William Bendix
Acting
1906-01-14 · 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).
Filmography
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Movie
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Movie
Young Fury
1964 · Movie
Law of the Lawless
1964 · Movie
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
For Love or Money
1963 · Movie
The Young and the Brave
1963 · Movie
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Series
Boys' Night Out
1962 · Movie
Johnny Nobody
1961 · Movie
Mister Ed
1961 · Series
Overland Trail
1960 · Series
The Untouchables
1959 · Series
The Rough and the Smooth
1959 · Movie
Riverboat
1959 · Series
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959 · Movie
A Luz vem do Alto
1959 · Movie
Idol on Parade
1959 · Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
The Deep Six
1958 · Movie
The Lux Show
1957 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
High Air
1956 · Movie
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Battle Stations
1956 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Series
Crashout
1955 · Movie
Dangerous Mission
1954 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
The Life Of Riley
1953 · Series
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952 · Movie
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Series
Macao
1952 · Movie
A Girl in Every Port
1952 · Movie
Submarine Command
1951 · Movie
Detective Story
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Gambling House
1950 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
Truth or Consequences
1950 · Series
Kill the Umpire
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
Johnny Holiday
1949 · Movie
Lights Out
1949 · Series
The Big Steal
1949 · Movie
Streets of Laredo
1949 · Movie
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949 · Movie
The Life of Riley
1949 · Movie
Cover Up
1949 · Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948 · Movie
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · Movie
Race Street
1948 · Movie
The Time of Your Life
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Where There's Life
1947 · Movie
Variety Girl
1947 · Movie
The Web
1947 · Movie
Blaze of Noon
1947 · Movie
I'll Be Yours
1947 · Movie
Calcutta
1946 · Movie
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 · Movie
White Tie and Tails
1946 · Movie
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · Movie
The Dark Corner
1946 · Movie
Sentimental Journey
1946 · Movie
A Bell for Adano
1945 · Movie
Don Juan Quilligan
1945 · Movie
It's in the Bag!
1945 · Movie
Greenwich Village
1944 · Movie
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944 · Movie
The Hairy Ape
1944 · Movie
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944 · Movie
Lifeboat
1944 · Movie
Guadalcanal Diary
1943 · Movie
Hostages
1943 · Movie
China
1943 · Movie
Taxi, Mister
1943 · Movie
The Crystal Ball
1943 · Movie
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 · Movie
Who Done It?
1942 · Movie
The Glass Key
1942 · Movie
Wake Island
1942 · Movie
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Movie
Woman of the Year
1942 · Movie
Brooklyn Orchid
1942 · Movie
They Drive by Night
1940 · Movie
The Time Element
Movie