Nathaniel Greene 'Nat' Pendleton was an American former Olympic wrestler turned actor. Two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champion (1914-1915) in the 175-lb. class at Columbia University, Pendleton graduated Class of 1916. He wrestled for the United States at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, earning a silver medal, losing only one match due to a controversial point decision. After the Games he became a professional wrestler and was a big fan favorite, which led to Hollywood. In the 1920 census he was living in Manhattan with his first wife Juanita Alfonzo (age 22) and her brother Ramon Alfonso (age 13). He was working as a sports manager. Pendleton was usually cast as a circus strongman, brutish thug, dumb cop, or dense buffoon, but he had a college degree and in 1933 wrote the script for Deception (1932), in which he starred - not surprisingly - as a wrestler. Upon his death from a heart attack, his remains were interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California. Nat Pendleton was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame inaugural class in 2006.
110 movies · 1 shows
Complicated Women
2003·6.9
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994·8.5
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991·9.5
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965·6.8
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964·7.2
Buck Privates Come Home
1947·6.4
Scared to Death
1947·4.3
Death Valley
1946·5.7
Swing Fever
1943·6.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943·6.0
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942·6.5
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942·7.0
Jail House Blues
1942·9.0
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942·5.5
Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941·6.5
Buck Privates
1941·6.7
Flight Command
1940·5.9
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940·6.7
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940·6.8
The Golden Fleecing
1940·5.9
New Moon
1940·6.9
Phantom Raiders
1940·6.1
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940·4.8
The Ghost Comes Home
1940·5.7
Northwest Passage
1940·6.6
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939·6.1
Another Thin Man
1939·7.1
At the Circus
1939·6.4
On Borrowed Time
1939·7.6
6,000 Enemies
1939·6.1
It's a Wonderful World
1939·6.5
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939·6.6
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939·6.3
Breakdowns of 1938
1938·5.8
Young Dr. Kildare
1938·6.7
The Crowd Roars
1938·7.0
The Chaser
1938·8.0
The Shopworn Angel
1938·6.8
Fast Company
1938·5.4
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938·6.3
Swing Your Lady
1938·4.6
Life Begins in College
1937·8.0
Gangway
1937·7.0
Song of the City
1937·8.0
Under Cover of Night
1937·6.0
Sing Me a Love Song
1936·9.0
Two in a Crowd
1936·8.0
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936·7.3
Sworn Enemy
1936·5.8
Trapped by Television
1936·6.9
The Great Ziegfeld
1936·6.3
The Garden Murder Case
1936·5.7
It's in the Air
1935·6.3
Here Comes the Band
1935·7.0
Calm Yourself
1935·6.0
Murder in the Fleet
1935·6.6
Reckless
1935·5.1
Baby Face Harrington
1935·5.4
Times Square Lady
1935·7.0
The Gay Bride
1934·6.0
Death on the Diamond
1934·7.3
Straight Is the Way
1934·6.3
The Cat's-Paw
1934·6.3
The Girl from Missouri
1934·7.4
The Defense Rests
1934·7.1
The Thin Man
1934·7.5
Manhattan Melodrama
1934·7.0
Sing and Like It
1934·5.0
Lazy River
1934·7.0
Fugitive Lovers
1934·6.2
College Coach
1933·4.6
The Chief
1933·5.5
I'm No Angel
1933·6.4
Lady for a Day
1933·7.1
Penthouse
1933·6.8
Baby Face
1933·7.2
The Nuisance
1933·6.0
Child of Manhattan
1933·7.2
Parachute Jumper
1933·5.9
Goldie Gets Along
1933·5.7
Whistling in the Dark
1933·6.0
The Sign of the Cross
1932·6.4
Flesh
1932·5.8
Deception
1932·7.5
The Night Club Lady
1932·7.1
Exposure
1932·5.5
Horse Feathers
1932·6.9
By Whose Hand?
1932·6.6
The Tenderfoot
1932·7.5
Attorney for the Defense
1932·6.3
The Big Timer
1932·4.6
Hell-Fire Austin
1932·5.0
A Fool's Advice
1932·6.7
The Beast of the City
1932·5.9
Taxi!
1932·6.8
Manhattan Parade
1931·3.2
The Secret Witness
1931·4.3
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931·7.3
Blonde Crazy
1931·7.0
The Ruling Voice
1931·6.2
The Star Witness
1931·6.9
Fair Warning
1931·9.0
Seas Beneath
1931·5.3
Crazy House
1930·5.5
The Sea Wolf
1930·8.0
The Last of the Duanes
1930·6.0
The Big Pond
1930·6.1
The Laughing Lady
1929·7.3
Let's Get Married
1926·8.0
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1924·8.0