William Benedict
Acting
🎂 1917-04-16
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.
Cast credits(230)
1974
1954
Uncle Whitmore
1968
Pet Shop Owner
1968
Vic
1977
1958
Deliveryman
1968
Cleaning Man
1965
1951
1967
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1957
1951
1955
Conklin
1959
1960
1967
Joe
1960
1975
1972
Farley
1965
1973
Prescott
1973
1959
Jimmy McNab
1971
1976
1964
1967
Villager Peabody
1968
1966
1966
Bill White
1968
1981
1972
1984
Denver
1966
1956
1969
Scavenger
1975
Willie
1963
Degnan
1951
Gus
1955
1953
1965
1971
1967
1970
Roulette Dealer
1973
American Airlines Clerk
1956
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1968
David's Caddy (uncredited)
1938
News Vendor (uncredited)
1969
Simpson
1965
Greene (uncredited)
1943
Trapper (uncredited)
1959
Newsboy (uncredited)
1936
Newsboy
1955
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1942
Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1961
Man on Bus
1976
Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
1945
Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
1947
Joe
1936
Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
1966
Office Boy
1941
Benny
1943
Bellboy
1938
Farm Boy (uncredited)
1940
Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
1942
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1941
Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
1969
Whitey
1949
Telegraph Office Manager
1976
Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1946
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
Stu
1965
Boy (uncredited)
1940
Young Davis
1941
Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
1943
Albert
1953
Whitey
1950
Old Man
1979
Lem (uncredited)
1940
Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
1936
1942
Squimpy
1938
Mr. Feigelbaum
1972
Caddie
1935
Telegram Delivery Boy
1936
Newsboy
1972
Jerry Murphy
1943
Whitey Murphy
1941
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1942
Barker (uncredited)
1942
Gus Morton
1988
Copy Boy (uncredited)
1937
Spider O'Brien
1944
1969
Flash
1935
Amos
1935
Billy (uncredited)
1938
Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
1947
Butch
1943
Grocery Clerk
1935
Busboy (uncredited)
1943
Bellboy
1947
Train Vendor
1941
Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
1936
Stinky
1946
Tour Guide
1939
Dan Withers
1940
Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
1935
Midget Car Driver
1938
Messenger (uncredited)
1941
Delivery Man
1940
Joe Summers
1969
Joseph Hyar
1936
Freddy the Office Boy
1937
Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1946
Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
1941
Clem (as Bill Benedict)
1967
Jimmy
1935
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1940
Recruit at Corral
1941
Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1946
Whitey
1951
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1975
Eddie
1938
Telegraph Boy
1956
Bellboy (uncredited)
1946
Messenger (uncredited)
1942
Monk, Tall Kid
1937
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1948
Zombie Parker
1943
Whitey
1948
Whitey
1947
Benny Ryan
1936
Station Attendant
1972
Leon Jaworski
1978
NBC Usher
1946
Irv Bennett
1948
Soda Jerk
1942
Skinny
1944
Slim
1940
Messenger
1942
Bellboy
1937
(uncredited)
1940
Counterman
1948
Jig
1941
'Penny' Parker
1935
Florida
1944
Telegram Delivery Boy
1941
Elderly Man
1982
Trouble
1939
Trouble
1938
Young Bindlestiff
1937
Cyril Church
1935
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1948
Skinny
1945
Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
1936
Newsboy (uncredited)
1946
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
Bud Smithers
1942
Breck
1935
Spud
1937
Happy (uncredited)
1940
Whitey
1947
Eddie
1940
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
Delivery Boy
1938
Singing Telegram Boy
1941
Telegraph Messenger
1942
Bellboy
1942
Whitey
1951
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1944
The Gawker
1936
Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
1944
Whitey
1950
Whitey
1949
The Deafmute (Uncredited)
1944
Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
1943
Whitey
1949
Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
1938
Pesky (uncredited)
1945
Lennie
1975
Usher (uncredited)
1942
Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
1940
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947
Whitey
1946
Whitey
1951
Elevator Boy
1940
Singing Telegraph Boy
1941
Abel
1943
Newsboy (uncredited)
1940
Whitey, Bowery Boy
1950
Butch
1944
Skinny
1945
Whitey
1949
Trouble
1938
Whitey (as William Benedict)
1951
Ice Cream Man
1941
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
Sammy (uncredited)
1943
Office boy
1944
Office Boy
1939
Red Davis
1942
Eddie Lund
1949
Skinny
1945
Whitey
1948
Telegraph Messenger
1943
Sylvester
1938
Willie (uncredited)
1935
Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
1941
Joe the Newsboy
1945
Jocko (as William Benedict)
1968
Archer Morpher
1936
Whitey (as William Benedict)
1950
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1947
Link (as Billy Benedict)
1940
Wilbur
1936
Freckles
1937
Skinny
1944
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946
Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
1941
Whitey
1942
Theatre Usher
1942
Pinky
1943
Himself
2020
Kurt Plivens
1937