Steve Pendleton

Steve Pendleton

Acting

🎂 1908-09-16 (76 years old at death)

✝️ 1984-10-03

📍 Harlem, New York City, New York, USA

👤 Male

🎬 94 Movies

🔗 IMDb

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Steve Pendleton (September 16, 1908 – October 3, 1984) was an American film and television actor, often cast in the role of law-enforcement officers.

Pendleton was cast in eight episodes in different roles from 1952 to 1957 on The Roy Rogers Show. In 1955, he played the role of Baumer in "Gold of Haunted Mountain" of the CBS drama, Brave Eagle. In another 1955 appearance, he was cast as Captain Kenneth McNabb in "The Fight for Texas" of the syndicated we ... stern series, Buffalo Bill, Jr. In 1956, he was cast as Bill Mathison in the episode "The Long Weekend" of the then CBS military drama, Navy Log. In 1957, he appeared on two episodes of William Bendix's NBC situation comedy, The Life of Riley. In 1958, he played Marshal Purvis in "Star Witness" of another syndicated western series, Casey Jones, with Alan Hale, Jr., in the title role. In 1959 he portrayed Sheriff Anderson in "The Louisiana Dude" of the CBS western series Yancy Derringer.

Pendleton was cast in two roles in a total of twelve episodes broadcast between 1956 and 1961 of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of deputy marshal Wyatt Earp. He played a United States Army mayor, Benteen, in five segments, including "Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom" (May 7, 1957). In this segment, the actor Ian MacDonald is cast as Dull Knife, a Cheyenne chief, who leads his tribe from its reservation in Oklahoma Territory to their homeland in Montana, which they claim the U.S. government had promised them. Benteen has orders to prevent the Indians from passing through. Pendleton also appeared in seven other series episodes as the character Thacker.

In 1960, Pendleton was cast as Marshal McCoy in "The Town That Wasn't There" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Maverick. That same year, he played deputy Kelsey, with Lee Van Cleef as deputy Clyde Wilson, in the episode "Man on a Mountain" of another ABC/WB western, Lawman. In 1961, he portrayed deputy marshal Ben Johnson in the episode "Death Trap" of the ABC western series, The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors.

In 1967, he played Mr. Hutchins in the episode "Howard and Millie" of the CBS sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show. From 1968 to 1970, he had a recurring role as Mr. Bennett in six episodes of the NBC sitcom, Julia, starring Diahann Carroll.

His last role was as a businessman on the 1976 episode "The Reformer" of William Conrad's CBS crime drama, Cannon. Pendleton died at the age of seventy-six in Pasadena, California.

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Filmography (94 movies)

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Destroyer Captain (uncredited)

Pit Stop

Ocean's Eleven

as Major Taylor (uncredited)

Once Upon a Horse...

Once Upon a Horse...

I Married a Woman

I Married a Woman

as Photographer

Bombers B-52

as Lt. Col. Graham (uncredited)

The Unholy Wife

The Unholy Wife

as Deputy Bob Watkins

The Night Runner

The Night Runner

as Captain Reynolds

Phantom Trails

The Two Gun Teacher

The Two Gun Teacher

Target Earth

The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

as Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)

Killers from Space

Killers from Space

as FBI Agent Briggs

The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

as Lt. Col. Bassell (uncredited)

Border City Rustlers

Border City Rustlers

The Great Jesse James Raid

The Great Jesse James Raid

Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again

as Patrol Car Driver (uncredited)

Trail of the Arrow

Trail of the Arrow

as (archive footage)

Chicago Calling

Chicago Calling

as Police Lt. Ryan

Desert of Lost Men

Desert of Lost Men

as Posse Member

Purple Heart Diary

Purple Heart Diary

Submarine Command

Submarine Command

You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell

as Motor Cop (uncredited)

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas

Where Danger Lives

Where Danger Lives

as Policeman at Roadblock (uncredited)

Rio Grande

as Capt. Prescott

Sunset in the West

Sunset in the West

as Walter Kimball (as Gaylord Pendleton)

Rookie Fireman

Gunfire

as Charlie Ford (as Gaylord Pendleton)

A Lady Without Passport

A Lady Without Passport

as Joe - Airport Attendant (uncredited)

Hi-Jacked

as Detective (uncredited)

One Way Street

as Cop at First Accident Scene (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own

as Policeman (uncredited)

Chinatown at Midnight

Chinatown at Midnight

Red, Hot and Blue

Red, Hot and Blue

as Detective (uncredited)

Roll, Thunder, Roll!

Roll, Thunder, Roll!

as Marshal Bill Faugh

Arson, Inc.

as Murph, the undercover man (as Gaylord Pendleton)

Johnny Allegro

Alias Nick Beal

Alias Nick Beal

as Det. Sgt. Hill

He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night

as Detective (uncredited)

Ride, Ryder, Ride!

Ride, Ryder, Ride!

as Gerry Brooks

Highway 13

as George Montgomery

Enchantment

Walk a Crooked Mile

Walk a Crooked Mile

as Police Detective Gaines

Beyond Glory

as Gen. Prescott

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

The Return of Rin Tin Tin

as Gordon Melrose

Heartaches

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Untamed Fury

Eyes of the Underworld

Eyes of the Underworld

Sergeant York

as Scorer (uncredited)

Men of the Timberland

Men of the Timberland

Flight Command

as North Island Tower Operator

American Spoken Here

American Spoken Here

as Young Marksman (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American

as Football Player #12 (uncredited)

Triple Justice

One Crowded Night

One Crowded Night

Those Were the Days!

Those Were the Days!

as Connie Mathews

Manhattan Heartbeat

Manhattan Heartbeat

Sailor's Lady

Young Buffalo Bill

Young Buffalo Bill

as Jerry Calhoun

Road to Singapore

Road to Singapore

as Gordon Wycott (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

as Gas Station Attendant #2 in Needles (uncredited)

Reno

as Prosecuting Attorne

Geronimo

The Marshal Of Mesa City

The Marshal Of Mesa City

as Jim Tanner (uncredited)

Disputed Passage

Disputed Passage

as Lawrence Carpenter (as Gaylord Pendleton)

When Tomorrow Comes

When Tomorrow Comes

as Tommy, a Busboy (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Naval Courier (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Adjutant (uncredited)

Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy

as Cadet Ormsby

The Duke of West Point

The Duke of West Point

Pie a la Maid

as Mary's Brother

Next Time I Marry

Next Time I Marry

as Reporter (uncredited)

Having Wonderful Time

Having Wonderful Time

as Camp Waiter (uncredited)

Exclusive

Behind The Headlines

Behind The Headlines

as Martin Gang Member

They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun

as Soldier (uncredited)

Internes Can't Take Money

Internes Can't Take Money

as Jones (as Gaylord Pendleton)

The Informer

Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

as Brother in Play (uncredited)

I Believed in You

I Believed in You

as Jay, a Writer

Fighting to Live

Fighting to Live

as John Z. Blake

Life in the Raw

Life in the Raw

as Tom Halloway

Unknown Valley

as Joshua Townsman

The Woman Accused

The Woman Accused

as Tony (uncredited)

The Death Kiss

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

as Sally's Beau (uncredited)

Young Sinners

The Last Parade

The Last Parade

as Larry Pearson (as Gaylord Pendleton)

Seas Beneath

as Ens. Richard 'Dick' Cabot (as Gaylord Pendleton)

Up the River

as Morris (uncredited)

The Bluffer

Manslaughter

Success

as Joe (as Gaylord Pendleton)