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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.

The Bowery Boys: Legends of Laughter
as Himself

Bonanza: The Next Generation
as Gus Morton

Highway to Heaven

Computercide
as Elderly Man

Hill Street Blues

Goldie and the Boxer
as Old Man

Born Again
as Leon Jaworski

The Incredible Hulk
as Vic

Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Telegraph Office Manager

Quincy, M.E.

Charlie's Angels
as Emmett Winston, Esq.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Man on Bus

Matt Helm
as Scavenger

Ellery Queen

Cop on the Beat
as Lennie

The Dead Don't Die
as Hotel Desk Clerk

Little House on the Prairie
as Reverend Lyman

The Sting
as Roulette Dealer

Police Story
as Prescott
The Secret Sharer
as Mr. Burns

The Dirt Gang
as Station Attendant

The Streets of San Francisco

The Adventures of Nick Carter
as Newsboy

Call Her Mom
as Mr. Feigelbaum

Emergency!

All in the Family
as Jimmy McNab

Alias Smith and Jones

The Immortal

Hello, Dolly!
as News Vendor (uncredited)

The Brady Bunch

Then Came Bronson
as Card Player

The Over the Hill Gang
as Joe, the Telegrapher (as Bill Benedict)

Big Daddy

The Lottery
as Joe Summers

Here's Lucy
as Deliveryman

Mayberry R.F.D.
as Uncle Whitmore

Land of the Giants
as Villager Peabody

Adam-12
as Bill White

Funny Girl
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

Rogue's Gallery
as Jocko (as William Benedict)

Mannix

Hondo

The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Telegrapher

Ironside

What Am I Bid?
as Clem (as Bill Benedict)

Mission: Impossible
as Denver

The Monkees
as Skywriter

Felony Squad

Frankie and Johnny
as Bum Sleeping on Bench (uncredited)

I Dream of Jeannie
as Cleaning Man

Honey West
as Farley

The Hallelujah Trail
as Simpson

Dear Heart
as Stu

Branded

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Petticoat Junction
as Willie

Lover Come Back
as Musician Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

Route 66

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Joe

Dennis the Menace