Nat Pendleton
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1895-08-07
Deathday 1967-10-12 (72 years old)
Place of Birth Davenport, Iowa, USA
Also Known As Nathaniel Greene Pendleton, Nathaniel Greene "Nat" Pendleton
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
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Bill Raymond (archive footage)
as Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
as William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
as Self
as Sgt. Michael Collins
as Bill 'Bull' Raymond
as Jim Ward
as 'Killer' Kennedy
as Joe Weyman
as Joe Weyman
as Joe Weyman
as Red Hogan
as Sonny McGann
as Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
as Sgt. Michael Collins
as C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
as Joe Wayman
as Joe Wayman
as 'Fatso' Werner
as Bondsman
as 'Gunboat' Jacklin
as Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver
as Roscoe
as 'Cap' Huff
as Joe Wayman
as John Guild
as Goliath
as Mr. Grimes
as Socks Martin
as Sergeant Fred Koretz
as Joe Wayman
as Buddy Buttle
as Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Joe Wayman
as 'Pug' Walsh
as Floppy Phil
as 'Dice'
as Paul Terison
as Joe Doyle
as Joe Skopapolous
as George Black
as Smiles Hogan
as Benvenuto Romandi
as Police Sgt. Lucks
as Rocky
as Flynn
as Dugan
as 'Steamer' Krupp
as Rocky O'Neil
as Sandow
as Sergeant Ernest Heath
as Henry Potke
as 'Piccolo Pete'
as Knuckles Benedict
as 'Spud' Burke
as Blossom
as Rocky Bannister
as Mack
as William T. 'Shoots' Magiz
as John 'Truck' Hogan
as Skippy
as Strozzi
as Life Guard
as Rocky
as Inspector John Guild
as Spud
as T. Fenny Sylvester
as Alfred 'Tiny' Smith
as Legs Caffey
as Petrowski
as Big Mike
as Harry (uncredited)
as Shakespeare
as Tony Gazotti
as Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
as Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)
as Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
as Motorcycle Officer Cassidy
as Joe Salvatore
as Wrestler (uncredited)
as Strabo
as Bucky O'Neill
as Mike McDougal
as Maniac Killer
as MacHardie (uncredited)
as 'Killer' Delmar
as Joe (uncredited)
as Mugg Malone
as Kid Melrose (uncredited)
as Bouncer
as Kelly - Naughty Boy
as Abe Gorman (uncredited)
as Bull Martin (uncredited)
as Lady Godiva's Husband
as Gunner - Bodyguard
as Assistant Coach
as Hank aka Pete
as Board Member (uncredited)
as Big Jack
as Purvis
as Chef (uncredited)
as Smoke
as Bossamer
as Pat O'Day
as James Dugan
as Jimmy
as Bud Means
Writer
as Story