Personal Info
Known Credits
183
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1917-04-16 (108 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known For
William 'Billy' Benedict Bill BenedictBilly Benedict
William Benedict
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 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 ...
Known For
Acting
2020 --
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
| Himself
1988 --
Bonanza: The Next Generation
| Gus Morton
1982 --
Computercide
| Elderly Man
1979 --
Goldie and the Boxer
| Old Man
1978 --
Born Again
| Leon Jaworski
1976 --
Sherlock Holmes in New York
| Telegraph Office Manager
1976 --
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
| Man on Bus
1975 --
Cop on the Beat
| Lennie
1975 --
The Dead Don't Die
| Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1973 --
The Sting
| Roulette Dealer
1972 --
The Dirt Gang
| Station Attendant
1972 --
The Adventures of Nick Carter
| Newsboy
1972 --
Call Her Mom
| Mr. Feigelbaum
1969 --
Hello, Dolly!
| News Vendor (uncredited)
1969 --
The Over the Hill Gang
| Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
1969 --
Big Daddy
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1969 --
The Lottery
| Joe Summers
1968 --
Funny Girl
| Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1968 --
Rogue's Gallery
| Jocko (as William Benedict)
1967 --
What Am I Bid?
| Clem (as Bill Benedict)
1966 --
Frankie and Johnny
| Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
1965 --
The Hallelujah Trail
| Simpson
1965 --
Dear Heart
| Stu
1961 --
Lover Come Back
| Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1959 --
The Hanging Tree
| Trapper (uncredited)
1956 --
The Killing
| American Airlines Clerk
1956 --
Mobs, Inc.
| Telegraph Boy
1955 --
Bride of the Monster
| Newsboy
1953 --
The Magnetic Monster
| Albert
1951 --
Crazy Over Horses
| Whitey (as William Benedict)
1951 --
Let's Go Navy!
| Whitey
1951 --
Ghost Chasers
| Whitey
1951 --
Bowery Battalion
| Whitey
1950 --
Blues Busters
| Whitey (as William Benedict)
1950 --
Triple Trouble
| Whitey, Bowery Boy
1950 --
Lucky Losers
| Whitey
1950 --
Blonde Dynamite
| Whitey
1949 --
Master Minds
| Whitey
1949 --
Angels in Disguise
| Whitey
1949 --
Hold That Baby!
| Whitey
1949 --
Riders of the Pony Express
| Eddie Lund
1949 --
Fighting Fools
| Whitey
1948 --
Trouble Makers
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1948 --
Smuggler's Cove
| Whitey
1948 --
Night Wind
| Irv Bennett
1948 --
Jinx Money
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1948 --
Secret Service Investigator
| Counterman
1948 --
Angels' Alley
| Whitey
1947 --
Bowery Buckaroos
| Whitey
1947 --
Merton of the Movies
| Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947 --
News Hounds
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1947 --
The Hucksters
| Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
1947 --
Fun on a Weekend
| Hotel Bellboy (Uncredited)
1947 --
Hard Boiled Mahoney
| Whitey
1947 --
The Pilgrim Lady
| Bellboy
1946 --
Never Say Goodbye
| Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1946 --
Mr. Hex
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946 --
Spook Busters
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946 --
Bowery Bombshell
| Whitey
1946 --
In Fast Company
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946 --
One More Tomorrow
| Stinky
1946 --
Do You Love Me
| Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1946 --
Without Reservations
| Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1946 --
The Kid from Brooklyn
| Newsboy (uncredited)
1946 --
The Gentleman Misbehaves
| Bellboy (uncredited)
1946 --
Road to Utopia
| Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1946 --
Gay Blades
| Newsboy (uncredited)
1946 --
Live Wires
| Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
1946 --
People Are Funny
| NBC Usher
1945 --
Come Out Fighting
| Skinny
1945 --
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
| Skinny
1945 --
Story of G.I. Joe
| Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
1945 --
Hollywood and Vine
| Joe the Newsboy
1945 --
Docks of New York
| Skinny
1945 --
Brenda Starr, Reporter
| Pesky (uncredited)
1944 --
Bowery Champs
| Skinny
1944 --
I Won't Play
| Florida
1944 --
They Live in Fear
| Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
1944 --
That's My Baby!
