| Birth: | Apr. 16, 1917
Haskell
Muskogee County
Oklahoma, USA | | Death: | Nov. 25, 1999
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Actor. He is best known as 'Whitey' in the "Bowery Boys" comedies. He was a newsboy and a plumber's assistant before he entered films as a youngster in the mid-1930s. While in Los Angeles, he auditioned for a movie studio and was immediately hired for a seven-year contract. He played 'Skinny' in some of the East Side Kids films about the exploits of a tough gang of New York youths. In the 1940s and 1950s, he made regular appearances as 'Whitey' in the "Bowery Boys" films, popular successors to the East Side Kids series. He also appeared in many other movies, including "The Ox-Bow Indcident" in 1943 and "Homebodies" in 1974.
Search Amazon for William Benedict | | | Burial:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Glendale
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Wee Kirk Churchyard, Lot 2133, space 3 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: William Barritt
Record added: Dec 09, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 6019394 |
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