William Bendix
Known for: Acting
Born: January 14, 1906
Died: December 14, 1964
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
William Bendix (January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an American film, radio, and television actor, best remembered in movies for the title role in the movie The Babe Ruth Story and for portraying clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in radio and television's The Life of Riley. He also received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Wake Island (1942).
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Filmography
67 movies · 26 TV shows, newest first
7.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968
5.6
Young Fury
1964
6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
6.1
For Love or Money
1963
6.3
The Young and the Brave
19638.0
Vacation Playhouse
1963
5.9
Boys' Night Out
1962
6.6
Johnny Nobody
1961
6.8
Mister Ed
1961
6.3
Overland Trail
1960
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
6.3
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
6.5
Riverboat
1959
9.0
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
9.0
A Luz vem do Alto
1959
7.0
Idol on Parade
1959
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.7
The Deep Six
19586.0
The Lux Show
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
19577.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
NR
High Air
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
6.1
Battle Stations
1956
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
6.7
Crashout
1955
6.0
Dangerous Mission
1954
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.7
The Life Of Riley
1953
5.9
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
6.3
Macao
1952
5.2
A Girl in Every Port
1952
5.8
Submarine Command
1951
7.0
Detective Story
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
6.2
Gambling House
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
19507.4
Truth or Consequences
1950
6.9
Kill the Umpire
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
7.5
Johnny Holiday
1949
6.0
Lights Out
1949
6.6
The Big Steal
1949
6.0
Streets of Laredo
1949
6.2
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
8.0
The Life of Riley
1949
6.6
Cover Up
1949
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
7.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
6.1
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
6.0
Race Street
1948
6.1
The Time of Your Life
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.4
Where There's Life
1947
6.5
Variety Girl
1947
7.1
The Web
1947
5.7
Blaze of Noon
1947
6.2
I'll Be Yours
1947
6.4
Calcutta
1946
6.5
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
7.3
White Tie and Tails
1946
6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946
6.6
The Dark Corner
1946
6.4
Sentimental Journey
1946
6.0
A Bell for Adano
1945
7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
6.3
It's in the Bag!
1945
6.7
Greenwich Village
1944
6.7
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
6.3
The Hairy Ape
194410.0
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
7.4
Lifeboat
1944
5.6
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
7.0
Hostages
1943
6.9
China
1943
4.2
Taxi, Mister
1943
6.1
The Crystal Ball
1943
6.7
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
7.0
Who Done It?
1942
6.6
The Glass Key
1942
5.9
Wake Island
1942
6.2
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
7.0
Woman of the Year
1942
6.7
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
6.9
They Drive by Night
1940
NR
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