- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBenjamin Weinblatt
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Character actor of distinctly American persona who nevertheless made several films in Britain before returning to the U.S. to carve out a career as a familiar face in American movies. Short, bald and built like a tank with a streetwise character and a Damon Runyan accent, Welden played countless gangsters and smalltime hoods, often with a comic aspect. He was the henchman who beat the snot out of Bette Davis in Marked Woman (1937) and gunned down Elia Kazan in City for Conquest (1940), and made numerous appearances as crooks on Adventures of Superman (1952). As a sideline, he owned Nutcorn, a popular Beverly Hills confectionery. He retired from acting in his sixties.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
- SpouseAmy Louise Gaunt Welden(September 21, 1949 - February 17, 1995) (her death)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsAnna Feldstein WeinblattFrank Weinblatt
- Balding pate, Broad Grin and Comical manner of delivering dialogue; which he could flip into that of a deadly menacing character in a flash.
- Played various underworld thugs in his eight appearances in Adventures of Superman (1952). His last acting job was as a henchman to Egg Head (Vincent Price) in the two-part episode An Egg Grows in Gotham (1966) k and The Yegg Foes in Gotham (1966) of Batman (1966).
- Owned a confectionery in Beverly Hills called Nutcorn.
- In British films playing American heavies or cops until 1937, when he returned to the US.
- He is sometimes mistakenly credited as having appeared in The Phantom Ship (1936), which is a cartoon. The film he actually appeared in was Phantom Ship (1935).
- Sometimes mistakenly credited as the last surviving cast member of The Phantom Ship (1936), but he does not appear in that film.
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