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.

Filmography

• 1988Bonanza: The Next Generation — Gus Morton
• Highway to Heaven — Bobby Joe
• 1982Computercide — Elderly Man
• Hill Street Blues
• 1979Goldie and the Boxer — Old Man
• 1978Born Again — Leon Jaworski
• The Incredible Hulk — Vic
• Charlie's Angels — Emmett Winston, Esq.
• Quincy, M.E.
• 1976Sherlock Holmes in New York — Telegraph Office Manager
• 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood — Man on Bus
• 1975Cop on the Beat — Lennie
• Ellery Queen
• Matt Helm — Scavenger
• 1975The Dead Don't Die — Hotel Desk Clerk
• Little House on the Prairie — Reverend Lyman
• Police Story — Prescott, Bellman
• 1973The Secret Sharer — Mr. Burns
• 1973The Sting — Roulette Dealer
• 1972Call Her Mom — Mr. Feigelbaum
• Emergency! — Hyperventilating Victim
• 1972The Adventures of Nick Carter — Newsboy
• 1972The Dirt Gang — Station Attendant
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Alias Smith and Jones — Telegrapher (uncredited)
• All in the Family — Jimmy McNab
• The Immortal
• 1969Big Daddy
• 1969Hello, Dolly! — News Vendor (uncredited)
• The Brady Bunch
• 1969The Lottery — Joe Summers
• 1969The Over the Hill Gang — Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)
• Then Came Bronson — Card Player
• Adam-12 — Bill White
• 1968Funny Girl — Western Union Boy (uncredited)
• Here's Lucy — Deliveryman
• Land of the Giants — Villager Peabody
• Mayberry R.F.D. — Uncle Whitmore, Pet Shop Owner
• 1968Rogue's Gallery — Jocko (as William Benedict)
• Hondo
• Ironside
• Mannix
• The Guns of Will Sonnett — Telegrapher
• 1967What Am I Bid? — Clem (as Bill Benedict)
• Felony Squad
• 1966Frankie and Johnny — Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)
• Mission: Impossible — Denver
• The Monkees — Skywriter, Old Man
• Branded
• 1965Dear Heart — Stu
• Honey West — Farley
• I Dream of Jeannie — Cleaning Man
• 1965The Hallelujah Trail — Simpson
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Petticoat Junction — Willie
• 1961Lover Come Back — Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
• Route 66
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Joe
• Dennis the Menace
• 1959The Hanging Tree — Trapper (uncredited)
• The Twilight Zone — Conklin
• The Rifleman
• Wagon Train — Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
• 1956Mobs, Inc. — Telegraph Boy
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• 1956The Killing — American Airlines Clerk
• 1955Bride of the Monster — Newsboy
• Gunsmoke — Gus
• Navy Log
• Lassie
• I'm the Law
• 1953The Magnetic Monster — Albert
• 1951Bowery Battalion — Whitey
• 1951Crazy Over Horses — Whitey (as William Benedict)
• Dragnet
• 1951Ghost Chasers — Whitey
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Degnan
• 1951Let's Go Navy! — Whitey
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
• The Red Skelton Show
• 1950Blonde Dynamite — Whitey
• 1950Blues Busters — Whitey (as William Benedict)
• 1950Lucky Losers — Whitey
• 1950Triple Trouble — Whitey, Bowery Boy
• 1949Angels in Disguise — Whitey
• 1949Fighting Fools — Whitey
• 1949Hold That Baby! — Whitey
• 1949Master Minds — Whitey
• 1949Riders of the Pony Express — Eddie Lund
• 1948Angels' Alley — Whitey
• 1948Jinx Money — Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
• 1948Night Wind — Irv Bennett
• 1948Secret Service Investigator — Counterman
• 1948Smuggler's Cove — Whitey
• 1948Trouble Makers — Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
• 1947Bowery Buckaroos — Whitey
• 1947Fun on a Weekend — Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
• 1947Hard Boiled Mahoney — Whitey
• 1947Merton of the Movies — Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
• 1947News Hounds — Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
• 1947The Hucksters — Bellboy at Blue Penguin Inn (uncredited)
• 1947The Pilgrim Lady — Bellboy
• 1946Bowery Bombshell — Whitey
• 1946Do You Love Me — Singing Western Union Boy (uncredited)
• 1946Gay Blades — Newsboy (uncredited)
• 1946In Fast Company — Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
• 1946Live Wires — Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
• 1946Mr. Hex — Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
• 1946Never Say Goodbye — Messenger Boy (uncredited)
• 1946One More Tomorrow — Stinky
• 1946People Are Funny — NBC Usher
• 1946Road to Utopia — Newsboy #2 (uncredited)
• 1946Spook Busters — Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
• 1946The Gentleman Misbehaves — Bellboy (uncredited)
• 1946The Kid from Brooklyn — Newsboy (uncredited)
• 1946Without Reservations — Telegraph Delivery Boy (uncredited)
• 1945Brenda Starr, Reporter — Pesky (uncredited)
• 1945Come Out Fighting — Skinny
• 1945Docks of New York — Skinny
• 1945Hollywood and Vine — Joe the Newsboy
• 1945Mr. Muggs Rides Again — Skinny
• 1945Story of G.I. Joe — Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
