Occupation Actor Years active 1935–1956 | Name Benny Bartlett Role Child actor | |
Born August 16, 1924 ( 1924-08-16 ) Independence, Kansas, U.S. Other names Bennie Bartlett
David Bartlett Died December 26, 1999, Redding, California, United States Movies Gas House Kids in Hollywood, Dig That Uranium, Clancy Street Boys, Jail Busters, Danger: Love at Work Similar People Edward Bernds, William Beaudine, William Austin, Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Barton | ||
Benny Bartlett (August 16, 1924 – December 26, 1999) was an American child actor, musician, and later a member of the longest running feature-film series The Bowery Boys.
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Career
Benny Bartlett was a child prodigy on the piano at eight years of age. His first stage role was when he was ten days old. At age four he was playing the trumpet, directing and singing with his own dance orchestra. He played over radio. He appeared in an RKO musical, Millions in the Air (1935), playing the piano. The next year he appeared in a short for Paramount, performing a composition he had written at the age of nine. The studio signed him to a contract soon afterwards. Bartlett began appearing with many of Paramount's biggest stars, and became such a hot property that he was often loaned out to other studios.
Later career and personal life
By the early 1940s, with the onset of puberty, he had reached the awkward age where child actors couldn't play juveniles anymore.
Bartlett joined the military during World War II. After his enlistment was over he resumed his acting career, and was cast as a member of the gang in The Bowery Boys comedies.
He exited the series in 1955, and shortly afterwards left the film business entirely.
Filmography
Actor
1958
Target (TV Series)
- Night Without Morning (1958) - (as Bennie Bartlett)
1956
Combat Sergeant (TV Series)
- Destruction at Dawn (1956)
1955
Dig That Uranium as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1955
Jail Busters as
Butch Williams (as Bennie Bartlett)
1955
Spy Chasers as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1955
High Society as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1954
Bowery to Bagdad as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1954
Jungle Gents as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1954
Rear Window as
Man with Miss Torso (uncredited)
1954
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1953
The Cisco Kid (TV Series) as
Jimmy Winters / Matt Gray
- Cisco Plays the Ghost (1954) - Jimmy Winters (as Bennie Bartlett)
- Church in the Town (1953) - Matt Gray (as Bennie Bartlett)
1954
Paris Playboys as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1953
Your Favorite Story (TV Series)
- The Reporter Who Made Himself King (1954)
- Gallagher (1953)
- Vice Versa (1953) - (as Bennie Bartlett)
- Empty Holster (1953)
1953
Private Eyes as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1953
Clipped Wings as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1953
Loose in London as
Butch Williams (as Bennie Bartlett)
1953
The Girls of Pleasure Island as
Marine (uncredited)
1953
Jalopy as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1952
No Holds Barred as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1952
Feudin' Fools as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1952
Here Come the Marines as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1952
Belles on Their Toes as
'Bubber' Beasley (uncredited)
1952
Hold That Line as
Butch (as David Bartlett)
1951
Crazy Over Horses as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1950
Southside 1-1000 as
Eddie - Bellboy
1950
Cheaper by the Dozen as
Joe Scales (uncredited)
1949
Master Minds as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1949
Angels in Disguise as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1949
Any Number Can Play as
Tommy Smith (uncredited)
1949
Hold That Baby! as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1949
Fighting Fools as
Butch
1948
Trouble Makers as
Butch
1948
Smugglers' Cove as
Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
1948
The Babe Ruth Story as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1948
Jinx Money as
Butch
1948
Heart of Virginia as
'Breezy' Brent
1948
Angels' Alley as
Harry 'Jag' Harmon (as Bennie Bartlett)
1947
Big Town After Dark as
McGonigle (uncredited)
1947
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood as
Orvie
1947
Gas House Kids Go West as
Orvie (as Bennie Bartlett)
1947
The Adventures of Don Coyote as
Ted Riley (as Bennie Bartlett)
1946
Her Adventurous Night as
Horace
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars as
Page Boy (uncredited)
1943
Fired Wife as
Bellboy (uncredited)
1943
Nobody's Darling as
Julius aka The Deacon (as Bennie Bartlett)
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance as
Henry (uncredited)
1943
Follow the Band as
Cootie (as Bennie Bartlett)
1943
Clancy Street Boys as
Benny
1943
He Hired the Boss as
Jimmy (as Bennie Bartlett)
1943
Kid Dynamite as
Benny 'Beanie' Miller
1942
Between Us Girls as
Boy (uncredited)
1942
Code of the Outlaw as
Tim Hardin (as Bennie Bartlett)
1941
Tillie the Toiler as
Glennie
1941
Men of Boys Town as
Older Homeless Boy (uncredited)
1941
Meet John Doe as
Red (uncredited)
1940
Let's Make Music as
Tommy (as Bennie Bartlett)
1940
Alias the Deacon as
Willie Clark
1939
Our Neighbors - The Carters as
Junior Carter
1939
What a Life as
'Butch' Williams
1939
Honeymoon in Bali as
Jack, Singing Telegram Boy (as Bennie Bartlett)
1939
Mickey the Kid as
Joe Fisher (as Bennie Bartlett)
1939
The Family Next Door as
Rufus Pierce
1939
Swing, You Swingers! (Short)
1939
The Great Man Votes as
Davy McCarthy (as Bennie Bartlett)
1938
Just Around the Corner as
Milton Ramsby (as Bennie Bartlett)
1938
Gang Bullets as
Billy Jones (as Bennie Bartlett)
1938
Sons of the Legion as
Red O'Flaherty
1938
Berth Quakes (Short) as
The Widow's Brat
1938
Penrod and His Twin Brother as
Chuck (as Bennie Bartlett)
1937
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge as
Cabin Boy (as Bennie Bartlett)
1937
Danger - Love at Work as
Junior Pemberton
1937
Exclusive as
Boy (uncredited)
1937
Easy Living as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1937
Let Them Live as
Mike
1937
Maid of Salem as
Timothy - Her Son (as Bennie Bartlett)
1937
Time Out for Romance as
Orville Healy
1936
The Star Reporter in Hollywood (Short) as
Bennie Bartlett (as Bennie Bartlett)
1936
Three Married Men as
Percy Mullins
1936
The Texas Rangers as
David (as Bennie Bartlett)
1936
Poppy as
Boy (uncredited)
1936
The Princess Comes Across as
Ship's Bellhop (uncredited)
1936
13 Hours by Air as
Waldemar Pitt III (as Bennie Bartlett)
1936
Sky Parade as
Jimmie Allen - Age 9 (uncredited)
1936
Timothy's Quest as
Jimmy (as Bennie Bartlett)
1935
Millions in the Air as
Kid Pianist
Soundtrack
1952
Belles on Their Toes (performer: "Doin' the Raccoon", "Sweet Georgia Brown")
1936
The Star Reporter in Hollywood (Short) (performer: "The Old Fashioned Mill")
Self
1937
The Star Reporter in Hollywood (Short) as
Self (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2015
True Fear: The Making of Psycho (Documentary)
1994
The Our Gang Story (Video documentary) as
Orvie
1954
Tooting Tooters (Short) as
Bennie - Andy's Nephew (as Bennie Bartlett)
References
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