William Bendix
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1906-01-14
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Popularity: 0.9
Biography
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).
Known For Filmography
What's My Line?
1950
Wagon Train
1957
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Untouchables
1959
Burke's Law
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950No Photo
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Mister Ed
1961
Lights Out
1949
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Life Of Riley
1953
Riverboat
1959No Photo
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955No Photo
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Two Years Before the Mast
1946No Photo
The Lux Show
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Overland Trail
1960No Photo
Truth or Consequences
1950
The Blue Dahlia
1946
Lifeboat
1944
Boys' Night Out
1962
The Dark Corner
1946
Macao
1952
The Glass Key
1942
The Movie Orgy
1968
Woman of the Year
1942
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
Detective Story
1951
They Drive by Night
1940
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
Who Done It?
1942
Wake Island
1942
China
1943
Blaze of Noon
1947
Calcutta
1946
The Web
1947
Sentimental Journey
1946
Variety Girl
1947
Greenwich Village
1944
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
The Big Steal
1949
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
Submarine Command
1951
Dangerous Mission
1954
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
Law of the Lawless
1964
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Streets of Laredo
1949
A Girl in Every Port
1952
Crashout
1955
Race Street
1948
It's in the Bag!
1945
Gambling House
1950
Battle Stations
1956
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
The Hairy Ape
1944
Johnny Nobody
1961
For Love or Money
1963
A Bell for Adano
1945
The Time Element
N/A
Where There's Life
1947
The Deep Six
1958
The Crystal Ball
1943
Cover Up
1949
I'll Be Yours
1947
Young Fury
1964
The Time of Your Life
1948
Hostages
1943
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
Idol on Parade
1959
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
Kill the Umpire
1950
Taxi, Mister
1943
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
The Life of Riley
1949
The Young and the Brave
1963
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
Johnny Holiday
1949
White Tie and Tails
1946
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948No Photo
High Air
1956No Photo