Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1895-08-07
Day of Death
1967-10-12
Place of Birth
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Nat Pendleton
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.
Filmography (110)
Complicated Women
2003
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
Scared to Death
1947
Death Valley
1946
Swing Fever
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Jail House Blues
1942
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942
