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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1917-04-16
  • event Death Date 1999-11-25
  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
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7.6

Bringing Up Baby

1938-02-18

0

Tuxedo Junction

1941-11-25

6.5

Theodora Goes Wild

1936-11-12

6

Rogue's Gallery

1968-01-01

7.3

The Talk of the Town

1942-08-20

6

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942-03-27

6

Scattergood Baines

1941-02-21

0

Nobody's Darling

1943-08-27

0

The Gentleman Misbehaves

1946-02-28

6.2

Triple Trouble

1950-08-13

7.5

Bonanza: The Next Generation

1988-03-22

7

The Great McGinty

1940-08-01

0

What Am I Bid?

1967-01-01

6.1

Confessions of Boston Blackie

1941-12-08

4

The Man Who Lost Himself

1941-03-21

5.5

Crazy Over Horses

1951-09-09

7.3

Clancy Street Boys

1943-04-23

5.8

Great Guns

1941-10-10

6.2

Time Out for Rhythm

1941-06-05

6.3

The Last Gangster

1937-11-12

6.7

Captain January

1936-04-17

0

Brenda Starr, Reporter

1945-01-26

4.6

Young People

1940-08-30

4.3

Do You Love Me

1946-05-17

6.7

Ghost Chasers

1951-04-29

5.1

Ramona

1936-09-25

6.5

That I May Live

1937-09-13

7.4

After the Thin Man

1936-12-25

7.2

Funny Girl

1968-09-19

0

Tramp Trouble

1937-08-07

6.2

Pack Up Your Troubles

1939-10-24

8

$10 Raise

1935-05-04

3

Way Down East

1935-10-25

5

Flying Fists

1937-07-01

6.5

Hold That Kiss

1938-05-13

5.2

College Scandal

1935-06-21

6.6

Hold That Co-ed

1938-09-16

6.5

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

1943-09-07

6

King of the Newsboys

1938-03-18

6

Newsboys' Home

1938-12-24

5.7

I Live on Danger

1942-06-16

7

Lover Come Back

1961-12-20

5.7

Crack-Up

1936-12-14

5

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

1945-07-15

5.6

Hollywood Hobbies

1939-05-03

6

Wildcat

1942-09-03

5

The Pilgrim Lady

1947-01-22

1

Young Fugitives

1938-06-30

0

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942-10-01

5

They Wanted to Marry

1937-02-05

0

Born Again

1978-10-01

6

Computercide

1982-08-01

6

The Country Doctor

1936-03-12

1

The Adventures of Nick Carter

1972-02-20

5

M'Liss

1936-07-27

6.5

The Powers Girl

1943-01-15

7

Hello, Dolly!

1969-12-12

5.8

Lucky Losers

1950-05-14

6.7

Mr. Hex

1946-11-09

5.7

Frankie and Johnny

1966-03-31

4.1

Cop on the Beat

1975-05-06

5.5

I Met My Love Again

1938-01-14

6

Laughing at Trouble

1936-12-11

6

Docks of New York

1945-02-24

4.8

Stage to Chino

1940-07-26

6.2

The Witness Chair

1936-04-23

6.4

Hard Boiled Mahoney

1947-05-10

7.7

The Killing

1956-06-06

4.5

Goldie and the Boxer

1979-12-30

8

The Sting

1973-12-25

7.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

1942-12-03

6.3

Without Reservations

1946-05-13

4

Angels' Alley

1948-03-07

6.3

In Fast Company

1946-06-22

5

Rhythm in the Clouds

1937-06-21

6.5

Bowery Buckaroos

1947-11-22

4.3

Ghosts on the Loose

1943-07-30

5.8

I Won't Play

1944-11-11

6

Bowery Bombshell

1946-07-20

3.5

Follow the Leader

1944-06-03

4.5

That's My Baby!

1944-09-14

7

Doubting Thomas

1935-07-10

6.4

Million Dollar Kid

1944-02-28

7

Let's Go Navy!

1951-07-29

5.2

People Are Funny

1946-01-11

4.7

Spook Busters

1946-08-24

5.8

Sherlock Holmes in New York

1976-10-18

7

Show Them No Mercy!

1935-12-06

7.3

Libeled Lady

1936-10-09

6.3

Dressed to Kill

1941-08-08

5.2

Legion of the Lawless

1940-01-05

6.8

Merton of the Movies

1947-10-11

4.7

Smuggler's Cove

1948-10-10

5.7

Trouble Makers

1948-12-10

4.4

Bride of the Monster

1955-05-11

0

Little Tough Guys in Society

1938-11-01

0

They Live in Fear

1944-10-06

5.9

The Whistler

1944-03-30

4.4

Aerial Gunner

1943-03-20

0

Perils of Nyoka

1942-06-27

0

All by Myself

1943-06-11

6.4

My Little Chickadee

1940-02-09

5.5

Adventures of Red Ryder

1940-06-28

6

Junior G-Men of the Air

1942-06-30

5.9

Jim Hanvey, Detective

1937-04-05

6.9

The Hucksters

1947-07-17

7

Code of the Streets

1939-04-13

6.2

And One Was Beautiful

1940-04-05

5.8

Master Minds

1949-11-27

5

Blonde Dynamite

1950-02-12

6

Lucky Partners

1940-08-02

0

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

1943-10-29

0

Block Busters

1944-07-22

6

The Mad Doctor

1940-12-20

7

Come Out Fighting

1945-09-29

7

Rhythm on the River

1940-08-28

7

Bowery Champs

1944-11-25

5.9

Second Chorus

1941-01-03

5.5

Live Wires

1946-01-12

5

Hold That Baby!

