Nat Pendleton
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
August 7, 1895Deathday
October 12, 1967Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
108Place of birth
Davenport, Iowa, USAAlso known as
Nathaniel Greene Pendleton, Nathaniel Greene "Nat" Pendleton
Cast credits
The Thin Man
Inspector John Guild
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Joe Weyman
At the Circus
Goliath
Scared to Death
Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Buck Privates Come Home
Sgt. Michael Collins
Baby Face
Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
Penthouse
Tony Gazotti
Manhattan Melodrama
Spud
The Cat's-Paw
Strozzi
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Red Hogan
Buck Privates
Sgt. Michael Collins
Another Thin Man
John Guild
Blonde Crazy
Hank aka Pete
Lady for a Day
Shakespeare
The Great Ziegfeld
Sandow
Northwest Passage
'Cap' Huff
It's a Wonderful World
Sergeant Fred Koretz
Phantom Raiders
'Gunboat' Jacklin
The Sign of the Cross
Strabo
Reckless
Blossom
Swing Your Lady
Joe SkopapolousCrew credits
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