Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 7, 1895
Place of Birth:
Davenport, Iowa, USA
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Nat Pendleton
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Bill Raymond (archive footage) |
| 1965 | The World of Abbott and Costello | Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage) |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage) |
| 1947 | Scared to Death | Bill 'Bull' Raymond |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Sgt. Michael Collins |
| 1946 | Death Valley | Jim Ward |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Joe Weyman |
| 1943 | Swing Fever | 'Killer' Kennedy |
| 1942 | Calling Dr. Gillespie | Joe Weyman |
| 1942 | The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Red Hogan |
| 1942 | Jail House Blues | Sonny McGann |
| 1942 | Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Joe Weyman |
| 1941 | Buck Privates | Sgt. Michael Collins |
| 1941 | Top Sergeant Mulligan | Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage | 'Cap' Huff |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | 'Gunboat' Jacklin |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Joe Wayman |
| 1940 | Flight Command | C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Joe Wayman |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | 'Fatso' Werner |
| 1940 | New Moon | Bondsman |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver |
| 1940 | The Ghost Comes Home | Roscoe |
| 1939 | At the Circus | Goliath |
| 1939 | Another Thin Man | John Guild |
| 1939 | It's a Wonderful World | Sergeant Fred Koretz |
| 1939 | The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Joe Wayman |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Joe Wayman |
| 1939 | Burn 'Em Up O'Connor | Buddy Buttle |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time | Mr. Grimes |
| 1939 | 6,000 Enemies | Socks Martin |
| 1938 | Swing Your Lady | Joe Skopapolous |
| 1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns | Joe Doyle |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare | Joe Wayman |
| 1938 | Fast Company | Paul Terison |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars | 'Pug' Walsh |
| 1938 | The Shopworn Angel | 'Dice' |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Joe (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Floppy Phil |
| 1937 | Under Cover of Night | Police Sgt. Lucks |
| 1937 | Life Begins in College | George Black |
| 1937 | Song of the City | Benvenuto Romandi |
| 1937 | Gangway | Smiles Hogan |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld | Sandow |
| 1936 | The Garden Murder Case | Sergeant Ernest Heath |
| 1936 | Trapped by Television | Rocky O'Neil |
| 1936 | Sworn Enemy | 'Steamer' Krupp |
| 1936 | Sing Me a Love Song | Rocky |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Flynn |
| 1936 | The Luckiest Girl in the World | Dugan |
| 1935 | Reckless | Blossom |
| 1935 | Calm Yourself | Knuckles Benedict |
| 1935 | Baby Face Harrington | Rocky |
| 1935 | Times Square Lady | Mack |
| 1935 | Here Comes the Band | 'Piccolo Pete' |
| 1935 | It's in the Air | Henry Potke |
| 1935 | Murder in the Fleet | 'Spud' Burke |
| 1934 | The Thin Man | Inspector John Guild |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Spud |
| 1934 | The Cat's-Paw | Strozzi |
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | John 'Truck' Hogan |
| 1934 | Straight Is the Way | Skippy |
| 1934 | Sing and Like It | T. Fenny Sylvester |
| 1934 | Fugitive Lovers | Legs Caffey |
| 1934 | Lazy River | Alfred 'Tiny' Smith |
| 1934 | The Gay Bride | William T. 'Shoots' Magiz |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests | Rocky |
| 1934 | The Girl from Missouri | Life Guard |
| 1933 | Baby Face | Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Penthouse | Tony Gazotti |
| 1933 | Lady for a Day | Shakespeare |
| 1933 | Child of Manhattan | Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer |
| 1933 | The Nuisance | Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited) |
| 1933 | College Coach | Petrowski |
| 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Joe |
| 1933 | Goldie Gets Along | Motorcycle Officer Cassidy |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Harry (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Chief | Big Mike |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Sign of the Cross | Strabo |
| 1932 | Flesh | Wrestler (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Exposure | Maniac Killer |
| 1932 | A Fool's Advice | Kelly - Naughty Boy |
| 1932 | The Night Club Lady | Mike McDougal |
| 1932 | Hell-Fire Austin | Bouncer |
| 1932 | The Tenderfoot | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Horse Feathers | MacHardie (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Big Timer | Kid Melrose (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Attorney for the Defense | Mugg Malone |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City | Abe Gorman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Deception | Bucky O'Neill |
| 1932 | By Whose Hand? | 'Killer' Delmar |
| 1931 | Blonde Crazy | Hank aka Pete |
| 1931 | The Star Witness | Big Jack |
| 1931 | Taxi! | Bull Martin (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Manhattan Parade | Lady Godiva's Husband |
| 1931 | The Secret Witness | Gunner - Bodyguard |
| 1931 | The Ruling Voice | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Fair Warning | Purvis |
| 1931 | The Spirit of Notre Dame | Assistant Coach |
| 1930 | The Big Pond | Pat O'Day |
| 1930 | Crazy House | Chef (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Last of the Duanes | Bossamer |
| 1930 | The Sea Wolf | Smoke |
| 1929 | The Laughing Lady | James Dugan |
| 1926 | Let's Get Married | Jimmy |
| 1924 | The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Bud Means |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self |