
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.

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

The Thin Man

On Borrowed Time

The Luckiest Girl in the World

紅唇罪あり

Child of Manhattan

Another Thin Man

The Girl from Missouri

腕の男

Manhattan Melodrama

Lady for a Day

Death on the Diamond

The Defense Rests

Gangway

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

御冗談でショ

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Penthouse

Buck Privates

The Star Witness

The Shopworn Angel

Complicated Women

Taxi!

The Big Parade of Comedy

Calling Dr. Gillespie

Northwest Passage

Young Dr. Kildare

The Crowd Roars

New Moon

At the Circus

It's a Wonderful World

Trapped by Television

The Night Club Lady

妾は天使ぢゃない

Murder in the Fleet

Buck Privates Come Home

The Cat's-Paw

The Spirit of Notre Dame

The World of Abbott and Costello

巨星ジーグフェルド

Phantom Raiders

The Sign of the Cross

Calling Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Fugitive Lovers

Lazy River

6,000 Enemies

Song of the City

Times Square Lady

The Tenderfoot

Attorney for the Defense

The Laughing Lady

The Ruling Voice

The Chaser

By Whose Hand?

Parachute Jumper

The Beast of the City

Arsène Lupin Returns

The Big Pond

The Gay Bride

Under Cover of Night

Flight Command

Flesh

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Whistling in the Dark

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

A Fool's Advice

Straight Is the Way

The Garden Murder Case

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

The Golden Fleecing

Sworn Enemy

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Fast Company

Reckless

The Nuisance

Swing Fever

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Here Comes the Band

It's in the Air

Death Valley

Top Sergeant Mulligan

The Ghost Comes Home

海の底

Baby Face Harrington

Breakdowns of 1938

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Calm Yourself

Scared to Death

College Coach

Swing Your Lady

Sing and Like It

Goldie Gets Along

Crazy House

The Big Timer

The Chief

The Last of the Duanes

Hell-Fire Austin

The Secret Witness

Exposure

Manhattan Parade

Jail House Blues

Life Begins in College

Sing Me a Love Song

Two in a Crowd

Let's Get Married

Fair Warning

The Sea Wolf

The Hoosier Schoolmaster