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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.
Movies
Bringing Up Baby
David's Caddy (uncredited)
The Whistler
The Deafmute (Uncredited)
The Talk of the Town
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
People Are Funny
NBC Usher
Million Dollar Kid
Skinny
The Great McGinty
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Follow the Leader
Spider O'Brien
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Ice Cream Man
Captain January
Telegram Delivery Boy
Young People
Boy (uncredited)
Do You Love Me
Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Ghost Chasers
Whitey
Ghosts on the Loose
Benny
Spook Busters
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Bowery Buckaroos
Whitey
Angels' Alley
Whitey
Ramona
Joseph Hyar
That I May Live
Kurt Plivens
Tramp Trouble
Pack Up Your Troubles
Office Boy
Way Down East
Amos
Flying Fists
Monk, Tall Kid
Hold That Kiss
Delivery Boy
College Scandal
'Penny' Parker
Hold That Co-ed
Sylvester
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Zombie Parker
King of the Newsboys
Squimpy
Newsboys' Home
Trouble
I Live on Danger
Bellboy (uncredited)
Rhythm in the Clouds
Bellboy
Doubting Thomas
Caddie
That's My Baby!
Office boy
Bowery Bombshell
Whitey
Let's Go Navy!
Whitey
In Fast Company
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
The Mad Doctor
Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Skinny
Hollywood Hobbies
Tour Guide
Wildcat
Bud Smithers
Young Fugitives
Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Theatre Usher
They Wanted to Marry
Freckles
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Newsboy
The Country Doctor
The Gawker
The Powers Girl
Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
M'Liss
Archer Morpher
Lucky Losers
Whitey
Mr. Hex
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
I Met My Love Again
Billy (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
Wilbur
Docks of New York
Skinny
The Witness Chair
Benny Ryan
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Whitey
The Killing
American Airlines Clerk
The Sting
Roulette Dealer
The Ox-Bow Incident
Greene (uncredited)
Without Reservations
Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
I Won't Play
Florida
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Telegraph Office Manager
Show Them No Mercy!
Willie (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless
Eddie
Dressed to Kill
Singing Telegram Boy
Merton of the Movies
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Joe
Smuggler's Cove
Whitey
Trouble Makers
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Bride of the Monster
Newsboy
Little Tough Guys in Society
Trouble
They Live in Fear
Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
Perils of Nyoka
Red Davis
Aerial Gunner
Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
All by Myself
Telegraph Messenger
My Little Chickadee
Lem (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder
Dan Withers
Junior G-Men of the Air
Whitey
Code of the Streets
Trouble
The Magnetic Monster
Albert
Lucky Partners
Delivery Boy
Come Out Fighting
Skinny
Bowery Champs
Skinny
Rhythm on the River
Elevator Boy
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Pinky
Second Chorus
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Block Busters
Butch
Live Wires
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Fighting Fools
Whitey
Master Minds
Whitey
Angels in Disguise
Whitey
And One Was Beautiful
Delivery Man
News Hounds
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Blonde Dynamite
Whitey
Hold That Baby!
Whitey
Melody Ranch
Slim
Gay Blades
Newsboy (uncredited)
Give Us Wings
Link (as Billy Benedict)
Never Say Goodbye
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Grand Ole Opry
Newsboy (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
Spud
The Hallelujah Trail
Simpson
One More Tomorrow
Stinky
Home in Wyomin'
Usher (uncredited)
Steamboat Round the Bend
Breck
Jesse James at Bay
Young Davis
In Old Cheyenne
Train Vendor
Heart of the Golden West
Telegraph Messenger
Riders of the Pony Express
Eddie Lund
Say It in French
Midget Car Driver
Walking Down Broadway
Eddie
Your Uncle Dudley
Cyril Church
The Great Mr. Nobody
Jig
Mr. District Attorney
Office Boy
Get Hep to Love
Soda Jerk
On the Sunny Side
Messenger
The Lottery
Joe Summers
She Knew All the Answers
Singing Telegraph Boy
Janie
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Night Wind
Irv Bennett
Jinx Money
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
Fun on a Weekend
Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Whitey Murphy
There's Always a Woman
Bellboy
Whispering Footsteps
Jerry Murphy
A Night to Remember
Messenger Boy
Big Daddy
The Glass Key
Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
Flash
Story of G.I. Joe
Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers
Road to Utopia
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Hollywood and Vine
Joe the Newsboy
Bowery Battalion
Whitey
The Hanging Tree
Trapper (uncredited)
Cadet Girl
Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
The Dirt Gang
Station Attendant
Call Her Mom
Mr. Feigelbaum
The Dead Don't Die
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Dear Heart
Stu
Blues Busters
Whitey (as William Benedict)
Bowery Boy
(uncredited)
Secret Service Investigator
Counterman
Moonlight in Vermont
Abel
The Over the Hill Gang
Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Man on Bus
Mobs, Inc.
Telegraph Boy
Can This Be Dixie?
Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
The Kid from Brooklyn
Newsboy
Theodora Goes Wild
Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
Tuxedo Junction
Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Bellboy
Rogue's Gallery
Jocko (as William Benedict)
Scattergood Baines
Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
What Am I Bid?
Clem (as Bill Benedict)
Crazy Over Horses
Whitey (as William Benedict)
The Last Gangster
Freddy the Office Boy
Time Out for Rhythm
Messenger (uncredited)
Great Guns
Recruit at Corral
Clancy Street Boys
Butch
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Pesky (uncredited)
Funny Girl
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
$10 Raise
Jimmy
Lover Come Back
Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Crack-Up
Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
The Pilgrim Lady
Bellboy
Born Again
Leon Jaworski
Computercide
Elderly Man
Hello, Dolly!
News Vendor (uncredited)
Frankie and Johnny
Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
Cop on the Beat
Lennie
Stage to Chino
Happy (uncredited)
Goldie and the Boxer
Old Man
Nobody's Darling
Sammy (uncredited)
The Gentleman Misbehaves
Bellboy (uncredited)
Triple Trouble
Whitey, Bowery Boy
Bonanza: The Next Generation
Gus Morton
The Man Who Lost Himself
Telegram Delivery Boy
After the Thin Man
Newsboy (uncredited)
Shows
Here's Lucy
Deliveryman
I Dream of Jeannie
Cleaning Man
Little House on the Prairie
The Brady Bunch
Mannix
Dragnet
Gunsmoke
Gus
Hill Street Blues
The Monkees
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
All in the Family
Jimmy McNab
Route 66
Quincy, M.E.
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Highway to Heaven
The Streets of San Francisco
Alias Smith and Jones
Land of the Giants
Villager Peabody
Petticoat Junction
Willie
Ironside
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Degnan
Lassie
Emergency!
The Twilight Zone
Conklin
Police Story
The Immortal
Dennis the Menace
Felony Squad
Hondo
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Navy Log
Branded
The Rifleman
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Ellery Queen
Honey West
Farley
I'm the Law
Police Story
Prescott
Mission: Impossible
Denver
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Joe
Matt Helm
Scavenger
Wagon Train
Wagon Train Member
The Incredible Hulk
Vic
Adam-12
Bill White
Mayberry R.F.D.
Uncle Whitmore
Mayberry R.F.D.
Pet Shop Owner