William 'Billy' Benedict Death
William passed away on November 25, 1999 at the age of 82 in Los Angeles, California, USA. William's cause of death was heart surgery complications.
When did William 'Billy' Benedict die?
November 25, 1999How did William 'Billy' Benedict die? What was the cause of death?
Heart surgery complicationsHow old was William 'Billy' Benedict when died?
82Where did William 'Billy' Benedict die? What was the location of death?
Los Angeles, California, USA
William 'Billy' Benedict Birthday and Date of Death
William 'Billy' Benedict was born on April 16, 1917 and died on November 25, 1999. William was 82 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: April 16, 1917
Date of Death: November 25, 1999
Age at Death: 82
William 'Billy' Benedict - Biography
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. Benedict's 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.
