All Movies List
Ghost Chasers

as Whitey

1951
Angels in Disguise

as Whitey

1949
Trouble Makers

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

1948
Angels' Alley

as Whitey

1948
Smuggler's Cove

as Whitey

1948
Hard Boiled Mahoney

as Whitey

1947
Bowery Bombshell

as Whitey

1946
Do You Love Me

as Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)

1946
Live Wires

as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

1946
Story of G.I. Joe

as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)

1945
The Whistler

as The Deafmute (Uncredited)

1944
Follow the Leader

as Spider O'Brien

1944
Whispering Footsteps

as Jerry Murphy

1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets

as Zombie Parker

1943
Perils of Nyoka

as Red Davis

1942
Legion of the Lawless

as Eddie

1940
Pack Up Your Troubles

as Office Boy

1939
Hollywood Hobbies

as Tour Guide

1939
King of the Newsboys

as Squimpy

1938
They Wanted to Marry

as Freckles

1937
Tim Tyler's Luck

as Spud

1937
College Scandal

as 'Penny' Parker

1935
William Benedict William Benedict

Birthday

1917-04-16

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 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.
AD

WATCH FREE FOR 30 DAYS

All Prime Video
Cancel anytime
Watch Now