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:
- 72
- 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 |
| Series | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown | 1963-07-22 |
| Movie | The Young and the Brave | Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW) | 1963-08-01 |
| Movie | For Love or Money | Joe Fogel | 1963-08-07 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Movie | Boys' Night Out | Slattery | 1962-06-21 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Dangerous Mission | Chief Ranger Joe Parker | 1954-03-06 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Blackbeard, the Pirate | Ben Worley | 1952-12-24 |
| Movie | A Girl in Every Port | Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan | 1952-02-13 |
| Movie | Macao | Lawrence C. Trumble | 1952-04-11 |
| Movie | Detective Story | Det. Lou Brody | 1951-10-24 |
| Movie | Submarine Command | CPO Boyer | 1951-11-01 |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Movie | Kill the Umpire | Bill 'Two Call' Johnson | 1950-04-27 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Movie | Gambling House | Joe Farrow | 1950-12-27 |
| Movie | The Life of Riley | Chester A. Riley | 1949-04-16 |
| Movie | Cover Up | Larry Best | 1949-02-25 |
| Movie | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sir Sagramore | 1949-04-18 |
| Movie | Streets of Laredo | Wahoo Jones | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | The Big Steal | Capt. Vincent Blake | 1949-07-01 |
| Movie | Johnny Holiday | Sgt. Walker | 1949-11-18 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | The Time of Your Life | Nick | 1948-09-03 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| Movie | Race Street | Barney Runson | 1948-09-11 |
| Movie | The Babe Ruth Story | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth | 1948-09-16 |
| Movie | I'll Be Yours | Wechsberg | 1947-02-02 |
| Movie | Blaze of Noon | Porkie Scott | 1947-05-02 |
| Movie | The Web | Lt. Damico | 1947-06-04 |
| Movie | Variety Girl | William Bendix | 1947-08-29 |
| 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 | Two Years Before the Mast | First Mate Amazeen | 1946-11-22 |
| Movie | White Tie and Tails | Larry Lundie | 1946-08-30 |
| Movie | Calcutta | Pedro Blake | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | It's in the Bag! | William Bendix | 1945-04-21 |
| Movie | Don Juan Quilligan | Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan | 1945-06-01 |
| Movie | A Bell for Adano | Sgt. Borth | 1945-06-21 |
| Movie | Lifeboat | Gus Smith | 1944-01-28 |
| Movie | Skirmish on the Home Front | Herb Miller | 1944-05-11 |
| Movie | Greenwich Village | Danny O'Mara | 1944-09-27 |
| Movie | The Hairy Ape | Hank Smith | 1944-07-02 |
| Movie | Abroad with Two Yanks | Biff Koraski | 1944-08-04 |
| Movie | The Crystal Ball | Biff Carter | 1943-01-22 |
| Movie | Taxi, Mister | Tim McGuerin | 1943-04-16 |
| Movie | China | Johnny Sparrow | 1943-04-21 |
| 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 McGuerins from Brooklyn | Tim McGuerin | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | Who Done It? | Detective Sgt. Brannigan | 1942-10-30 |
| Movie | The Glass Key | Jeff | 1942-09-08 |
| Movie | Wake Island | Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall | 1942-08-11 |
| Movie | They Drive by Night | Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited) | 1940-07-26 |