Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 07, 1895
Died
Oct 12, 1967
Place of Birth
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Credits
111 titles
Nat Pendleton
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
Filmography
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Self (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Bill Raymond (archive footage)
The World of Abbott and Costello
Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
The George Gobel Show
Self
Buck Privates Come Home
Sgt. Michael Collins
Scared to Death
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Death Valley
Jim Ward
Swing Fever
'Killer' Kennedy
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Joe Weyman
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Joe Weyman
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Joe Weyman
Jail House Blues
Sonny McGann
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Red Hogan
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
Buck Privates
Sgt. Michael Collins
Flight Command
C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Joe Wayman
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Joe Wayman
The Golden Fleecing
'Fatso' Werner
New Moon
Bondsman
Phantom Raiders
'Gunboat' Jacklin
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Wayman
The Ghost Comes Home
Roscoe
Northwest Passage
'Cap' Huff
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Wayman
Another Thin Man
Lieutenant Guild
At the Circus
Goliath
On Borrowed Time
Mr. Grimes
6,000 Enemies
Socks Martin
It's a Wonderful World
Sergeant Fred Koretz
Calling Dr. Kildare
Joe Wayman
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Buddy Buttle
Breakdowns of 1938
Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Young Dr. Kildare
Joe Wayman
The Crowd Roars
'Pug' Walsh
The Chaser
Floppy Phil
The Shopworn Angel
'Dice'
Fast Company
Paul Terison
Arsène Lupin Returns
Joe Doyle
Swing Your Lady
Joe Skopapolous
Life Begins in College
George Black
Gangway
Smiles Hogan
Song of the City
Benvenuto Romandi
Under Cover of Night
Police Sgt. Lucks
Sing Me a Love Song
Rocky
Two in a Crowd
Flynn
The Luckiest Girl in the World
Dugan
Sworn Enemy
'Steamer' Krupp