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