Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

1895-08-07 Davenport, Iowa, USA 110 Credits

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...

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Complicated Women

Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Jerry Seinfeld celebrates the lives and careers of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Featured are clips from their movies and TV shows, plus home movies, n...

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Bill Raymond (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

The World of Abbott and Costello

The World of Abbott and Costello

1965

as Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)

6.3
Acting

A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Navy, Hit the Ice, Who Done It?, Abbott and Costello...

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

6.3
Acting

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Buck Privates Come Home

Buck Privates Come Home

1947

as Sgt. Michael Collins

6.3
Acting

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up runnin...

Scared to Death

Scared to Death

1947

as Bill 'Bull' Raymond

4.2
Acting

A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor...

Death Valley

Death Valley

1946

as Jim Ward

5.0
Acting

A dance hall girl is murdered and her body robbed of a quantity of gold obtained illegally. The killer flees into Death Valley and encounters the righ...

Swing Fever

Swing Fever

1943

as 'Killer' Kennedy

5.0
Acting

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943

as Joe Weyman

5.5
Acting

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which...

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1942

as Joe Weyman

5.3
Acting

The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.

Calling Dr. Gillespie

Calling Dr. Gillespie

1942

as Joe Weyman

6.5
Acting

Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

1942

as Red Hogan

5.2
Acting

A fugitive doctor tries to raise the dead for South Sea Islanders.

Jail House Blues

Jail House Blues

1942

as Sonny McGann

Acting

A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow inmates.

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

as Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan

5.0
Acting

Frank Faylen and Charlie Hall (a longtime Laurel & Hardy foil) star as Dolan and Doolittle, a pair of goofy druggists who join the army to escape ...

Buck Privates

Buck Privates

1941

as Sgt. Michael Collins

6.7
Acting

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A...

Flight Command

Flight Command

1940

as C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles

5.6
Acting

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression ...

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940

as Joe Wayman

6.0
Acting

Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

as Joe Wayman

6.8
Acting

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing

1940

as 'Fatso' Werner

5.3
Acting

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

New Moon

New Moon

1940

as Bondsman

6.8
Acting

A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.

Phantom Raiders

Phantom Raiders

1940

as 'Gunboat' Jacklin

6.1
Acting

In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter a...

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

as Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver

4.6
Acting

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home

1940

as Roscoe

5.0
Acting

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage

1940

as 'Cap' Huff

6.4
Acting

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force e...

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

as Joe Wayman

5.6
Acting

Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

Another Thin Man

Another Thin Man

1939

as John Guild

7.1
Acting

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

At the Circus

At the Circus

1939

as Goliath

6.3
Acting

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take ov...

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

1939

as Mr. Grimes

7.5
Acting

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future...

6,000 Enemies

6,000 Enemies

1939

as Socks Martin

6.0
Acting

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World

1939

as Sergeant Fred Koretz

6.4
Acting

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by ...

Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare

1939

as Joe Wayman

6.1
Acting

Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. Wh...

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

1939

as Buddy Buttle

5.0
Acting

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Young Dr. Kildare

Young Dr. Kildare

1938

as Joe Wayman

6.5
Acting

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his k...

The Crowd Roars

The Crowd Roars

1938

as 'Pug' Walsh

6.5
Acting

A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...

The Chaser

The Chaser

1938

as Floppy Phil

6.0
Acting

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the tr...

The Shopworn Angel

The Shopworn Angel

1938

as 'Dice'

7.1
Acting

During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car ...

Fast Company

Fast Company

1938

as Paul Terison

5.4
Acting

Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.

Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938

as Joe Doyle

5.8
Acting

A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy ...

Swing Your Lady

Swing Your Lady

1938

as Joe Skopapolous

4.2
Acting

Promoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits against a hillbilly Amazon blacksmith, Sadie Horn. Jo...

Life Begins in College

Life Begins in College

1937

as George Black

Acting

When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on...

Gangway

Gangway

1937

as Smiles Hogan

7.0
Acting

Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.

Song of the City

Song of the City

1937

as Benvenuto Romandi

6.0
Acting

A carefree San Francisco bachelor rediscovers life's values when he's rescued from the sea by an Italian fisherman with a wise and earthy family.

Under Cover of Night

Under Cover of Night

1937

as Police Sgt. Lucks

5.7
Acting

A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's research, then killed her.

Sing Me a Love Song

Sing Me a Love Song

1936

as Rocky

Acting

A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the business, he poses as a store clerk, and quickly falls fo...

Two in a Crowd

Two in a Crowd

1936

as Flynn

Acting

When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress...

The Luckiest Girl in the World

The Luckiest Girl in the World

1936

as Dugan

7.5
Acting

A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy

1936

as 'Steamer' Krupp

5.3
Acting

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

Trapped by Television

Trapped by Television

1936

as Rocky O'Neil

6.4
Acting

An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.

The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

as Sandow

6.3
Acting

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girl...

The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case

1936

as Sergeant Ernest Heath

5.5
Acting

Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance suspects foul play.

It's in the Air

It's in the Air

1935

as Henry Potke

5.0
Acting

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, bu...

Here Comes the Band

Here Comes the Band

1935

as 'Piccolo Pete'

5.0
Acting

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfrie...

Calm Yourself

Calm Yourself

1935

as Knuckles Benedict

4.5
Acting

A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help clients solve their unusual and problematic situations.

Murder in the Fleet

Murder in the Fleet

1935

as 'Spud' Burke

5.0
Acting

A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of te...

Reckless

Reckless

1935

as Blossom

5.3
Acting

A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.

Baby Face Harrington

Baby Face Harrington

1935

as Rocky

4.8
Acting

Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No....

