Vintage Muscle Man Nat Pendleton

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Nat Pendleton was nearly forty years old when he made this film in 1935. He is portraying the internationally famous Victorian "strong man" Eugen Sandow, a pioneer in physical education. A hundred years ago, photographs of the nearly-naked Sandow sold by the millions. It was a logical role for Pendleton, whose career relied on the roles of cop, officer, boxer, wrestler, driver, goon, gunman, gangster and oaf. He had played this same type role (named MacHardie) in the Marx Bros. film 'Horse Feathers' (1932). A native of Iowa, Pendleton graduated Columbia University in New York in 1916. In 1914 and 1915 he was Champion of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association in the 175 pound category. In the wrestling field he earned the Silver Medal for the U.S. in the 1920 Olympic games in Antwerp. Before entering a film career, he was a sports manager in New York. His manager in these scenes is William Powell, as Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., and the fawning dowager is played by the prolific "stout" character actress Grace Hayle.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: April 14, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Author: nedsparks

Length: 00:03:59
Rating: 4.69
Views: 24185

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Video Comments:
jon609 (June 28, 2008 at 9:09 pm)
too funny
JENDALL714 (March 17, 2008 at 2:08 am)
He looks like Will Ferrell with blonde hair.
bgibb101 (February 23, 2008 at 9:07 pm)
Nat Pendleton was an olympic swimmer (USA) before making it into the movies. He was a truly talented man.
johnnygorgeous (December 30, 2007 at 9:37 pm)
Truly a hunk ahead of his time
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HUGE DUDE.
LOOK AT THE V-TAPER.
THE RIPPED ABS
STRIATIONS IN HIS LEGS.
HE SHOULD BE 10x MR OLYMPIA
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metalwomen1958 (October 6, 2007 at 7:40 pm)
Nat was my uncle i remember him well as a child growing up.....thank you for having this video of my uncle
HarborGuy (September 25, 2007 at 12:54 am)
He'd fit right in looks like today........
johnnyblackhart (September 14, 2007 at 12:35 am)
I think such a vintage film clip with Nat Pendelton ,about an even more icon as the strongman Eugene Sandow is far more sexier and erotic,and still innocent, than todays bluntly sexual scenes.
nedsparks (September 3, 2007 at 6:47 pm)
Rather than have one short, unrelated remark followed by dialogue from the next distant scene, I chose to "join" the scenes with music. I only left in dialogue I thought was suggestive to this "he-man" theme.