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Nat Pendleton (1895–1967)

Actor | Soundtrack | Writer

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He was usually cast as a circus strongman, brutish thug, dump cop or dense buffoon, but he had a college degree and in 1933 wrote the script for Deception, in which he starred--not surprisingly--as a wrestler. See more trivia »

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Nathaniel Greene Pendleton
in Davenport, Iowa, USA

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(age 72) in San Diego, California, USA
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1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Otto 'Bitsy' Lamb
– The Big Payoff (1956) … Otto 'Bitsy' Lamb
 
1947 Buck Privates Come Home
Sgt. Michael Collins
 
1947 Scared to Death
Bill Raymond
 
1946 Death Valley
Jim Ward
 
1943 Swing Fever
'Killer' Kennedy
 
1943 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Joe Wayman
 
1942 Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Joe Weyman
 
1942 Calling Dr. Gillespie
Joe Wayman
 
1942 The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Red Hogan
 
1942 Jail House Blues
Sonny McGann
 
1941 Top Sergeant Mulligan
Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
 
1941 Buck Privates
Sgt. Michael Collins
 
1940 Flight Command
C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
 
1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Joe Wayman
 
1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Joe Wayman
 
1940 The Golden Fleecing
'Fatso' Werner
 
1940 New Moon
Bondsman (uncredited)
 
1940 Phantom Raiders
'Gunboat' Jacklin
 
1940 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver
 
1940 The Ghost Comes Home
Roscoe
 
1940 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)
'Cap' Huff
 
1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Joe Wayman
 
1939 Another Thin Man
Lieutenant Guild
 
1939 At the Circus
Goliath
 
1939 On Borrowed Time
Mr. Grimes
 
1939 6,000 Enemies
'Socks' Martin
 
1939 It's a Wonderful World
Sergeant Koretz
 
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare
Wayman
 
1939 Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Buddy Buttle
 
1938 Young Dr. Kildare
Joe Wayman
 
1938 The Crowd Roars
'Pug' Walsh
 
1938 The Chaser
'Floppy' Phil
 
1938 The Shopworn Angel
'Dice'
 
1938 Fast Company
Paul Terison
 
1938 Arsène Lupin Returns
Joe Doyle
 
1938 Swing Your Lady
Joe
 
1937 Life Begins in College
George Black
 
1937 Gangway
Smiles Hogan
 
1937 Song of the City
Benvenuto Romandi
 
1937 Under Cover of Night
Sergeant Lucks
 
1936 Sing Me a Love Song
Rocky
 
1936 Two in a Crowd
Flynn
 
1936 The Luckiest Girl in the World
Dugan
 
1936 Sworn Enemy
'Steamer' Krupp
 
1936 Trapped by Television
Rocky O'Neil
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld
Sandow
 
1936 The Garden Murder Case
Sergeant Ernest Heath
 
1935 It's in the Air
Henry Potke
 
1935 Here Comes the Band
'Piccolo Pete'
 
1935 Calm Yourself
Knuckles Benedict
 
1935 Murder in the Fleet
'Spud' Burke
 
1935 Reckless
Blossom
 
1935 Baby Face Harrington
Rocky
 
1935 Times Square Lady
Mack
 
1934 The Gay Bride
William T. 'Shoots' Magiz
 
1934 Death on the Diamond
Hogan
 
1934 Straight Is the Way
Skippy
 
1934 The Girl from Missouri
Life Guard
 
1934 The Cat's-Paw
Strozzi
 
1934 The Defense Rests
Rocky
 
1934 The Thin Man
Inspector John Guild
 
1934 Manhattan Melodrama
Spud
 
1934 Sing and Like It
T. Fenny Sylvester
 
1934 Lazy River
Alfred 'Tiny' Smith
 
1934 Fugitive Lovers
Legs Caffey
 
1933 College Coach
Petrowski
 
1933 The Chief
Big Mike, a Henchman
 
1933 I'm No Angel
Harry - Acrobat (uncredited)
 
1933 Penthouse
Tony Gazotti
 
1933 Lady for a Day
Shakespeare
 
1933 Baby Face
Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
 
1933 The Nuisance
Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)
 
1933 The White Sister
Corporal Cessano (uncredited)
 
1933 Child of Manhattan
Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
 
1933 Goldie Gets Along
Motorcycle Officer Cassidy
 
1933 Parachute Jumper
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
 
1933 Whistling in the Dark
Joe
 
1932 Flesh
Wrestler (uncredited)
 
1932 The Sign of the Cross
Strabo
 
1932 Deception
Bucky O'Neill
 
1932 The Night Club Lady
Mike McDougal
 
1932 Exposure
Maniac Killer
 
1932 Horse Feathers
MacHardie - Darwin Player (uncredited)
 
1932 By Whose Hand?
Killer Delmar
 
1932 The Tenderfoot
Joe - Jealous Husband (uncredited)
 
1932 Attorney for the Defense
Mugg Malone
 
1932 State's Attorney
Tiger - the Boxer (uncredited)
 
1932 Girl Crazy
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
 
1932 Play-Girl
Dance Hall Plumber (scenes deleted)
 
1932 The Big Timer
Kid Melrose (uncredited)
 
1932 Hell-Fire Austin
Bouncer
 
1932 A Fool's Advice
Kelly - Naughty Boy
 
1932 The Beast of the City
Abe Gorman (uncredited)
 
1932 Taxi!
Truck Driver Bull Martin (uncredited)
 
1931 The Pottsville Palooka (short)
Spike Mulligan
 
1931 Manhattan Parade
Lady Godiva's Husband (uncredited)
 
1931 The Secret Witness
Gunner, Bodyguard
 
1931 Blonde Crazy
Hank - aka Pete
 
1931 The Ruling Voice
Board Member (uncredited)
 
1931 The Spirit of Notre Dame
Assistant Coach
 
1931 The Star Witness
Henchman Big Jack
 
1931 Mr. Lemon of Orange
Gangster (uncredited)
 
1931 Fair Warning
Purvis
 
1931 Seas Beneath
'Butch' Wagner (uncredited)
 
1930 Crazy House (short)
Chef
 
1930 The Sea Wolf
Smoke
 
1930 The Last of the Duanes
Bossamer (uncredited)
 
1930 La grande mare
Pat O'Day
 
1930 The Big Pond
Pat O'Day
 
1929 The Laughing Lady
James Dugan
 
1926 Let's Get Married
Jimmy
 
1924 Monsieur Beaucaire
Barber (uncredited)
 
1924 The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Bud Means
 
1913 The Battle of Gettysburg
Minor Role (unconfirmed)
 
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1938 Swing Your Lady (performer: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited / "Dig Me a Grave in Missouri" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1935 Baby Face Harrington (performer: "Hiking, Hiking, Hiking" - uncredited)
 
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1932 Deception
 
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1955-1956 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself / Baby Sitter
– Episode #2.21 (1956) … Himself/Baby Sitter
– Episode #1.29 (1955) … Himself
 
1941 Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports (short)
Himself
 
1939 Hollywood Hobbies (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Himself (Swing Your Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (TV documentary)
 
1965 The World of Abbott and Costello (documentary)
Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride'
 

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