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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
+2
as Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited) 
The Thin Man
+3
as Inspector Guild 
The Great Ziegfeld
+4
as Sandow 
It's a Wonderful World
+2
as Sergeant Fred Koretz 
The Sign of the Cross
as Strabo 
At the Circus
+3
as Goliath 
Lady for a Day
+4
as Shakespeare 
Taxi!
+1
as Bull Martin (uncredited) 
Buck Privates
+1
as Sgt. Michael Collins 
I'm No Angel
+2
as Harry (uncredited) 
Manhattan Melodrama
+3
as Spud 
The Crowd Roars
as 'Pug' Walsh 
Buck Privates Come Home
+4
as Sgt. Michael Collins 
Northwest Passage
+3
as 'Cap' Huff 
Another Thin Man
+2
as Lieutenant Guild 
The Beast of the City
+3
as Abe Gorman (uncredited) 
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
+16
as Wayman 
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Joe Wayman 
Horse Feathers
+3
as MacHardie (uncredited) 
On Borrowed Time
+2
as Mr. Grimes 
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
+3
as Joe Wayman 
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
+4
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
+2
as Red Hogan 
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Joe Weyman 
The Girl from Missouri
+2
as Life Guard 
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
+2
as Joe Wayman 
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Joe Weyman 
The Shopworn Angel
+3
as 'Dice' 
The Spirit of Notre Dame
as Assistant Coach 
Blonde Crazy
+2
as Hank aka Pete 
Scared to Death
+16
as Bill 'Bull' Raymond 
Reckless
+2
as Blossom 
Young Dr. Kildare
as Joe Wayman 
The Gay Bride
as William T. 'Shoots' Magiz 
The Big Pond
+2
as Pat O'Day 
The Golden Fleecing
+2
as 'Fatso' Werner 
A Fool's Advice
+4
as Kelly - Naughty Boy 
Death Valley
as Jim Ward