William Benedict
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-04-16 (82 years old)
Deathday
1999-11-25
Place of Birth
Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
William 'Billy' Benedict
Bill Benedict
Billy Benedict
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 Dea...
Acting
1938
as David's Caddy (uncredited)
1941
as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
1936
as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
1968
as Jocko (as William Benedict)
1942
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1942
as Bellboy
1941
as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
1943
as Sammy (uncredited)
1946
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1950
as Whitey, Bowery Boy
1988
as Gus Morton
1940
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
1967
as Clem (as Bill Benedict)
1941
as Ice Cream Man
1941
as Telegram Delivery Boy
1951
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
1937
as Freddy the Office Boy
1941
as Messenger (uncredited)
1941
as Recruit at Corral
1943
as Butch
1936
as Telegram Delivery Boy
1945
as Pesky (uncredited)
1940
as Boy (uncredited)
1946
as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1951
as Whitey
1936
as Joseph Hyar
1937
as Kurt Plivens
1936
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1968
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1937
as Young Bindlestiff
1939
as Office Boy
1935
as Jimmy
1935
as Amos
1937
as Monk, Tall Kid
1938
as Delivery Boy
1935
as 'Penny' Parker
1938
as Sylvester
1943
as Zombie Parker
1938
as Squimpy
1938
as Trouble
1942
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1961
as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1936
as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
1945
as Skinny
1939
as Tour Guide
1942
as Bud Smithers
1947
as Bellboy
1938
as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
1942
as Theatre Usher
1937
as Freckles
1978
as Leon Jaworski
1982
as Elderly Man
1936
as The Gawker
1972
as Newsboy
1936
as Archer Morpher
1943
as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
1969
as News Vendor (uncredited)
1950
as Whitey
1946
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1966
as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
1975
as Lennie
1938
as Billy (uncredited)
1936
as Wilbur
1945
as Skinny
1940
as Happy (uncredited)
1936
as Benny Ryan
1947
as Whitey
1956
as American Airlines Clerk
1979
as Old Man
1973
as Roulette Dealer
1943
as Greene (uncredited)
1946
as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1935
as Caddie
1937
as Bellboy
1943
as Benny
1944
as Skinny
1944
as Spider O'Brien
1944
as Office boy
1944
as Florida
1946
as NBC Usher
1946
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
as Whitey
1946
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1947
as Whitey
1948
as Whitey
1951
as Whitey
1976
as Telegraph Office Manager
1935
as Willie (uncredited)
1936
as Joe
1941
as Singing Telegram Boy
1940
as Eddie
1947
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1948
as Whitey
1948
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1955
as Newsboy
1938
as Trouble
1944
as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
1944
as The Deafmute (Uncredited)
1943
as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
1942
as Red Davis
1943
as Telegraph Messenger
1940
as Lem (uncredited)
1940
as Dan Withers
1942
as Whitey
1937
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
1947
as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
1939
as Trouble
1940
as Delivery Man
1949
as Whitey
1950
as Whitey
1940
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1940
as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
1943
as Pinky
1944
as Butch
1944
as Skinny
1945
as Skinny
1940
as Elevator Boy
1941
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1949
as Whitey
1946
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1947
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1940
as Slim
1949
as Whitey
1949
as Whitey
1943
as Busboy (uncredited)
2020
as Himself
1946
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1940
as Link (as Billy Benedict)
1940
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1937
as Spud
1965
as Simpson
1942
as Usher (uncredited)
1946
as Stinky
1935
as Breck
1949
as Eddie Lund
1941
as Train Vendor
1941
as Young Davis
1942
as Telegraph Messenger
1953
as Albert
1938
as Midget Car Driver
1935
as Cyril Church
1938
as Eddie
1942
as Soda Jerk
1941
as Office Boy
1941
as Jig
1942
as Messenger
1969
as Joe Summers
1941
as Singing Telegraph Boy
1944
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1948
as Irv Bennett
1948
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1941
as Whitey Murphy
1947
as Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
1938
as Bellboy
1943
as Jerry Murphy
1942
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1969
1942
as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
1935
as Flash
1945
as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
1946
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1945
as Joe the Newsboy
1951
as Whitey
1959
as Trapper (uncredited)
1941
as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
1972
as Station Attendant
1972
as Mr. Feigelbaum
1975
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1965
as Stu
1950
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
1940
as (uncredited)
1948
as Counterman
1943
as Abel
1969
as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
1976
as Man on Bus
1956
as Telegraph Boy
1946
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1936
as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
1935
as Grocery Clerk
1935
as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
1942
as Barker (uncredited)
1942
as Messenger (uncredited)
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