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.

Movies unavailable from Nat Pendleton

At the Circus

Goliath

Movie 1939

Scared to Death

Bill 'Bull' Raymond

Movie 1947

Buck Privates Come Home

Sgt. Michael Collins

Movie 1947

Baby Face

Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)

Movie 1933

Penthouse

Tony Gazotti

Movie 1933

Manhattan Melodrama

Spud

Movie 1934

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

Red Hogan

Movie 1942

Blonde Crazy

Hank aka Pete

Movie 1931

The Great Ziegfeld

Sandow

Movie 1936

Lady for a Day

Shakespeare

Movie 1933

Phantom Raiders

'Gunboat' Jacklin

Movie 1940

The Sign of the Cross

Strabo

Movie 1932

Reckless

Blossom

Movie 1935

Swing Your Lady

Joe Skopapolous

Movie 1938

The Star Witness

Big Jack

Movie 1931

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Joe Wayman

Movie 1940

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Joe Weyman

Movie 1943

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Joe Wayman

Movie 1940

Child of Manhattan

Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer

Movie 1933

Death on the Diamond

John 'Truck' Hogan

Movie 1934

Flesh

Wrestler (uncredited)

Movie 1932

Exposure

Maniac Killer

Movie 1932

Under Cover of Night

Police Sgt. Lucks

Movie 1937

Jail House Blues

Sonny McGann

Movie 1942

Arsène Lupin Returns

Joe Doyle

Movie 1938

Trapped by Television

Rocky O'Neil

Movie 1936

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Joe Wayman

Movie 1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

Joe Wayman

Movie 1939

Young Dr. Kildare

Joe Wayman

Movie 1938

The Nuisance

Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)

Movie 1933

A Fool's Advice

Kelly - Naughty Boy

Movie 1932

The Golden Fleecing

'Fatso' Werner

Movie 1940

College Coach

Petrowski

Movie 1933

Fast Company

Paul Terison

Movie 1938

Whistling in the Dark

Joe

Movie 1933

Straight Is the Way

Skippy

Movie 1934

Swing Fever

'Killer' Kennedy

Movie 1943

Fugitive Lovers

Legs Caffey

Movie 1934

Lazy River

Alfred 'Tiny' Smith

Movie 1934

The Gay Bride

William T. 'Shoots' Magiz

Movie 1934

Sworn Enemy

'Steamer' Krupp

Movie 1936

Goldie Gets Along

Motorcycle Officer Cassidy

Movie 1933

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Buddy Buttle

Movie 1939

Life Begins in College

George Black

Movie 1937

The Night Club Lady

Mike McDougal

Movie 1932

The Big Pond

Pat O'Day

Movie 1930

The Defense Rests

Rocky

Movie 1934

I'm No Angel

Harry (uncredited)

Movie 1933

The Chief

Big Mike

Movie 1933

Calm Yourself

Knuckles Benedict

Movie 1935

6,000 Enemies

Socks Martin

Movie 1939

Baby Face Harrington

Rocky

Movie 1935

Hell-Fire Austin

Bouncer

Movie 1932

Crazy House

Chef (uncredited)

Movie 1930

The Girl from Missouri

Life Guard

Movie 1934

Sing Me a Love Song

Rocky

Movie 1936

Two in a Crowd

Flynn

Movie 1936

Taxi!

Bull Martin (uncredited)

Movie 1931

Song of the City

Benvenuto Romandi

Movie 1937

Gangway

Smiles Hogan

Movie 1937

Times Square Lady

Mack

Movie 1935

Manhattan Parade

Lady Godiva's Husband

Movie 1931

Here Comes the Band

'Piccolo Pete'

Movie 1935

It's in the Air

Henry Potke

Movie 1935

The Tenderfoot

Joe (uncredited)

Movie 1932

Parachute Jumper

Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

Movie 1933

The Shopworn Angel

'Dice'

Movie 1938

Horse Feathers

MacHardie (uncredited)

Movie 1932

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan

Movie 1941

The Big Timer

Kid Melrose (uncredited)

Movie 1932

New Moon

Bondsman

Movie 1940

Attorney for the Defense

Mugg Malone

Movie 1932

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver

Movie 1940

The Laughing Lady

James Dugan

Movie 1929

The Beast of the City

Abe Gorman (uncredited)

Movie 1932

The Ruling Voice

Board Member (uncredited)

Movie 1931

Let's Get Married

Jimmy

Movie 1926

Breakdowns of 1938

Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie 1938

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

Movie 2003

Fair Warning

Purvis

Movie 1931

The Chaser

Floppy Phil

Movie 1938

The Sea Wolf

Smoke

Movie 1930

Deception

Bucky O'Neill

Movie 1932

The Big Parade of Comedy

William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

Movie 1964

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

Bud Means

Movie 1924

The Spirit of Notre Dame

Assistant Coach

Movie 1931

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Joe Weyman

Movie 1942

The Ghost Comes Home

Roscoe

Movie 1940

By Whose Hand?

'Killer' Delmar

Movie 1932

The Luckiest Girl in the World

Dugan

Movie 1936

Tv series unavailable from Nat Pendleton

The George Gobel Show

Self

Tv 1954