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Nat Pendleton
Known for: ActingNathaniel 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.
Filmography 43
Baby Face
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as Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited) 
The Thin Man
as Inspector Guild 
The Great Ziegfeld
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as Sandow 
It's a Wonderful World
as Sergeant Fred Koretz 
The Sign of the Cross
as Strabo 
At the Circus
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as Goliath 
Lady for a Day
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as Shakespeare 
Taxi!
as Bull Martin (uncredited) 
Buck Privates
as Sgt. Michael Collins 
I'm No Angel
as Harry (uncredited) 
Manhattan Melodrama
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as Spud 
The Crowd Roars
as 'Pug' Walsh 
Buck Privates Come Home
as Sgt. Michael Collins 
Northwest Passage
as 'Cap' Huff 
Another Thin Man
as Lieutenant Guild 
The Beast of the City
as Abe Gorman (uncredited) 
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
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as Wayman 
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Joe Wayman 
Horse Feathers
as MacHardie (uncredited) 
On Borrowed Time
as Mr. Grimes 
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Joe Wayman 
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Wayman 
Flight Command
as C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles 
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Joe Weyman 
Penthouse
as Tony Gazotti 
The Cat's-Paw
as Strozzi 
The Garden Murder Case
as Sergeant Ernest Heath 
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
as Red Hogan 
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Joe Weyman 
The Girl from Missouri
as Life Guard 
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Joe Wayman 
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Joe Weyman 
The Shopworn Angel
as 'Dice' 
The Spirit of Notre Dame
as Assistant Coach 
Blonde Crazy
as Hank aka Pete 
Scared to Death
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as Bill 'Bull' Raymond 
Reckless
as Blossom 
Young Dr. Kildare
as Joe Wayman 
The Gay Bride
as William T. 'Shoots' Magiz 
The Big Pond
as Pat O'Day 
The Golden Fleecing
as 'Fatso' Werner 
A Fool's Advice
as Kelly - Naughty Boy 
Death Valley
as Jim Ward