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Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (August 9, 1895 – October 12, 1967) was an American Olympic wrestler, film actor, and stage performer.[1] His younger brother, Edmund J. Pendleton (1899-1987), was a well-known music composer and choir master and organist for the American Church in Paris.

Nat Pendleton
Frame from trailer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Born	Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (1895-08-09)August 9, 1895 Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Died	October 12, 1967(1967-10-12) (aged 72) San Diego, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University (BA)
Occupation	Actor, wrestler
Years active	1913–1956
Spouse(s)	Barbara Evelyn (m.?-1967; his death) Juanita Alfonzo (m.?-?)

Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
	1920 Antwerp	Heavyweight

Early life and wrestling career

Nat Pendleton was born as Nathaniel Greene Pendleton in 1895 in Davenport, Iowa to Adelaide E. and Nathaniel G. Pendleton, who was reportedly a descendant of American Revolutionary general Nathanael Greene.[2][3] Nat studied at Columbia University, where he began his wrestling career and served as captain of the school's team in that sport.[3] He was twice Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champion in 1914 and 1915. Chosen to compete on the United States wrestling team at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, Pendleton lost only one match during the competition and was awarded a silver medal.[4] Some controversy continues to surround that outcome. Both Pendleton's Olympic coach, George Pinneo, and his teammate, Fred Meyer, insisted that he won his final match and should have been awarded the gold medal. Pinneo later recalled that loss as the "most unpopular of many unsatisfactory decisions," and Meyer stated, "Pendleton was the winner of that contest, no ifs or buts."[5] Returning to the US he became a professional wrestler and teamed up with promoter Jack Curley. Curley was aggressively promoting Pendleton and issued a series of haughty challenges, among them boasting that Pendleton could beat Ed "Strangler" Lewis and any other wrestler on the same night. John Pesek was enlisted to face Pendleton, and in a legitimate contest held on January 25, 1923, Pesek defeated and injured Pendleton.[6] Pendleton then began appearing in Hollywood films in uncredited parts and minor roles by the mid-1920s.

Film and stage career

Pendleton was cast in at least 94 short films and features, most often being typecast in supporting roles, usually as "befuddled good guys" or as slow-witted thugs, gangsters, and policemen.[3] He appears, for example, in the 1932 comedy Horse Feathers starring the Marx Brothers, performing in that film as one of two college football players who kidnap Harpo and Chico. In the 1936 production The Great Ziegfeld, he portrays the circus strongman Eugen Sandow, a role that brought him the best reviews of his career.

Pendleton appears again as a circus strongman in the Marx Brothers' 1939 feature At the Circus. He can be seen as well in recurring roles in two MGM film series from the 1930s and 1940s. He is Joe Wayman, the ambulance driver, in MGM's Dr. Kildare series and in its spin-off series Dr. Gillespie. He also portrays New York police lieutenant John Guild in The Thin Man series. The former wrestler's final screen appearances are the 1947 releases Scared to Death with Bela Lugosi and Buck Privates Come Home starring Abbott and Costello.

Although Pendleton's professional career outside the wrestling ring was predominantly devoted to film work, he also performed in some stage productions, including in the Broadway plays Naughty Cinderella in 1925 and The Gray Fox in 1928.[3]

Death

Pendleton died in a San Diego, California hospital in 1967 after suffering a heart attack.[3]

