Cast
William Benedict
Acting
Cast
William Benedict
Known for
Acting
Born
1917-04-16
From
Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Died
1999-11-25
Also known as William 'Billy' Benedict , Bill Benedict, Billy 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.
★8.0
MOVIE1973
The Sting
as Roulette Dealer
★7.6
MOVIE1956
The Killing
as American Airlines Clerk
★7.0
MOVIE1969
Hello, Dolly!
as News Vendor (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1968
Funny Girl
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Tramp Trouble
as Young Bindlestiff
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Bringing Up Baby
as David's Caddy (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1936
Libeled Lady
as Johnny
★7.3
MOVIE1936
After the Thin Man
as Newsboy (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1966
Frankie and Johnny
as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Flying Fists
as Monk, Tall Kid
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Bowery Boy
as (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1946
Live Wires
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
★6.1
MOVIE1965
The Hallelujah Trail
as Simpson
★6.4
MOVIE1937
The Last Gangster
as Freddy the Office Boy
★8.0
MOVIE1969
Big Daddy
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Young People
as Boy (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1961
Lover Come Back
as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Greene (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1951
Let's Go Navy!
as Whitey
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Dressed to Kill
as Singing Telegram Boy
★6.8
MOVIE1942
Rings on Her Fingers
★5.7
MOVIE1946
People Are Funny
as NBC Usher
★7.3
MOVIE1942
The Talk of the Town
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1950
Triple Trouble
as Whitey, Bowery Boy
★5.8
MOVIE1969
The Over the Hill Gang
as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
★6.8
MOVIE1936
Captain January
as Telegram Delivery Boy (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
On the Sunny Side
as Messenger
★5.6
MOVIE1953
The Magnetic Monster
as Albert
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Second Chorus
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1944
Follow the Boys
as Joe (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Mr. District Attorney
as Office Boy
★7.1
MOVIE1947
The Hucksters
as Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1940
My Little Chickadee
as Lem (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Jim Hanvey, Detective
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Whitey Murphy
★8.0
MOVIE1946
Gay Blades
as Newsboy (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1935
Your Uncle Dudley
as Cyril Church
★6.6
MOVIE1942
The Glass Key
as Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1944
The Whistler
as The Deafmute (Uncredited)
★3.4
MOVIE1972
The Dirt Gang
as Station Attendant
★6.5
MOVIE1965
Dear Heart
as Stu
★6.2
MOVIE1946
Without Reservations
as Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Newsboy (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1959
The Hanging Tree
as Trapper (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Breck
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Busboy (uncredited)
★4.3
MOVIE1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Man on Bus
★7.3
MOVIE1940
Give Us Wings
as Link (as Billy Benedict)
★4.7
MOVIE1946
Do You Love Me
as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1943
Aerial Gunner
as Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
★6.6
MOVIE1936
Theodora Goes Wild
as Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1936
Ramona
as Joseph Hyar
★6.0
MOVIE1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Telegraph Office Manager
★6.0
MOVIE1972
Call Her Mom
as Mr. Feigelbaum
★4.8
MOVIE1938
King of the Newsboys
as Squimpy
★6.4
MOVIE1945
Story of G.I. Joe
as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1946
One More Tomorrow
as Stinky
★6.7
MOVIE1946
Road to Utopia
as Newsboy #2 (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1946
Never Say Goodbye
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
★4.2
MOVIE1942
Heart of the Golden West
as Telegraph Messenger
★4.3
MOVIE1935
Way Down East
as Amos
★6.8
MOVIE1938
Walking Down Broadway
as Eddie
★6.2
MOVIE1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Powers Girl
as Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
★4.7
MOVIE1975
Cop on the Beat
as Lennie
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Junior G-Men of the Air
as Whitey
★5.9
MOVIE1936
Crack-Up
as Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Rhythm on the River
as Elevator Boy
★6.7
MOVIE1940
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Dan Withers
★6.0
MOVIE1947
The Pilgrim Lady
as Bellboy
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Melody Ranch
as Slim
★6.2
MOVIE1940
The Mad Doctor
as Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
★4.2
MOVIE1943
Ghosts on the Loose
as Benny
★7.0
MOVIE1940
The Great McGinty
as Farm Boy (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Pesky (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1975
The Dead Don't Die
as Hotel Desk Clerk
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Ice Cream Man
★4.6
MOVIE1941
In Old Cheyenne
as Train Vendor
★9.0
MOVIE1978
Born Again
as Leon Jaworski
★7.7
MOVIE1939
Code of the Streets
as Trouble
★8.0
MOVIE1946
The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Bellboy (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Get Hep to Love
as Soda Jerk
★6.0
MOVIE1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Jig
★6.8
MOVIE1951
Ghost Chasers
as Whitey
★5.6
MOVIE1939
Hollywood Hobbies
as Tour Guide
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Time Out for Rhythm
as Messenger (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1942
I Live on Danger
as Bellboy (uncredited)
★4.0
MOVIE1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Messenger (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1969
