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.
Goliath
Movie 1939
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Movie 1947
Sgt. Michael Collins
Movie 1947
Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
Movie 1933
Tony Gazotti
Movie 1933
Spud
Movie 1934
Red Hogan
Movie 1942
Hank aka Pete
Movie 1931
Sandow
Movie 1936
Shakespeare
Movie 1933
'Gunboat' Jacklin
Movie 1940
Strabo
Movie 1932
Blossom
Movie 1935
Joe Skopapolous
Movie 1938
Big Jack
Movie 1931
Joe Wayman
Movie 1940
Joe Weyman
Movie 1943
Joe Wayman
Movie 1940
Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
Movie 1933
John 'Truck' Hogan
Movie 1934
Wrestler (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Maniac Killer
Movie 1932
Police Sgt. Lucks
Movie 1937
Sonny McGann
Movie 1942
Joe Doyle
Movie 1938
Rocky O'Neil
Movie 1936
Joe Wayman
Movie 1939
Joe Wayman
Movie 1939
Joe Wayman
Movie 1938
Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)
Movie 1933
Kelly - Naughty Boy
Movie 1932
'Fatso' Werner
Movie 1940
Petrowski
Movie 1933
Paul Terison
Movie 1938
Joe
Movie 1933
Skippy
Movie 1934
'Killer' Kennedy
Movie 1943
Legs Caffey
Movie 1934
Alfred 'Tiny' Smith
Movie 1934
William T. 'Shoots' Magiz
Movie 1934
'Steamer' Krupp
Movie 1936
Motorcycle Officer Cassidy
Movie 1933
Buddy Buttle
Movie 1939
George Black
Movie 1937
Mike McDougal
Movie 1932
Pat O'Day
Movie 1930
Rocky
Movie 1934
Harry (uncredited)
Movie 1933
Big Mike
Movie 1933
Knuckles Benedict
Movie 1935
Socks Martin
Movie 1939
Rocky
Movie 1935
Bouncer
Movie 1932
Chef (uncredited)
Movie 1930
Life Guard
Movie 1934
Rocky
Movie 1936
Flynn
Movie 1936
Bull Martin (uncredited)
Movie 1931
Benvenuto Romandi
Movie 1937
Smiles Hogan
Movie 1937
Mack
Movie 1935
Lady Godiva's Husband
Movie 1931
'Piccolo Pete'
Movie 1935
Henry Potke
Movie 1935
Joe (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Movie 1933
'Dice'
Movie 1938
MacHardie (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
Movie 1941
Kid Melrose (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Bondsman
Movie 1940
Mugg Malone
Movie 1932
Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver
Movie 1940
James Dugan
Movie 1929
Abe Gorman (uncredited)
Movie 1932
Board Member (uncredited)
Movie 1931
Jimmy
Movie 1926
Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie 1938
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2003
Purvis
Movie 1931
Floppy Phil
Movie 1938
Smoke
Movie 1930
Bucky O'Neill
Movie 1932
William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Movie 1964
Bud Means
Movie 1924
Assistant Coach
Movie 1931
Joe Weyman
Movie 1942
Roscoe
Movie 1940
'Killer' Delmar
Movie 1932
Dugan
Movie 1936
Self
Tv 1954