Legacy

Pendleton is a member of several halls of fame: the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo, Iowa,[7] the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame in Cresco, Iowa,[8] and the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame.[9] In 2015, his biography was published. Written by Mike Chapman, a veteran wrestling author and historian, it is titled Pendleton: The Amazing Story of Columbia’s Wrestling Olympian and Star of Hollywood.[10]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1913	The Battle of Gettysburg		Thomas H. Ince	unconfirmed
1924	The Hoosier Schoolmaster	Bud Means	Oliver L. Sellers
1924	Monsieur Beaucaire	Barber	Sidney Olcott	uncredited
1926	Let's Get Married	Jimmy	Gregory La Cava
1929	The Laughing Lady	James Dugan	Victor Schertzinger
1930	The Big Pond	Pat O'Day	Hobart Henley
1930	La grande mare	Pat O'Day	Hobart Henley
1930	The Last of the Duanes	Bossamer	Alfred L. Werker	uncredited
1930	The Sea Wolf	Smoke	Alfred Santell
1931	Seas Beneath	'Butch' Wagner	John Ford	uncredited
1931	Fair Warning	Purvis	Alfred L. Werker
1931	Mr. Lemon of Orange	Gangster		uncredited
1931	The Star Witness	Big Jack	William A. Wellman
1931	The Spirit of Notre Dame	Assistant Coach	Russell Mack
1931	The Ruling Voice	Board Member	Rowland V. Lee	uncredited
1931	Blonde Crazy	aka Pete	Roy Del Ruth
1931	The Secret Witness	Gunner (Bodyguard)	Thornton Freeland
1931	The Star Witness	Gunner (Bodyguard)	William A. Wellman
1931	Manhattan Parade	Lady Godiva's Husband	Lloyd Bacon	uncredited
1931	The Pottsville Palooka	Spike Mulligan		Short
1932	Taxi!	Truck Driver Bull Martin	Roy Del Ruth	uncredited
1932	The Beast of the City	Abe Gorman	Charles Brabin	uncredited
1932	A Fool's Advice	Naughty Boy	Ralph Ceder
1932	Hell Fire Austin	Bouncer	Forrest Sheldon
1932	The Big Timer	Kid Melrose	Edward Buzzell	uncredited
1932	Play Girl	Dance Hall Plumber	Ray Enright	scenes deleted
1932	Girl Crazy	Motorcycle Cop	William A. Seiter	uncredited
1932	State's Attorney	the Boxer	George Archainbaud	uncredited
1932	Attorney for the Defense	Mugg	Irving Cummings
1932	The Tenderfoot	Joe (Jealous Husband)	Ray Enright	uncredited
1932	By Whose Hand?	Delmar
1932	Horse Feathers	Darwin football player MacHardie	Norman Z. McLeod	uncredited
1932	Exposure	Maniac Killer
1932	The Night Club Lady	Mike McDougal	Irving Cummings
1932	Deception	Bucky O'Neill	Lewis Seiler
1932	The Sign of the Cross	Strabo	Cecil B. DeMille
1932	Flesh	Wrestler	John Ford	uncredited
1933	Whistling in the Dark	Joe Salvatore	Charles Reisner
1933	Parachute Jumper	Motorcycle Policeman	Alfred E. Green	uncredited
1933	Goldie Gets Along	Motorcycle Officer Cassidy	Malcolm St. Clair
1933	Child of Manhattan	Spyrene	Edward Buzzell
1933	The White Sister	Corporal Cessano	Victor FlemingCullen Tate	uncredited
1933	Infernal Machine	French Thug	Marcel VarnelMartin Santell	uncredited
1933	The Nuisance	Aloysius P. McCarthy	Jack Conway	uncredited
1933	Baby Face	Stolvich (Laborer)	Alfred E. Green	uncredited
1933	Lady for a Day	Shakespeare	Frank Capra
1933	Penthouse	Tony Gazotti	W. S. Van Dyke
1933	I'm No Angel	Harry (Acrobat)	Wesley Ruggles	uncredited
1933	The Chief	Big Mike, a Henchman	Charles Reisner
1933	College Coach	Ladislaus Petrowski	William A. Wellman
1934	Lazy River	Legs Caffey	George B. Seitz
1934	Fugitive Lovers	Alfred 'Tiny' Smith	Richard Boleslavsky
1934	Sing and Like It	T. Fenny Sylvester	William A. Seiter
1934	Manhattan Melodrama	Spud	George Cukor (uncredited)
1934	The Thin Man	Guild	W. S. Van Dyke
1934	The Defense Rests	Rocky	Lambert Hillyer
1934	The Cat's-Paw	Strozzi	Sam Taylor
1934	The Girl from Missouri	Lifeguard	Jack Conway
1934	Straight Is the Way	Skippy	Paul Sloane
1934	Death on the Diamond	Harry O'Toole	Edward Sedgwick
1934	The Gay Bride	William T. 'Shoots' Magiz	Jack Conway
1935	Times Square Lady	Mack	George B. Seitz