The Lottery
as Joe Summers
★7.3
MOVIE1944
Bowery Champs
as Skinny
★6.3
MOVIE1947
Merton of the Movies
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1940
Lucky Partners
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1941
She Knew All the Answers
as Singing Telegraph Boy
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Block Busters
as Butch
★3.8
MOVIE1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter
as Newsboy
★6.6
MOVIE1950
Lucky Losers
as Whitey
★6.0
MOVIE1938
There's Always a Woman
as Bellboy
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Cadet Girl
as Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1936
The Country Doctor
as The Gawker
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Theatre Usher
★7.7
MOVIE1988
Bonanza: The Next Generation
as Gus Morton
★10.0
MOVIE1941
Tuxedo Junction
as Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
★4.4
MOVIE1955
Bride of the Monster
as Newsboy
★6.8
MOVIE1947
News Hounds
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
★5.5
MOVIE1946
Spook Busters
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
★4.4
MOVIE1945
Hollywood and Vine
as Joe the Newsboy
★6.5
MOVIE1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Bellboy
★7.3
MOVIE1946
Mr. Hex
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
★7.0
MOVIE1982
Computercide
as Elderly Man
★6.8
MOVIE1935
College Scandal
as 'Penny' Parker
★5.9
MOVIE1944
Million Dollar Kid
as Skinny
★6.6
MOVIE1936
The Witness Chair
as Benny Ryan
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Bowery Bombshell
as Whitey
★6.8
MOVIE1946
In Fast Company
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
★7.2
MOVIE1947
Fun on a Weekend
as Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
I Met My Love Again
as Billy (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1935
$10 Raise
as Jimmy
★5.6
MOVIE1942
Lady in a Jam
as Barker (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Laughing at Trouble
as Wilbur
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Office Boy
★7.0
MOVIE1968
Rogue's Gallery
as Jocko (as William Benedict)
★5.3
MOVIE1948
Smuggler's Cove
as Whitey
★6.7
MOVIE1942
A Night to Remember
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1949
Fighting Fools
as Whitey
★8.0
MOVIE1943
All by Myself
as Telegraph Messenger
★5.9
MOVIE1941
Great Guns
as Recruit at Corral
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Perils of Nyoka
as Red Davis
★6.8
MOVIE1935
3 Kids and a Queen
as Flash
★6.7
MOVIE1940
And One Was Beautiful
as Delivery Man
★8.0
MOVIE1973
The Secret Sharer
as Mr. Burns
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Doubting Thomas
as Caddie
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Show Them No Mercy!
as Willie (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1948
Angels' Alley
as Whitey
★8.0
MOVIE2020
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
as Himself
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Say It in French
as Midget Car Driver
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Newsboys' Home
as Trouble
★5.6
MOVIE1948
Jinx Money
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
★6.8
MOVIE1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Whitey
★6.6
MOVIE1943
Clancy Street Boys
as Butch
★5.6
MOVIE1979
Goldie and the Boxer
as Old Man
★4.8
MOVIE1941
Jesse James at Bay
as Young Davis
★6.1
MOVIE1948
Trouble Makers
as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
★7.5
MOVIE1940
Grand Ole Opry
as Newsboy (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Spud
★8.0
MOVIE1945
Docks of New York
as Skinny
★6.8
MOVIE1950
Blonde Dynamite
as Whitey
★6.0
MOVIE1944
Janie
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Hold That Kiss
as Delivery Boy
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Hold That Co-ed
as Sylvester
★8.5
MOVIE1951
Bowery Battalion
as Whitey
★5.6
MOVIE1944
That's My Baby!
as Office boy
★6.4
MOVIE1944
I Won't Play
as Florida
★6.6
MOVIE1947
Bowery Buckaroos
as Whitey
★8.0
MOVIE1944
They Live in Fear
as Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Telegram Delivery Boy
★7.3
MOVIE1938
Little Tough Guys in Society
as Trouble
★3.7
MOVIE1938
Young Fugitives
as Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
as Pinky
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Moonlight in Vermont
as Abel
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Nobody's Darling
as Sammy (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as Zombie Parker
★6.0
MOVIE1949
Angels in Disguise
as Whitey
★8.5
MOVIE1942
Home in Wyomin'
as Usher (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1950
Blues Busters
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
★7.5
MOVIE1945
Come Out Fighting
as Skinny
★7.3
MOVIE1937
That I May Live
as Kurt Plivens
★5.8
MOVIE1949
Hold That Baby!
as Whitey
★7.5
MOVIE1948
Secret Service Investigator
as Counterman
★6.4
MOVIE1949
Master Minds
as Whitey
★7.0
MOVIE1956
Mobs, Inc.
as Telegraph Boy
★6.7
MOVIE1951
Crazy Over Horses
as Whitey (as William Benedict)
★9.0
MOVIE1948
Night Wind
as Irv Bennett
★3.8
MOVIE1944
Follow the Leader
as Spider O'Brien
★7.5
MOVIE1937
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Bellboy
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Can This Be Dixie?
as Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Bad Boy
as Grocery Clerk
★5.8
MOVIE1937
They Wanted to Marry
as Freckles
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Legion of the Lawless
as Eddie
★7.0
MOVIE1945
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Skinny
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Scattergood Baines
as Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1936
M'Liss
as Archer Morpher
★5.3
MOVIE1943
Whispering Footsteps
as Jerry Murphy
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Wildcat
as Bud Smithers
★7.5
MOVIE1949
Riders of the Pony Express
as Eddie Lund
★8.0
MOVIE1967
What Am I Bid?
as Clem (as Bill Benedict)
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Stage to Chino
as Happy (uncredited)