William Bendix
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bendix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jan 14, 1906 In New York City, New York, United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 73
- First Appeared:
- In the movie They Drive by Night 1940-07-26
- Latest Project:
- Movie Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star 1991-03-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage) | 1991-03-10 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Law of the Lawless | Sheriff Ed Tanner | 1964-05-13 |
| Movie | Young Fury | Blacksmith | 1964-11-01 |
| Movie | The Young and the Brave | Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW) | 1963-08-01 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Movie | For Love or Money | Joe Fogel | 1963-08-07 |
| Movie | Boys' Night Out | Slattery | 1962-06-21 |
| Series | Mister Ed | Unknown | 1961-01-05 |
| Movie | Johnny Nobody | James Ronald Mulcahy | 1961-10-01 |
| Series | Overland Trail | Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly | 1960-02-07 |
| Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
| Movie | Idol on Parade | Sergeant Major Lush | 1959-03-24 |
| Movie | The Rough and the Smooth | Reg Barker | 1959-10-02 |
| Movie | The Deep Six | 'Frenchy' Shapiro | 1958-01-15 |
| Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
| Movie | Battle Stations | Buck Fitzpatrick | 1956-02-01 |
| Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
| Movie | Crashout | Van Morgan Duff | 1955-03-01 |
| Movie | Dangerous Mission | Chief Ranger Joe Parker | 1954-03-06 |
| Series | The Life Of Riley | Chester A. Riley | 1953-01-02 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Macao | Lawrence C. Trumble | 1952-04-11 |
| Movie | A Girl in Every Port | Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan | 1952-02-13 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Blackbeard, the Pirate | Ben Worley | 1952-12-24 |
| Movie | Detective Story | Det. Lou Brody | 1951-10-24 |
| Movie | Submarine Command | CPO Boyer | 1951-11-01 |
| Movie | Kill the Umpire | Bill 'Two Call' Johnson | 1950-04-27 |
| Movie | Gambling House | Joe Farrow | 1950-12-27 |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| Movie | The Life of Riley | Chester A. Riley | 1949-04-16 |
| Movie | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sir Sagramore | 1949-04-18 |
| Movie | Cover Up | Larry Best | 1949-02-25 |
| Movie | Streets of Laredo | Wahoo Jones | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | Johnny Holiday | Sgt. Walker | 1949-11-18 |
| Movie | The Big Steal | Capt. Vincent Blake | 1949-07-01 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | The Time of Your Life | Nick | 1948-09-03 |
| Movie | The Babe Ruth Story | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth | 1948-09-16 |
| Movie | 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Cop | 1948-10-01 |
| Movie | Race Street | Barney Runson | 1948-09-11 |
| Movie | I'll Be Yours | Wechsberg | 1947-02-02 |
| Movie | Blaze of Noon | Porkie Scott | 1947-05-02 |
| Movie | Variety Girl | William Bendix | 1947-08-29 |
| Movie | The Web | Lt. Damico | 1947-06-04 |
| Movie | Where There's Life | Victor O'Brien | 1947-11-21 |
| Movie | The Dark Corner | Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss | 1946-04-09 |
| Movie | Sentimental Journey | Donnelly - Uncle Don | 1946-03-06 |
| Movie | The Blue Dahlia | Buzz Wanchek | 1946-04-16 |
| Movie | White Tie and Tails | Larry Lundie | 1946-08-30 |
| Movie | Two Years Before the Mast | First Mate Amazeen | 1946-11-22 |
| Movie | Calcutta | Pedro Blake | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | It's in the Bag! | William Bendix | 1945-04-21 |
| Movie | A Bell for Adano | Sgt. Borth | 1945-06-21 |
| Movie | Don Juan Quilligan | Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan | 1945-06-01 |
| Movie | Lifeboat | Gus Smith | 1944-01-28 |
| Movie | The Hairy Ape | Hank Smith | 1944-07-02 |
| Movie | Greenwich Village | Danny O'Mara | 1944-09-27 |
| Movie | Abroad with Two Yanks | Biff Koraski | 1944-08-04 |
| Movie | China | Johnny Sparrow | 1943-04-21 |
| Movie | The Crystal Ball | Biff Carter | 1943-01-22 |
| Movie | Taxi, Mister | Tim McGuerin | 1943-04-16 |
| Movie | Hostages | Underground leader | 1943-08-11 |
| Movie | Guadalcanal Diary | Corp. Taxi Potts | 1943-10-27 |
| Movie | Woman of the Year | Pinkie Peters | 1942-02-05 |
| Movie | Brooklyn Orchid | Timothy McGuerin | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | Star Spangled Rhythm | Herman | 1942-03-05 |
| Movie | The Glass Key | Jeff | 1942-09-08 |
| Movie | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Tim McGuerin | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | Who Done It? | Detective Sgt. Brannigan | 1942-10-30 |
| Movie | Wake Island | Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall | 1942-08-11 |
| Movie | They Drive by Night | Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited) | 1940-07-26 |