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