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