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.
186 movies · 47 shows
The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
2020·8.0
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988·7.7
Computercide
1982·7.0
Goldie and the Boxer
1979·5.6
Born Again
1978·9.0
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976·6.0
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976·4.3
Cop on the Beat
1975·4.7
The Dead Don't Die
1975·6.0
The Sting
1973·8.0
The Secret Sharer
1973·8.0
The Dirt Gang
1972·3.4
The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972·3.8
Call Her Mom
1972·6.0
Hello, Dolly!
1969·7.0
The Over the Hill Gang
1969·5.8
Big Daddy
1969·8.0
The Lottery
1969·6.8
Funny Girl
1968·7.2
Rogue's Gallery
1968·7.0
What Am I Bid?
1967·8.0
Frankie and Johnny
1966·5.6
The Hallelujah Trail
1965·6.1
Dear Heart
1965·6.5
Lover Come Back
1961·7.0
The Hanging Tree
1959·6.7
The Killing
1956·7.6
Mobs, Inc.
1956·7.0
Bride of the Monster
1955·4.4
The Magnetic Monster
1953·5.6
Crazy Over Horses
1951·6.7
Let's Go Navy!
1951·8.0
Ghost Chasers
1951·6.8
Bowery Battalion
1951·8.5
Blues Busters
1950·6.7
Triple Trouble
1950·7.0
Lucky Losers
1950·6.6
Blonde Dynamite
1950·6.8
Master Minds
1949·6.4
Angels in Disguise
1949·6.0
Hold That Baby!
1949·5.8
Riders of the Pony Express
1949·7.5
Fighting Fools
1949·6.0
Trouble Makers
1948·6.1
Smuggler's Cove
1948·5.3
Night Wind
1948·9.0
Jinx Money
1948·5.6
Secret Service Investigator
1948·7.5
Angels' Alley
1948·5.2
Bowery Buckaroos
1947·6.6
Merton of the Movies
1947·6.3
News Hounds
1947·6.8
The Hucksters
1947·7.0
Fun on a Weekend
1947·7.2
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947·6.8
The Pilgrim Lady
1947·6.0
Mr. Hex
1946·7.3
Never Say Goodbye
1946·6.3
Spook Busters
1946·5.5
Bowery Bombshell
1946·6.5
In Fast Company
1946·6.8
One More Tomorrow
1946·5.8
Do You Love Me
1946·4.7
Without Reservations
1946·6.2
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946·6.3
The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946·8.0
Road to Utopia
1946·6.7
Gay Blades
1946·8.0
Live Wires
1946·5.6
People Are Funny
1946·5.7
Come Out Fighting
1945·7.5
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945·7.0
Story of G.I. Joe
1945·6.4
Hollywood and Vine
1945·4.4
Docks of New York
1945·8.0
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945·9.0
Bowery Champs
1944·7.3
I Won't Play
1944·6.4
They Live in Fear
1944·8.0
That's My Baby!
1944·5.6
Janie
1944·6.0
Block Busters
1944·8.0
Follow the Leader
1944·3.8
Follow the Boys
1944·5.7
The Whistler
1944·6.0
Million Dollar Kid
1944·5.9
Whispering Footsteps
1943·5.3
Moonlight in Vermont
1943·6.5
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943·8.0
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943·6.2
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943·6.7
Nobody's Darling
1943·8.0
Ghosts on the Loose
1943·4.2
All by Myself
1943·8.0
Clancy Street Boys
1943·6.6
Aerial Gunner
1943·5.0
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943·7.7
The Powers Girl
1943·7.0
A Night to Remember
1942·6.7
Heart of the Golden West
1942·4.2
Get Hep to Love
1942·7.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942·8.0
The Glass Key
1942·6.6
Wildcat
1942·5.7
The Talk of the Town
1942·7.3
Junior G-Men of the Air
1942·7.0
Perils of Nyoka
1942·8.0
Lady in a Jam
1942·5.6
I Live on Danger
1942·6.1
Home in Wyomin'
1942·8.5
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942·6.4
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942·4.0
Rings on Her Fingers
1942·6.8
On the Sunny Side
1942·7.0
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941·6.3
Cadet Girl
1941·8.0
Tuxedo Junction
1941·10.0
Jesse James at Bay
1941·4.8
Great Guns
1941·5.9
Dressed to Kill
1941·6.3
Time Out for Rhythm
1941·6.7
She Knew All the Answers
1941·6.6
In Old Cheyenne
1941·4.6
Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941·6.4
Mr. District Attorney
1941·5.8
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941·5.4
Scattergood Baines
1941·7.0
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941·6.0
Second Chorus
1941·5.8
Bowery Boy
1940·6.0
The Mad Doctor
1940·6.2
Give Us Wings
1940·7.3
Melody Ranch
1940·6.2
Young People
1940·5.3
Rhythm on the River
1940·6.9
Lucky Partners
1940·6.1
The Great McGinty
1940·7.0
Stage to Chino
1940·5.9
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940·6.7
Grand Ole Opry
1940·7.5
And One Was Beautiful
1940·6.7
My Little Chickadee
1940·6.5
Legion of the Lawless
1940·6.2
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939·6.8
Hollywood Hobbies
1939·5.6
Code of the Streets
1939·7.7
Newsboys' Home
1938·8.0
Say It in French
1938·7.5
Little Tough Guys in Society
1938·7.3
Hold That Co-ed
1938·6.7
Young Fugitives
1938·3.7
Hold That Kiss
1938·7.0
There's Always a Woman
1938·6.0
King of the Newsboys
1938·4.8
Walking Down Broadway
1938·6.8
Bringing Up Baby
1938·7.5
I Met My Love Again
1938·6.0
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937·7.0
The Last Gangster
1937·6.4
That I May Live
1937·7.3
Tramp Trouble
1937·8.0
Flying Fists
1937·6.0
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937·7.5
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937·6.5
They Wanted to Marry
1937·5.8
After the Thin Man
1936·7.3
Crack-Up
1936·5.9
Laughing at Trouble
1936·8.0
Can This Be Dixie?
1936·7.0
Theodora Goes Wild
1936·6.6
Libeled Lady
1936·7.3
Ramona
1936·5.8
M'Liss
1936·6.0
The Witness Chair
1936·6.6
Captain January
1936·6.8
The Country Doctor
1936·6.5
Your Uncle Dudley
1935·5.5
Show Them No Mercy!
1935·7.5
Way Down East
1935·4.3
Bad Boy
1935·7.5
3 Kids and a Queen
1935·6.8
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935·7.5
Doubting Thomas
1935·7.5
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935·6.2
College Scandal
1935·6.8
$10 Raise
1935·9.0