Nat Pendleton
Acting
🎂 1895-08-07
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.
Cast credits(110)
Self
1954
Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
1933
Shakespeare
1933
Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver
1940
Mr. Grimes
1939
Sergeant Fred Koretz
1939
Goliath
1939
John Guild
1939
Sgt. Michael Collins
1947
Inspector John Guild
1934
Spud
1934
'Cap' Huff
1940
Joe Wayman
1939
Sgt. Michael Collins
1941
Sandow
1936
C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
1940
Strabo
1932
Bondsman
1940
William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
1964
John 'Truck' Hogan
1934
Joe Weyman
1943
Self (archive footage)
2003
Strozzi
1934
Joe Wayman
1940
MacHardie (uncredited)
1932
Blossom
1935
'Pug' Walsh
1938
Alfred 'Tiny' Smith
1934
Petrowski
1933
Abe Gorman (uncredited)
1932
Life Guard
1934
Hank aka Pete
1931
Joe Wayman
1939
Flynn
1936
Purvis
1931
'Spud' Burke
1935
T. Fenny Sylvester
1934
Harry (uncredited)
1933
'Dice'
1938
'Killer' Kennedy
1943
'Piccolo Pete'
1935
Henry Potke
1935
Joe Doyle
1938
Joe Wayman
1940
Floppy Phil
1938
Bossamer
1930
Tony Gazotti
1933
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
1947
Paul Terison
1938
Joe Wayman
1938
Self (archive footage)
1994
Wrestler (uncredited)
1932
'Steamer' Krupp
1936
Joe Weyman
1942
'Gunboat' Jacklin
1940
Rocky
1935
Red Hogan
1942
Joe Weyman
1942
Mack
1935
Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Bull Martin (uncredited)
1931
'Fatso' Werner
1940
Big Jack
1931
Sergeant Ernest Heath
1936
Socks Martin
1939
Big Mike
1933
Motorcycle Officer Cassidy
1933
Joe Skopapolous
1938
Kid Melrose (uncredited)
1932
Roscoe
1940
Smiles Hogan
1937
Bill Raymond (archive footage)
1991
Knuckles Benedict
1935
Buddy Buttle
1939
Police Sgt. Lucks
1937
'Killer' Delmar
1932
Legs Caffey
1934
Rocky
1934
Lady Godiva's Husband
1931
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
1933
Sonny McGann
1942
Skippy
1934
Gunner - Bodyguard
1931
Assistant Coach
1931
William T. 'Shoots' Magiz
1934
Dugan
1936
Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
1941
Rocky
1936
Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
1965
Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
1933
Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)
1933
Jim Ward
1946
Jimmy
1926
Joe
1933
Kelly - Naughty Boy
1932
Bouncer
1932
George Black
1937
Bud Means
1924
James Dugan
1929
Pat O'Day
1930
Joe (uncredited)
1932
Mugg Malone
1932
Rocky O'Neil
1936
Mike McDougal
1932
Benvenuto Romandi
1937
Chef (uncredited)
1930
Board Member (uncredited)
1931
Smoke
1930
Bucky O'Neill
1932
Maniac Killer
1932