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William Benedict
Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
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'…
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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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2020
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
Movie Himself
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1988
Bonanza: The Next Generation
Movie Gus Morton
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1984
Highway to Heaven
TV show Bobby Joe
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1982
Computercide
Movie Elderly Man
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1981
Hill Street Blues
TV show
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1979
Goldie and the Boxer
Movie Old Man
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1978
Born Again
Movie Leon Jaworski
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1977
The Incredible Hulk
TV show Vic
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1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Movie Telegraph Office Manager
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show
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1976
Charlie's Angels
TV show Emmett Winston, Esq.
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1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie Man on Bus
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1975
Matt Helm
TV show Scavenger
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1975
Ellery Queen
TV show
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1975
Cop on the Beat
Movie Lennie
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1975
The Dead Don't Die
Movie Hotel Desk Clerk
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1974
Little House on the Prairie
TV show Reverend Lyman
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1973
The Sting
Movie Roulette Dealer
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1973
Police Story
TV show Prescott
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1973
The Secret Sharer
Movie Mr. Burns
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1972
The Dirt Gang
Movie Station Attendant
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1972
The Streets of San Francisco
TV show
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1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Movie Newsboy
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1972
Call Her Mom
Movie Mr. Feigelbaum
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1972
Emergency!
TV show Hyperventilating Victim
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1971
All in the Family
TV show Jimmy McNab
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1971
Alias Smith and Jones
TV show
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1970
The Immortal
TV show
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1969
Hello, Dolly!
Movie News Vendor (uncredited)
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1969
The Brady Bunch
TV show
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1969
Then Came Bronson
TV show Card Player
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1969
The Over the Hill Gang
Movie Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
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1969
Big Daddy
Movie
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1969
The Lottery
Movie Joe Summers
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1968
Here's Lucy
TV show Deliveryman
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1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV show Uncle Whitmore
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1968
Land of the Giants
TV show Villager Peabody
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1968
Adam-12
TV show Bill White
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1968
Funny Girl
Movie Western Union Boy (uncredited)
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1968
Rogue's Gallery
Movie Jocko (as William Benedict)
