Nat Pendleton
Acting
1895-08-07 · Davenport, Iowa, USA
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.
Filmography
Complicated Women
2003 · Movie
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994 · Movie
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Movie
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965 · Movie
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Movie
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Series
Buck Privates Come Home
1947 · Movie
Scared to Death
1947 · Movie
Death Valley
1946 · Movie
Swing Fever
1943 · Movie
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 · Movie
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942 · Movie
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942 · Movie
Jail House Blues
1942 · Movie
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942 · Movie
Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941 · Movie
Buck Privates
1941 · Movie
Flight Command
1940 · Movie
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940 · Movie
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940 · Movie
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Movie
New Moon
1940 · Movie
Phantom Raiders
1940 · Movie
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940 · Movie
The Ghost Comes Home
1940 · Movie
Northwest Passage
1940 · Movie
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939 · Movie
Another Thin Man
1939 · Movie
At the Circus
1939 · Movie
On Borrowed Time
1939 · Movie
6,000 Enemies
1939 · Movie
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Movie
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939 · Movie
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939 · Movie
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Movie
Young Dr. Kildare
1938 · Movie
The Crowd Roars
1938 · Movie
The Chaser
1938 · Movie
The Shopworn Angel
1938 · Movie
Fast Company
1938 · Movie
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938 · Movie
Swing Your Lady
1938 · Movie
Life Begins in College
1937 · Movie
Gangway
1937 · Movie
Song of the City
1937 · Movie
Under Cover of Night
1937 · Movie
Sing Me a Love Song
1936 · Movie
Two in a Crowd
1936 · Movie
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936 · Movie
Sworn Enemy
1936 · Movie
Trapped by Television
1936 · Movie
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Movie
The Garden Murder Case
1936 · Movie
It's in the Air
1935 · Movie
Here Comes the Band
1935 · Movie
Calm Yourself
1935 · Movie
Murder in the Fleet
1935 · Movie
Reckless
1935 · Movie
Baby Face Harrington
1935 · Movie
Times Square Lady
1935 · Movie
The Gay Bride
1934 · Movie
Death on the Diamond
1934 · Movie
Straight Is the Way
1934 · Movie
The Cat's-Paw
1934 · Movie
The Girl from Missouri
1934 · Movie
The Defense Rests
1934 · Movie
The Thin Man
1934 · Movie
Manhattan Melodrama
1934 · Movie
Sing and Like It
1934 · Movie
Lazy River
1934 · Movie
Fugitive Lovers
1934 · Movie
College Coach
1933 · Movie
The Chief
1933 · Movie
I'm No Angel
1933 · Movie
Lady for a Day
1933 · Movie
Penthouse
1933 · Movie
Baby Face
1933 · Movie
The Nuisance
1933 · Movie
Child of Manhattan
1933 · Movie
Parachute Jumper
1933 · Movie
Goldie Gets Along
1933 · Movie
Whistling in the Dark
1933 · Movie
The Sign of the Cross
1932 · Movie
Flesh
1932 · Movie
Deception
1932 · Movie
The Night Club Lady
1932 · Movie
Exposure
1932 · Movie
Horse Feathers
1932 · Movie
By Whose Hand?
1932 · Movie
The Tenderfoot
1932 · Movie
Attorney for the Defense
1932 · Movie
The Big Timer
1932 · Movie
Hell-Fire Austin
1932 · Movie
A Fool's Advice
1932 · Movie
The Beast of the City
1932 · Movie
Taxi!
1932 · Movie
Manhattan Parade
1931 · Movie
The Secret Witness
1931 · Movie
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931 · Movie
Blonde Crazy
1931 · Movie
The Ruling Voice
1931 · Movie
The Star Witness
1931 · Movie
Fair Warning
1931 · Movie
Seas Beneath
1931 · Movie
Crazy House
1930 · Movie
The Sea Wolf
1930 · Movie
The Last of the Duanes
1930 · Movie
The Big Pond
1930 · Movie
The Laughing Lady
1929 · Movie
Let's Get Married
1926 · Movie
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1924 · Movie