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

David's Caddy (uncredited)

Bringing Up Baby

Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)

Tuxedo Junction

Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)

Theodora Goes Wild

Jocko (as William Benedict)

Rogue's Gallery

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

The Talk of the Town

Bellboy

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

Lafe Hopper (uncredited)

Scattergood Baines

Sammy (uncredited)

Nobody's Darling

Bellboy (uncredited)

The Gentleman Misbehaves

Whitey, Bowery Boy

Triple Trouble

Gus Morton

Bonanza: The Next Generation

Farm Boy (uncredited)

The Great McGinty

Clem (as Bill Benedict)

What Am I Bid?

Ice Cream Man

Confessions of Boston Blackie

Telegram Delivery Boy

The Man Who Lost Himself

Whitey (as William Benedict)

Crazy Over Horses

Butch

Clancy Street Boys

Recruit at Corral

Great Guns

Freddy the Office Boy

The Last Gangster

Messenger (uncredited)

Time Out for Rhythm

Telegram Delivery Boy

Captain January

Pesky (uncredited)

Brenda Starr, Reporter

Boy (uncredited)

Young People

Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Do You Love Me

Whitey

Ghost Chasers

Joseph Hyar

Ramona

Kurt Plivens

That I May Live

Newsboy (uncredited)

After the Thin Man

Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Funny Girl

Young Bindlestiff

Tramp Trouble

Office Boy

Pack Up Your Troubles

Jimmy

$10 Raise

Amos

Way Down East

Monk, Tall Kid

Flying Fists

Delivery Boy

Hold That Kiss

'Penny' Parker

College Scandal

Sylvester

Hold That Co-ed

Zombie Parker

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Squimpy

King of the Newsboys

Trouble

Newsboys' Home

Bellboy (uncredited)

I Live on Danger

Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

Lover Come Back

Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)

Crack-Up

Skinny

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Tour Guide

Hollywood Hobbies

Bud Smithers

Wildcat

Bellboy

The Pilgrim Lady

Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)

Young Fugitives

Theatre Usher

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Freckles

They Wanted to Marry

Leon Jaworski

Born Again

Elderly Man

Computercide

The Gawker

The Country Doctor

Newsboy

The Adventures of Nick Carter

Archer Morpher

M'Liss

Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)

The Powers Girl

News Vendor (uncredited)

Hello, Dolly!

Whitey

Lucky Losers

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

Mr. Hex

Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)

Frankie and Johnny

Lennie

Cop on the Beat

Billy (uncredited)

I Met My Love Again

Wilbur

Laughing at Trouble

Skinny

Docks of New York

Happy (uncredited)

Stage to Chino

Benny Ryan

The Witness Chair

Whitey

Hard Boiled Mahoney

American Airlines Clerk

The Killing

Old Man

Goldie and the Boxer

Roulette Dealer

The Sting

Greene (uncredited)

The Ox-Bow Incident

Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Without Reservations

Skinny

Million Dollar Kid

NBC Usher

People Are Funny

Florida

I Won't Play

Benny

Ghosts on the Loose

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

Spook Busters

Caddie

Doubting Thomas

Office boy

That's My Baby!

Whitey

Angels' Alley

Bellboy

Rhythm in the Clouds

Telegraph Office Manager

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

In Fast Company

Whitey

Bowery Bombshell

Whitey

Let's Go Navy!

Spider O'Brien

Follow the Leader

Whitey

Bowery Buckaroos

Willie (uncredited)

Show Them No Mercy!

Joe

Libeled Lady

Singing Telegram Boy

Dressed to Kill

Eddie

Legion of the Lawless

Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)

Merton of the Movies

Whitey

Smuggler's Cove

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

Trouble Makers

Newsboy

Bride of the Monster

Trouble

Little Tough Guys in Society

Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)

They Live in Fear

The Deafmute (Uncredited)

The Whistler

Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell

Aerial Gunner

Red Davis

Perils of Nyoka

Telegraph Messenger

All by Myself

Lem (uncredited)

My Little Chickadee

Dan Withers

Adventures of Red Ryder

Whitey

Junior G-Men of the Air

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Jim Hanvey, Detective

Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)

The Hucksters

Trouble

Code of the Streets

Delivery Man

And One Was Beautiful

Whitey

Blonde Dynamite

Whitey

Master Minds

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Lucky Partners

Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)

The Mad Doctor

Pinky

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Butch

Block Busters

Skinny

Come Out Fighting

Skinny

Bowery Champs

Elevator Boy

Rhythm on the River

Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Second Chorus

Whitey

Hold That Baby!

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

Live Wires

Slim

Melody Ranch

Whitey

Fighting Fools

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

News Hounds

Whitey

Angels in Disguise

Busboy (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Himself

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter

Newsboy (uncredited)

Gay Blades

Link (as Billy Benedict)

Give Us Wings

Spud

Tim Tyler's Luck

Messenger Boy (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye

Newsboy (uncredited)

Grand Ole Opry

Usher (uncredited)

Home in Wyomin'

Simpson

The Hallelujah Trail

Stinky

One More Tomorrow

Breck

Steamboat Round the Bend

Eddie Lund

Riders of the Pony Express

Train Vendor

In Old Cheyenne

Young Davis

Jesse James at Bay

Telegraph Messenger

Heart of the Golden West

Albert

The Magnetic Monster

Midget Car Driver

Say It in French

Cyril Church

Your Uncle Dudley

Eddie

Walking Down Broadway

Soda Jerk

Get Hep to Love

Jig

The Great Mr. Nobody

Office Boy

Mr. District Attorney

Messenger

On the Sunny Side

Joe Summers

The Lottery

Singing Telegraph Boy

She Knew All the Answers

Soda Jerk (uncredited)

Janie

Irv Bennett

Night Wind

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

Jinx Money

Whitey Murphy

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)

Fun on a Weekend

Bellboy

There's Always a Woman

Jerry Murphy

Whispering Footsteps

Messenger Boy (uncredited)

A Night to Remember

Big Daddy

Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)

The Glass Key

Flash

3 Kids and a Queen

Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)

Story of G.I. Joe

Rings on Her Fingers

Second Newsboy (uncredited)

Road to Utopia

Joe the Newsboy

Hollywood and Vine

Whitey

Bowery Battalion

Trapper (uncredited)

The Hanging Tree

Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)

Cadet Girl

Station Attendant

The Dirt Gang

Mr. Feigelbaum

Call Her Mom

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Dead Don't Die

Stu

Dear Heart

Whitey (as William Benedict)

Blues Busters

(uncredited)

Bowery Boy

Counterman

Secret Service Investigator

Abel

Moonlight in Vermont

Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)

The Over the Hill Gang

Man on Bus

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Telegraph Boy

Mobs, Inc.

Newsboy (uncredited)

The Kid from Brooklyn

Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)

Can This Be Dixie?

Grocery Clerk

Bad Boy

Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Barker (uncredited)

Lady in a Jam

Messenger (uncredited)

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Mr. Burns

The Secret Sharer

Joe (uncredited)

Follow the Boys

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

186

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-04-16

Place of Birth

Haskell, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As

William 'Billy' Benedict