| Office boy
1944 --
Janie
| Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1944 --
Block Busters
| Butch
1944 --
Follow the Leader
| Spider O'Brien
1944 --
The Whistler
| The Deafmute (Uncredited)
1944 --
Million Dollar Kid
| Skinny
1943 --
Whispering Footsteps
| Jerry Murphy
1943 --
Moonlight in Vermont
| Abel
1943 --
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
| Pinky
1943 --
Thank Your Lucky Stars
| Busboy (uncredited)
1943 --
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
| Zombie Parker
1943 --
Nobody's Darling
| Sammy (uncredited)
1943 --
Ghosts on the Loose
| Benny
1943 --
All by Myself
| Telegraph Messenger
1943 --
Clancy Street Boys
| Butch
1943 --
Aerial Gunner
| Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
1943 --
The Powers Girl
| Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
1942 --
A Night to Remember
| Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1942 --
The Ox-Bow Incident
| Greene (uncredited)
1942 --
Heart of the Golden West
| Telegraph Messenger
1942 --
Get Hep to Love
| Soda Jerk
1942 --
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
| Theatre Usher
1942 --
The Glass Key
| Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
1942 --
Wildcat
| Bud Smithers
1942 --
The Talk of the Town
| Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1942 --
Junior G-Men of the Air
| Whitey
1942 --
Perils of Nyoka
| Red Davis
1942 --
Lady in a Jam
| Barker (uncredited)
1942 --
I Live on Danger
| Bellboy (uncredited)
1942 --
Home in Wyomin'
| Usher (uncredited)
1942 --
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
| Bellboy
1942 --
Rings on Her Fingers
|
1942 --
On the Sunny Side
| Messenger
1941 --
Confessions of Boston Blackie
| Ice Cream Man
1941 --
Cadet Girl
| Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
1941 --
Tuxedo Junction
| Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
1941 --
Jesse James at Bay
| Young Davis
1941 --
Great Guns
| Recruit at Corral
1941 --
Dressed to Kill
| Singing Telegram Boy
1941 --
Time Out for Rhythm
| Messenger (uncredited)
1941 --
She Knew All the Answers
| Singing Telegraph Boy
1941 --
In Old Cheyenne
| Train Vendor
1941 --
Adventures of Captain Marvel
| Whitey Murphy
1941 --
Mr. District Attorney
| Office Boy
1941 --
The Man Who Lost Himself
| Telegram Delivery Boy
1941 --
Scattergood Baines
| Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
1941 --
The Great Mr. Nobody
| Jig
1941 --
Second Chorus
| Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1940 --
Bowery Boy
| (uncredited)
1940 --
Give Us Wings
| Link (as Billy Benedict)
1940 --
The Mad Doctor
| Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
1940 --
Melody Ranch
| Slim
1940 --
Young People
| Boy (uncredited)
1940 --
Rhythm on the River
| Elevator Boy
1940 --
Lucky Partners
| Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1940 --
The Great McGinty
| Farm Boy (uncredited)
1940 --
Stage to Chino
| Happy (uncredited)
1940 --
Adventures of Red Ryder
| Dan Withers
1940 --
Grand Ole Opry
| Newsboy (uncredited)
1940 --
And One Was Beautiful
| Delivery Man
1940 --
My Little Chickadee
| Lem (uncredited)
1940 --
Legion of the Lawless
| Eddie
1939 --
Pack Up Your Troubles
| Office Boy
1939 --
Hollywood Hobbies
| Tour Guide
1939 --
Code of the Streets
| Trouble
1938 --
Newsboys' Home
| Trouble
1938 --
Say It in French
| Midget Car Driver
1938 --
Little Tough Guys in Society
| Trouble
1938 --
Hold That Co-ed
| Sylvester
1938 --
Young Fugitives
| Jud (as William 'Billy' Benedict)
1938 --
Hold That Kiss
| Delivery Boy
1938 --
There's Always a Woman
| Bellboy
1938 --
King of the Newsboys
| Squimpy
1938 --
Walking Down Broadway
| Eddie
1938 --
Bringing Up Baby
| David's Caddy (uncredited)
1938 --
I Met My Love Again
| Billy (uncredited)
1937 --
Tim Tyler's Luck
| Spud
1937 --
The Last Gangster
| Freddy the Office Boy
1937 --
That I May Live
| Kurt Plivens
1937 --
Tramp Trouble
|
1937 --
Flying Fists
| Monk, Tall Kid
1937 --
Rhythm in the Clouds
| Bellboy
1937 --
Jim Hanvey, Detective
| Copy Boy (uncredited)
1937 --
They Wanted to Marry
| Freckles
1936 --
After the Thin Man
| Newsboy (uncredited)
1936 --
Crack-Up
| Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
1936 --
Laughing at Trouble
| Wilbur
1936 --
Can This Be Dixie?
| Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
1936 --
Theodora Goes Wild
| Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
1936 --
Libeled Lady
| Joe
1936 --
Ramona
| Joseph Hyar
1936 --
M'Liss
| Archer Morpher
1936 --
The Witness Chair
| Benny Ryan
1936 --
Captain January
| Telegram Delivery Boy
1936 --
The Country Doctor
| The Gawker
1935 --
Your Uncle Dudley
| Cyril Church
1935 --
Show Them No Mercy!
| Willie (uncredited)
1935 --
Bad Boy
| Grocery Clerk
1935 --
Way Down East
| Amos
1935 --
3 Kids and a Queen
| Flash
1935 --
Steamboat Round the Bend
| Breck
1935 --
Doubting Thomas
| Caddie
1935 --
The Farmer Takes a Wife
| Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
1935 --
College Scandal
| 'Penny' Parker
1935 --
$10 Raise
| Jimmy