1935	Baby Face Harrington	Rocky	Raoul Walsh
1935	Reckless	Blossom	Victor Fleming
1935	Murder in the Fleet	'Spud' Burke	Edward Sedgwick
1935	Calm Yourself	Knuckles Benedict	George B. Seitz
1935	Here Comes the Band	'Piccolo Pete'	Paul Sloane
1935	It's in the Air	Henry Potke	Charles Reisner
1935	The Garden Murder Case	Sergeant Heath	Edwin L. Marin
1935	The Great Ziegfeld	Sandow	Robert Z. Leonard
1936	Trapped by Television	Rocky O'Neil	Del Lord
1936	Sworn Enemy	'Steamer' Krupp	Edwin L. Marin
1936	The Luckiest Girl in the World	Dugan	Edward Buzzell
1936	Two in a Crowd	Flynn	Alfred E. Green
1936	Sing Me a Love Song	Rocky	Ray Enright
1937	Under Cover of Night	Sergeant Lucks	George B. Seitz
1937	Song of the City	Benvenuto Romandi	Errol Taggart
1937	Gangway	Smiles Hogan	Sonnie Hale
1937	Life Begins in College	George Black aka Little Black Cloud	William A. Seiter
1938	Swing Your Lady	Joe Skopapolous	Ray Enright
1938	Arsène Lupin Returns	Joe Doyle	George Fitzmaurice
1938	Fast Company	Paul Terison	Edward Buzzell
1938	The Shopworn Angel	'Dice'	H.C. Potter
1938	The Chaser	'Floppy' Phil	Edwin L. Marin
1938	The Crowd Roars	'Pug' Walsh	Richard Thorpe
1938	Young Dr. Kildare	Joe Wayman	Harold S. Bucquet
1939	Burn 'Em Up O'Connor	Buddy Buttle	Edward Sedgwick
1939	Calling Dr. Kildare	Wayman	Harold S. Bucquet
1939	It's a Wonderful World	Sergeant Fred Koretz	W. S. Van Dyke
1939	6,000 Enemies	'Socks' Martin	George B. Seitz
1939	On Borrowed Time	Mr. Grimes	Harold S. Bucquet
1939	At the Circus	Goliath the Strongman	Edward Buzzell
1939	Another Thin Man	Lieutenant Guild	W. S. Van Dyke
1939	The Secret of Dr. Kildare	Joe Wayman	Harold S. Bucquet
1940	Northwest Passage	'Cap' Huff	King Vidor
1940	The Ghost Comes Home	Roscoe	Wilhelm Thiele
1940	Dr. Kildare's Strange Case	Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver	Harold S. Bucquet
1940	Phantom Raiders	'Gunboat' Jacklin	Jacques Tourneur
1940	New Moon	Bondsman	W. S. Van Dyke	uncredited
1940	The Golden Fleecing	'Fatso' Werner	Leslie Fenton
1940	Dr. Kildare Goes Home	Wayman	Harold S. Bucquet
1940	Dr. Kildare's Crisis	Joe Wayman	Harold S. Bucquet
1940	Flight Command	CPO 'Spike' Knowles	Frank Borzage
1941	Buck Privates	Sgt. Michael Collins	Arthur Lubin
1941	Top Sergeant Mulligan	Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan	Jean Yarbrough
1942	Jail House Blues	Sonny McGann	Albert S. Rogell
1942	The Mad Doctor of Market Street	Red Hogan	Joseph H. Lewis
1942	Calling Dr. Gillespie	Joe Wayman	Harold S. Bucquet
1942	Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant	Joe Weyman	Willis Goldbeck
1943	Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case	Joe Wayman	Willis Goldbeck
1943	Swing Fever	'Killer' Kennedy	Tim Whelan
1946	Death Valley	Jim Ward	Lew Landers
1947	Scared to Death	Bill Raymond	Christy Cabanne
1947	Buck Privates Come Home	Sergeant Collins	Charles Barton
1951-1959	Schlitz Playhouse	Otto "Bitsy" Lamb	Richard Whorf	TV Series; final appearance

References

External links

• Nat Pendleton at IMDb
• Nat Pendleton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Nat Pendleton at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[fr] Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton est un acteur américain, de son nom complet Nathaniel Greene Pendleton, né à Davenport (Iowa, États-Unis) le 9 août 1895, mort à San Diego (Californie, États-Unis) le 12 octobre 1967.

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[ru] Пендлтон, Натаниэль (борец)

Натаниэль Грин «Нэт» Пендлтон (англ. Nathaniel Greene "Nat" Pendleton; 9 августа 1895 (1895-08-09), Давенпорт, Айова, США — 12 октября 1967, Сан-Диего, Калифорния, США) — американский борец вольного стиля, серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр, актёр [2] [3] Брат актёра Стива Пендлтона [4]

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