Nat Pendleton

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

131

Movies

110

Born: August 7, 1895 – October 12, 1967
From: Davenport, Iowa, USA

Biography

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.

Works

110 films

Baby Face

19337.2

The Thin Man

19347.5

The Sign of the Cross

19326.4

It's a Wonderful World

19396.6

Buck Privates

19416.7

Another Thin Man

19397.1

The Great Ziegfeld

19366.3

I'm No Angel

19336.4

Blonde Crazy

19317.0

The Gay Bride

19346.0

Complicated Women

20036.9

Manhattan Melodrama

19347.0

Swing Fever

19436.0

Flight Command

19405.9

Crazy House

19305.5

At the Circus

19396.4

Lady for a Day

19337.1

Northwest Passage

19406.6

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

19919.5

Horse Feathers

19326.9

Buck Privates Come Home

19476.4

Breakdowns of 1938

19385.8

Penthouse

19336.9

Times Square Lady

19357.0

The Big Parade of Comedy

19647.2

Two in a Crowd

19368.0

The Night Club Lady

19327.1

On Borrowed Time

19397.6

Death Valley

19465.7

The Shopworn Angel

19386.8

Fugitive Lovers

19346.2

The Beast of the City

19325.9

New Moon

19406.9

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

19406.7

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

19426.5

It's in the Air

19356.3

Lazy River

19347.0

Under Cover of Night

19376.0

Parachute Jumper

19335.9

The Ghost Comes Home

19405.7

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

19406.8

The Luckiest Girl in the World

19367.3

Reckless

19355.1

Jail House Blues

19429.0

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

19396.1

The Golden Fleecing

19405.9

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

19404.8

Arsène Lupin Returns

19386.3

Calm Yourself

19356.0

Young Dr. Kildare

19386.7

Calling Dr. Gillespie

19427.0

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

19948.5

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

19248.0

The Chief

19335.5

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

19396.3

College Coach

19334.6

Taxi!

19326.8

The Big Pond

19306.1

Murder in the Fleet

19356.6

The Laughing Lady

19297.3

The Nuisance

19336.0

The Chaser

19388.0

Phantom Raiders

19406.1

The Garden Murder Case

19365.7

The Crowd Roars

19387.0

Here Comes the Band

19357.0

Life Begins in College

19378.0

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

19436.0

The Ruling Voice

19316.2

Flesh

19325.8

Sing Me a Love Song

19369.0

Sworn Enemy

19365.8

The Defense Rests

19347.1

The Spirit of Notre Dame

19317.3

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

19425.5

Swing Your Lady

19384.6

The Girl from Missouri

19347.4

Calling Dr. Kildare

19396.6

Baby Face Harrington

19355.4

Top Sergeant Mulligan

19416.5

Death on the Diamond

19347.3

6,000 Enemies

19396.1

The Last of the Duanes

19306.0

Manhattan Parade

19313.2

The World of Abbott and Costello

19656.8

Seas Beneath

19315.3

Sing and Like It

19345.0

Fast Company

19385.4

The Cat's-Paw

19346.3

The Star Witness

19316.9

By Whose Hand?

19326.6

Child of Manhattan

19337.2

Trapped by Television

19366.9

The Secret Witness

19314.3

The Tenderfoot

19327.5

A Fool's Advice

19326.7

Hell-Fire Austin

19325.0

Scared to Death

19474.3

Straight Is the Way

19346.3

The Sea Wolf

19308.0

Goldie Gets Along

19335.7

Fair Warning

19319.0

Song of the City

19378.0

Gangway

19377.0

Attorney for the Defense

19326.3

Whistling in the Dark

19336.0

Let's Get Married

19268.0

Exposure

19325.5

The Big Timer

19324.6

Deception

19327.5