Times Square Lady

Times Square Lady

1935

as Mack

6.0
Acting

A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir ...

The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride

1934

as William T. 'Shoots' Magiz

5.8
Acting

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Death on the Diamond

Death on the Diamond

1934

as John 'Truck' Hogan

7.0
Acting

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the v...

Straight Is the Way

Straight Is the Way

1934

as Skippy

5.5
Acting

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies.

The Cat's-Paw

The Cat's-Paw

1934

as Strozzi

6.2
Acting

Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as...

The Girl from Missouri

The Girl from Missouri

1934

as Life Guard

6.9
Acting

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire...

The Defense Rests

The Defense Rests

1934

as Rocky

7.0
Acting

A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

1934

as Inspector John Guild

7.5
Acting

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama

1934

as Spud

7.0
Acting

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Sing and Like It

Sing and Like It

1934

as T. Fenny Sylvester

4.0
Acting

While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her in a Broadway revue

Lazy River

Lazy River

1934

as Alfred 'Tiny' Smith

6.0
Acting

Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.

Fugitive Lovers

Fugitive Lovers

1934

as Legs Caffey

6.0
Acting

In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her heels...

College Coach

College Coach

1933

as Petrowski

4.2
Acting

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a g...

The Chief

The Chief

1933

as Big Mike

3.0
Acting

The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.

I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel

1933

as Harry (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head ...

Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day

1933

as Shakespeare

7.0
Acting

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York'...

Penthouse

Penthouse

1933

as Tony Gazotti

6.7
Acting

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping l...

Baby Face

Baby Face

1933

as Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her hap...

The Nuisance

The Nuisance

1933

as Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, un...

Child of Manhattan

Child of Manhattan

1933

as Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer

7.2
Acting

Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Danc...

Parachute Jumper

Parachute Jumper

1933

as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

Goldie Gets Along

Goldie Gets Along

1933

as Motorcycle Officer Cassidy

4.0
Acting

A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark

1933

as Joe

5.6
Acting

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.

Flesh

Flesh

1932

as Wrestler (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.

The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

1932

as Strabo

6.2
Acting

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

Deception

Deception

1932

as Bucky O'Neill

6.0
Acting

Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize have been "fixed", and ensuing romantic turbulence.

Deception

Deception

1932

Story

6.0
Writing

Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize have been "fixed", and ensuing romantic turbulence.

The Night Club Lady

The Night Club Lady

1932

as Mike McDougal

6.4
Acting

A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.

Exposure

Exposure

1932

as Maniac Killer

2.0
Acting

A reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She wants to give it up, but he tries to convince her to mak...

Horse Feathers

Horse Feathers

1932

as MacHardie (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Da...

By Whose Hand?

By Whose Hand?

1932

as 'Killer' Delmar

6.0
Acting

On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped kill...

The Tenderfoot

The Tenderfoot

1932

as Joe (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Calvin Jones is a cowboy who wants to invest in a Broadway play. Joe Lehman's secretary Ruth learns that her boss is attempting to swindle Jones and p...

Attorney for the Defense

Attorney for the Defense

1932

as Mugg Malone

6.0
Acting

A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.

The Big Timer

The Big Timer

1932

as Kid Melrose (uncredited)

4.2
Acting

Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

Hell-Fire Austin

Hell-Fire Austin

1932

as Bouncer

2.5
Acting

Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big race. But both the Sheriff and Edmonds are after him a...

A Fool's Advice

A Fool's Advice

1932

as Kelly - Naughty Boy

5.5
Acting

An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.

The Beast of the City

The Beast of the City

1932

as Abe Gorman (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.

Taxi!

Taxi!

1931

as Bull Martin (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered...

Manhattan Parade

Manhattan Parade

1931

as Lady Godiva's Husband

2.0
Acting

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

The Secret Witness

The Secret Witness

1931

as Gunner - Bodyguard

3.0
Acting

A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor belie...

The Spirit of Notre Dame

The Spirit of Notre Dame

1931

as Assistant Coach

6.3
Acting

Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy

1931

as Hank aka Pete

7.0
Acting

Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.

The Ruling Voice

The Ruling Voice

1931

as Board Member (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.

The Star Witness

The Star Witness

1931

as Big Jack

6.7
Acting

A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals...

Fair Warning

Fair Warning

1931

as Purvis

Acting

This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom Mix vehicle The Untamed. Cast as devil-may-car Whistli...

Crazy House

Crazy House

1930

as Chef (uncredited)

4.0
Acting

Benny Rubin takes a tour of the Lame Brain Sanitarium and meets some of its strange patients.

The Sea Wolf

The Sea Wolf

1930

as Smoke

Acting

George, Ruth and Humphrey go for a boat ride with Wolf Larsen.

The Last of the Duanes

The Last of the Duanes

1930

as Bossamer

3.0
Acting

Buck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law. He finds Ruth, whom he once loved, in the clutches of t...

The Big Pond

The Big Pond

1930

as Pat O'Day

5.7
Acting

A singing Frenchman meets an American heiress and gets a job at her father's chewing-gum factory.

The Laughing Lady

The Laughing Lady

1929

as James Dugan

6.0
Acting

A society woman wrongly -- and very publicly -- accused of infidelity is dropped by her friends, spurned by her husband, and faced with the loss of he...

Let's Get Married

Let's Get Married

1926

as Jimmy

Acting

College football star Billy Dexter is prone to getting into public fights. His father demands he reform and sends him to mend his ways with a devout o...

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

1924

as Bud Means

Acting

A young Indiana schoolteacher finds himself embroiled in local conflicts when he falls in love with an indentured servant and must discover the identi...