Editing Nat Pendleton (section)

{{short description|Olympic wrestler and actor (1895–1967)}}
{{for|the politician|Nathanael G. Pendleton}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Nat Pendleton
| image              = Nat Pendleton in The Great Ziegfeld trailer.jpg
| birth_name         = Nathaniel Greene Pendleton
| caption            = [[Film frame|Frame]] from [[Trailer (promotion)|trailer]] for ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' (1936)
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1895|8|9}}
| birth_place        = [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]], [[Iowa]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|mf=yes|1967|10|12|1895|8|9}}}}
| death_place        = [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], [[California]], U.S.
| years_active       = 1913&ndash;1956
| alma_mater         = [[Columbia University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = Actor, wrestler
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Juanita Alfonzo|1920|1924}}
* Margaret E. Carse (m. 19??)<ref name="gocolumbialions/530127">{{cite web |title=NAT PENDLETON |url=https://gocolumbialions.com/news/2006/8/5/530127.aspx |website=Columbia University Athletics |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=en |date=5 August 2006}}</ref><ref name="legacyofwrestling/Obituaries">{{cite web |title=Professional Wrestling Obituaries |url=https://www.legacyofwrestling.com/Obituaries.html |website=legacyofwrestling.com |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
}}
| relatives          = [[Steve Pendleton]] (brother)<br/> [[Edmund J. Pendleton]] (brother) <br/> [[Arthur V. Johnson]] (uncle)
}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[freestyle wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] | [[Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Heavyweight]]}}
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[[File:The-Defense-Rests-1934.jpg|thumb|Nat Pendleton, [[Jean Arthur]], [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]] in a 
[[promotional photo]] for the 1934 film, [[The Defense Rests]]]]

'''Nathaniel Greene Pendleton''' (August 9, 1895 &ndash; October 12, 1967) was an American [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[amateur wrestling|wrestler]], [[film]] actor, and stage performer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60732 |title=Nat Pendleton |work=Olympedia |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref> His younger brother, [[Edmund J. Pendleton]] (1899–1987), was a well-known music [[composer]] and choir master and organist for the [[American Church in Paris]].