1949-06-06

6.3

News Hounds

1947-08-13

6.8

Angels in Disguise

1949-09-25

5

Fighting Fools

1949-03-17

5.5

Melody Ranch

1940-09-15

6.1

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943-09-25

0

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

2020-01-01

0

Gay Blades

1946-01-25

6.1

Never Say Goodbye

1946-11-09

0

Tim Tyler's Luck

1937-12-27

6

Give Us Wings

1940-12-20

7

Grand Ole Opry

1940-06-25

5.9

The Hallelujah Trail

1965-06-23

8

Home in Wyomin'

1942-04-29

7.6

Steamboat Round the Bend

1935-09-06

5.5

One More Tomorrow

1946-05-24

6

Riders of the Pony Express

1949-05-13

4.1

In Old Cheyenne

1941-04-04

5

Jesse James at Bay

1941-10-17

2

Heart of the Golden West

1942-11-16

5.7

The Magnetic Monster

1953-02-18

0

Say It in French

1938-11-25

1

Your Uncle Dudley

1935-12-13

5.7

Walking Down Broadway

1938-03-11

4

Get Hep to Love

1942-10-02

5.3

The Great Mr. Nobody

1941-02-15

6.2

Mr. District Attorney

1941-03-27

6

On the Sunny Side

1942-02-13

6.7

The Lottery

1969-01-02

6.3

She Knew All the Answers

1941-05-13

5.5

Janie

1944-09-02

0

Night Wind

1948-09-01

4.7

Jinx Money

1948-06-27

6.2

Adventures of Captain Marvel

1941-03-28

7

Fun on a Weekend

1947-05-15

5.8

There's Always a Woman

1938-04-20

5.3

Whispering Footsteps

1943-12-30

6.3

A Night to Remember

1942-12-10

0

Big Daddy

1969-06-11

6.6

The Glass Key

1942-09-08

6

3 Kids and a Queen

1935-10-21

6.4

Story of G.I. Joe

1945-07-13

6.7

Rings on Her Fingers

1942-03-20

6.6

Road to Utopia

1946-02-27

4.4

Hollywood and Vine

1945-04-25

8

Bowery Battalion

1951-01-24

6.7

The Hanging Tree

1959-02-19

0

Cadet Girl

1941-11-28

3

The Dirt Gang

1972-11-01

4

Call Her Mom

1972-02-15

5.8

The Dead Don't Die

1975-01-14

6.6

Dear Heart

1965-03-07

5.5

Blues Busters

1950-10-29

3

Bowery Boy

1940-12-28

6

Secret Service Investigator

1948-05-31

6

Moonlight in Vermont

1943-12-24

5.6

The Over the Hill Gang

1969-07-06

4.1

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976-07-26

4

Mobs, Inc.

1956-03-21

6.2

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946-03-21

0

Can This Be Dixie?

1936-11-13

7

Here's Lucy

1968-09-23

8

Little House on the Prairie

1974-09-11

7.9

I Dream of Jeannie

1965-09-18

6.7

The Brady Bunch

1969-09-26

7.9

All in the Family

1971-01-12

7.5

Quincy, M.E.

1976-10-03

6.4

Route 66

1960-10-07

7.2

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964-09-25

7.4

Highway to Heaven

1984-09-19

7

The Streets of San Francisco

1972-09-23

6.9

Alias Smith and Jones

1971-01-05

6.7

Land of the Giants

1968-09-22

5.9

Petticoat Junction

1963-09-24

7.6

Mission: Impossible

1966-09-17

6.7

Mannix

1967-09-16

7.6

Hill Street Blues

1981-01-15

6.5

Dragnet

1951-12-16

6.6

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

7.8

Emergency!

1972-01-22

6.2

Lassie

1954-09-12

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951-12-24

8.4

The Twilight Zone

1959-10-02

6.9

Ironside

1967-03-28

6.5

The Monkees

1966-09-12

7

Felony Squad

1966-09-12

7.5

The Immortal

1970-09-24

6.7

Dennis the Menace

1959-10-04

7.1

Police Story

1973-03-20

3.7

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956-09-07

6.2

Hondo

1967-09-08

4.5

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951-04-15

4.5

Navy Log

1955-09-20

6.4

Branded

1965-01-24

7.1

The Rifleman

1958-09-30

5.7

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967-09-08

7.4

Ellery Queen

1975-09-11

7

Honey West

1965-09-17

5

I'm the Law

1953-02-13

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960-09-19

7.4

Matt Helm

1975-09-20

6.4

Wagon Train

1957-09-18

7.1

Adam-12

1968-09-21

5.7

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968-09-23

5.7

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968-09-23

7.2

The Incredible Hulk

1977-11-04

7.1

Police Story

1973-03-20