercide
Elderly Man
Hill Street Blues
Goldie and the Boxer
Old Man
Born Again
Leon Jaworski
The Incredible Hulk
Vic
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Telegraph Office Manager
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
Emmett Winston, Esq.
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Man on Bus
Matt Helm
Scavenger
Ellery Queen
Cop on the Beat
Lennie
The Dead Don't Die
Hotel Desk Clerk
Little House on the Prairie
Reverend Lyman
The Sting
Roulette Dealer
Police Story
Prescott
The Secret Sharer
Mr. Burns
The Dirt Gang
Station Attendant
The Streets of San Francisco
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Newsboy
Call Her Mom
Mr. Feigelbaum
Emergency!
All in the Family
Jimmy McNab
Alias Smith and Jones
The Immortal
Hello, Dolly!
News Vendor (uncredited)
The Brady Bunch
Then Came Bronson
Card Player
The Over the Hill Gang
Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
Big Daddy
The Lottery
Joe Summers
Here's Lucy
Deliveryman
Mayberry R.F.D.
Uncle Whitmore
Land of the Giants
Villager Peabody
Adam-12
Bill White
Funny Girl
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Rogue's Gallery
Jocko (as William Benedict)
Mannix
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Telegrapher
Hondo
Ironside
What Am I Bid?
Clem (as Bill Benedict)
Mission: Impossible
Denver
The Monkees
Skywriter
Felony Squad
Frankie and Johnny
Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
I Dream of Jeannie
Cleaning Man