Nat Pendleton
Acting
🎂 1895-08-07
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.
Cast credits(110)
Self
1954
Rocky O'Neil
1936
Inspector John Guild
1934
C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
1940
Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
1933
Self (archive footage)
1994
Mr. Grimes
1939
William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
1964
'Cap' Huff
1940
Self (archive footage)
2003
Spud
1934
Joe Wayman
1938
Bondsman
1940
Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
1965
Smoke
1930
Sgt. Michael Collins
1947
Sergeant Fred Koretz
1939
John Guild
1939
Shakespeare
1933
Goliath
1939
Sandow
1936
Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver
1940
Tony Gazotti
1933
Kid Melrose (uncredited)
1932
Abe Gorman (uncredited)
1932
'Piccolo Pete'
1935
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
1933
Strozzi
1934
Knuckles Benedict
1935
Joe Skopapolous
1938
George Black
1937
Maniac Killer
1932
Chef (uncredited)
1930
Harry (uncredited)
1933
Joe Wayman
1940
Bouncer
1932
Joe Wayman
1939
Joe Doyle
1938
'Pug' Walsh
1938
Socks Martin
1939
Rocky
1934
'Killer' Kennedy
1943
John 'Truck' Hogan
1934
Jimmy
1926
MacHardie (uncredited)
1932
Rocky
1935
Pat O'Day
1930
Blossom
1935
Rocky
1936
Wrestler (uncredited)
1932
Strabo
1932
Skippy
1934
Board Member (uncredited)
1931
Bill Raymond (archive footage)
1991
Joe Weyman
1943
T. Fenny Sylvester
1934
Mack
1935
Assistant Coach
1931
Joe Wayman
1940
Mike McDougal
1932
Flynn
1936
Joe (uncredited)
1932
Benvenuto Romandi
1937
Sergeant Ernest Heath
1936
'Spud' Burke
1935
'Fatso' Werner
1940
Joe Wayman
1939
Purvis
1931
Petrowski
1933
Buddy Buttle
1939
Bull Martin (uncredited)
1931
Police Sgt. Lucks
1937
Smiles Hogan
1937
Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Legs Caffey
1934
Jim Ward
1946
Red Hogan
1942
William T. 'Shoots' Magiz
1934
James Dugan
1929
Floppy Phil
1938
Paul Terison
1938
Big Mike
1933
Mugg Malone
1932
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
1947
'Gunboat' Jacklin
1940
Sgt. Michael Collins
1941
Joe Weyman
1942
Henry Potke
1935
Gunner - Bodyguard
1931
Kelly - Naughty Boy
1932
Bud Means
1924
Bossamer
1930
'Steamer' Krupp
1936
Sonny McGann
1942
Alfred 'Tiny' Smith
1934
Dugan
1936
Hank aka Pete
1931
Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
1933
Roscoe
1940
Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)
1933
Bucky O'Neill
1932
Motorcycle Officer Cassidy
1933
Big Jack
1931
Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
1941
Joe
1933
'Dice'
1938
Joe Weyman
1942
'Killer' Delmar
1932
Lady Godiva's Husband
1931
Life Guard
1934