• 1944Block Busters — Butch
• 1944Bowery Champs — Skinny
• 1944Follow the Boys — Joe (uncredited)
• 1944Follow the Leader — Spider O'Brien
• 1944I Won't Play — Florida
• 1944Janie — Soda Jerk (uncredited)
• 1944Million Dollar Kid — Skinny
• 1944That's My Baby! — Office boy
• 1944The Whistler — The Deafmute (Uncredited)
• 1944They Live in Fear — Thomas 'Mack' Knight (uncredited)
• 1943Adventures of the Flying Cadets — Zombie Parker
• 1943Aerial Gunner — Jackson 'Sleepy' Laswell
• 1943All by Myself — Telegraph Messenger
• 1943Clancy Street Boys — Butch
• 1943Ghosts on the Loose — Benny
• 1943Moonlight in Vermont — Abel
• 1943Mr. Muggs Steps Out — Pinky
• 1943Nobody's Darling — Sammy (uncredited)
• 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars — Busboy (uncredited)
• 1943The Ox-Bow Incident — Greene (uncredited)
• 1943The Powers Girl — Powers Agency Office Boy (uncredited)
• 1943Whispering Footsteps — Jerry Murphy
• 1942A Night to Remember — Messenger Boy (uncredited)
• 1942Get Hep to Love — Soda Jerk
• 1942Heart of the Golden West — Telegraph Messenger
• 1942Home in Wyomin' — Usher (uncredited)
• 1942I Live on Danger — Bellboy (uncredited)
• 1942Junior G-Men of the Air — Whitey
• 1942Lady in a Jam — Barker (uncredited)
• 1942Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch — Theatre Usher
• 1942On the Sunny Side — Messenger
• 1942Perils of Nyoka — Red Davis
• 1942Rings on Her Fingers
• 1942The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine — Bellboy
• 1942The Glass Key — Farr's Receptionist (uncredited)
• 1942The Talk of the Town — Western Union Boy (uncredited)
• 1942Two Yanks in Trinidad — Messenger (uncredited)
• 1942Wildcat — Bud Smithers
• 1941Adventures of Captain Marvel — Whitey Murphy
• Adventures of Captain Marvel — Whitey Murphy
• 1941Cadet Girl — Soldier at Camp Show (uncredited)
• 1941Confessions of Boston Blackie — Ice Cream Man
• 1941Dressed to Kill — Singing Telegram Boy
• 1941Great Guns — Recruit at Corral
• 1941In Old Cheyenne — Train Vendor
• 1941Jesse James at Bay — Young Davis
• 1941Mr. District Attorney — Office Boy
• 1941Scattergood Baines — Lafe Hopper (uncredited)
• 1941Second Chorus — Ticket Taker (uncredited)
• 1941She Knew All the Answers — Singing Telegraph Boy
• 1941The Great Mr. Nobody — Jig
• 1941The Man Who Lost Himself — Telegram Delivery Boy
• 1941Time Out for Rhythm — Messenger (uncredited)
• 1941Tuxedo Junction — Thomas 'Piecrust' Murphy (as Billy Benedict)
• 1940Adventures of Red Ryder — Dan Withers
• 1940And One Was Beautiful — Delivery Man
• 1940Bowery Boy — (uncredited)
• 1940Give Us Wings — Link (as Billy Benedict)
• 1940Grand Ole Opry — Newsboy (uncredited)
• 1940Legion of the Lawless — Eddie
• 1940Lucky Partners — Delivery Boy (uncredited)
• 1940Melody Ranch — Slim
• 1940My Little Chickadee — Lem (uncredited)
• 1940Rhythm on the River — Elevator Boy
• 1940Stage to Chino — Happy (uncredited)
• 1940The Great McGinty — Farm Boy (uncredited)
• 1940The Mad Doctor — Mickey Barnes (Uncredited)
• 1940Young People — Boy (uncredited)
• 1939Code of the Streets — Trouble
• 1939Hollywood Hobbies — Tour Guide
• 1939Pack Up Your Troubles — Office Boy
• 1938Bringing Up Baby — David's Caddy (uncredited)
• 1938Hold That Co-ed — Sylvester
• 1938Hold That Kiss — Delivery Boy
• 1938I Met My Love Again — Billy (uncredited)
• 1938King of the Newsboys — Squimpy
• 1938Little Tough Guys in Society — Trouble
• 1938Newsboys' Home — Trouble
• 1938Say It in French — Midget Car Driver
• 1938There's Always a Woman — Bellboy
• 1938Walking Down Broadway — Eddie
• 1938Young Fugitives — Jud
• 1937Flying Fists — Monk, Tall Kid
• 1937Jim Hanvey, Detective — Copy Boy (uncredited)
• 1937Rhythm in the Clouds — Bellboy
• 1937That I May Live — Kurt Plivens
• 1937The Last Gangster — Freddy the Office Boy
• 1937They Wanted to Marry — Freckles
• 1937Tim Tyler's Luck — Spud
• 1937Tramp Trouble — Young Bindlestiff
• 1936After the Thin Man — Newsboy (uncredited)
• 1936Can This Be Dixie? — Shenandoah Peachtree (uncredited)
• 1936Captain January — Telegram Delivery Boy (uncredited)
• 1936Crack-Up — Bunky, Office Boy (uncredited)
• 1936Laughing at Trouble — Wilbur
• 1936Libeled Lady — Johnny
• 1936M'Liss — Archer Morpher
• 1936Ramona — Joseph Hyar
• 1936The Country Doctor — The Gawker
• 1936The Witness Chair — Benny Ryan
• 1936Theodora Goes Wild — Henry - Copyboy (uncredited)
• 1935$10 Raise — Jimmy
• 19353 Kids and a Queen — Flash
• 1935Bad Boy — Grocery Clerk
• 1935College Scandal — 'Penny' Parker
• 1935Doubting Thomas — Caddie
• 1935Show Them No Mercy! — Willie (uncredited)
• 1935Steamboat Round the Bend — Breck
• 1935The Farmer Takes a Wife — Boy Announcing Dan's Arrival Before Fight
• 1935Way Down East — Amos
• 1935Your Uncle Dudley — Cyril Church

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2020The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter — Himself