
William Benedict
- Date of Birth: 1917-04-16
- Date of Death: 1999-11-25
- Place of Birth: Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
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 ser... 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.

Dear Heart
Comedy, Romance • 1965 March

Gunsmoke
Western, Action & Adventure, Drama • 1955 September

Road to Utopia
Adventure, Comedy, Music, Family • 1946 February

Theodora Goes Wild
Comedy, Romance • 1936 November

The Monkees
Comedy, Family • 1966 September

Dennis the Menace
Comedy, Family • 1959 October

Hold That Kiss
Romance, Comedy • 1938 May

The Powers Girl
Comedy, Music • 1943 January

Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Adventure, War • 1943 September

Rings on Her Fingers
Comedy, Romance • 1942 March