Nat Pendleton

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

130

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

Blonde Crazy

19317.0

The Thin Man

19347.5

It's a Wonderful World

19396.6

Buck Privates

19416.7

The Sign of the Cross

19326.4

The Great Ziegfeld

19366.3

I'm No Angel

19336.4

Flight Command

19405.9

Crazy House

19305.5

Complicated Women

20036.9

Lady for a Day

19337.1

Swing Fever

19436.0

Another Thin Man

19397.1

The Gay Bride

19346.0

Manhattan Melodrama

19347.0

Northwest Passage

19406.6

Horse Feathers

19326.9

The Big Parade of Comedy

19647.2

Fugitive Lovers

19346.2

Buck Privates Come Home

19476.4

On Borrowed Time

19397.6

Penthouse

19336.9

The Shopworn Angel

19386.8

At the Circus

19396.4

The Beast of the City

19325.9

New Moon

19406.9

Death Valley

19465.7

Breakdowns of 1938

19385.8

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

19919.5

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

19404.8

Under Cover of Night

19376.0

The Night Club Lady

19327.1

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

19396.1

The Defense Rests

19347.1

Times Square Lady

19357.0

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

19948.5

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

19426.5

Two in a Crowd

19368.0

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

19406.7

Jail House Blues

19429.0

Murder in the Fleet

19356.6

The Laughing Lady

19297.3

Young Dr. Kildare

19386.7

Calling Dr. Kildare

19396.6

It's in the Air

19356.3

Reckless

19355.1

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

19248.0

The Big Pond

19306.1

Sing Me a Love Song

19369.0

The World of Abbott and Costello

19656.8

Phantom Raiders

19406.1

The Golden Fleecing

19405.9

Parachute Jumper

19335.9

The Girl from Missouri

19347.4

Life Begins in College

19378.0

Flesh

19325.8

The Cat's-Paw

19346.3

College Coach

19334.6

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

19406.8

Death on the Diamond

19347.3

The Garden Murder Case

19365.7

Taxi!

19326.8

Child of Manhattan

19337.2

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

19436.0

Arsène Lupin Returns

19386.3

The Chaser

19388.0

Calm Yourself

19356.0

The Spirit of Notre Dame

19317.3

The Crowd Roars

19387.0

Lazy River

19347.0

The Ghost Comes Home

19405.7

Calling Dr. Gillespie

19427.0

Fast Company

19385.4

The Star Witness

19316.9

Trapped by Television

19366.9

The Chief

19335.5

Sing and Like It

19345.0

Scared to Death

19474.3

The Ruling Voice

19316.2

Baby Face Harrington

19355.4

The Nuisance

19336.0

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

19396.3

The Luckiest Girl in the World

19367.3

The Last of the Duanes

19306.0

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

19425.5

Sworn Enemy

19365.8

Gangway

19377.0

The Secret Witness

19314.3

By Whose Hand?

19326.6

Fair Warning

19319.0

Manhattan Parade

19313.2

Swing Your Lady

19384.6

Here Comes the Band

19357.0

Seas Beneath

19315.3

The Sea Wolf

19308.0

Attorney for the Defense

19326.3

Straight Is the Way

19346.3

Top Sergeant Mulligan

19416.5

A Fool's Advice

19326.7

6,000 Enemies

19396.1

The Tenderfoot

19327.5

Whistling in the Dark

19336.0

Let's Get Married

19268.0

Song of the City

19378.0

The Big Timer

19324.6

Goldie Gets Along

19335.7

Hell-Fire Austin

19325.0

Exposure

19325.5

Deception

19327.5