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Nat Pendleton
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Nathaniel Greene 'Nat' Pendleton was an American former Olympic wrestler turned actor. Two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champion (1914-1915) in the 1…
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Nathaniel Greene 'Nat' Pendleton was an American former Olympic wrestler turned actor. Two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champion (1914-1915) in the 175-lb. class at Columbia University, Pendleton graduated Class of 1916. He wrestled for the United States at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, earning a silver medal, losing only one match due to a controversial point decision. After the Games he became a professional wrestler and was a big fan favorite, which led to Hollywood. In the 1920 census he was living in Manhattan with his first wife Juanita Alfonzo (age 22) and her brother Ramon Alfonso (age 13). He was working as a sports manager. Pendleton was usually cast as a circus strongman, brutish thug, dumb cop, or dense buffoon, but he had a college degree and in 1933 wrote the script for Deception (1932), in which he starred - not surprisingly - as a wrestler. Upon his death from a heart attack, his remains were interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California. Nat Pendleton was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame inaugural class in 2006.
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie Bill Raymond (archive footage)
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1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
Movie Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
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1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
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1954
The George Gobel Show
TV show Self
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1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Movie Sgt. Michael Collins
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1947
Scared to Death
Movie Bill 'Bull' Raymond
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1946
Death Valley
Movie Jim Ward
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1943
Swing Fever
Movie 'Killer' Kennedy
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1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Movie Joe Weyman
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1942
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Movie Joe Weyman
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1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Movie Joe Weyman
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1942
Jail House Blues
Movie Sonny McGann
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1942
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Movie Red Hogan
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1941
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Movie Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
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1941
Buck Privates
Movie Sgt. Michael Collins
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1940
Flight Command
Movie C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
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1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Movie Joe Wayman
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1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie Joe Wayman
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1940
The Golden Fleecing
Movie 'Fatso' Werner
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1940
New Moon
Movie Bondsman
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1940
Phantom Raiders
Movie 'Gunboat' Jacklin
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1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Movie Wayman
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1940
The Ghost Comes Home
Movie Roscoe
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1940
Northwest Passage
Movie 'Cap' Huff
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1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie Wayman
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1939
Another Thin Man
Movie Lieutenant Guild
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1939
At the Circus
Movie Goliath
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1939
On Borrowed Time
Movie Mr. Grimes
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1939
6,000 Enemies
Movie Socks Martin
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1939
It's a Wonderful World
Movie Sergeant Fred Koretz
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1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie Joe Wayman
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1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Movie Buddy Buttle
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1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1938
Young Dr. Kildare
Movie Joe Wayman
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1938
The Crowd Roars
Movie 'Pug' Walsh
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1938
The Chaser
Movie Floppy Phil
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1938
The Shopworn Angel
Movie 'Dice'
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1938
Fast Company
Movie Paul Terison
