William Bendix
Acting
- Born:
- 1906-01-14
- Died:
- 1964-12-14
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
The Movie Orgy
Young Fury
Law of the Lawless
Burke's Law
For Love or Money
The Young and the Brave
Vacation Playhouse
Boys' Night Out
Johnny Nobody
Mister Ed
Overland Trail
The Untouchables
The Rough and the Smooth
Riverboat
The Ransom of Red Chief
Idol on Parade
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Deep Six
The Lux Show
Wagon Train
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
High Air
The Steve Allen Show
Battle Stations
Screen Director's Playhouse
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Crashout
Dangerous Mission
General Electric Theater
The Life Of Riley
Blackbeard, the Pirate
The Ford Television Theatre
Macao
A Girl in Every Port
Submarine Command
Detective Story
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Gambling House
Lux Video Theatre
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Truth or Consequences
Kill the Umpire
What's My Line?
Robert Montgomery Presents
Johnny Holiday
Lights Out
The Big Steal
Streets of Laredo
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Life of Riley
Cover Up
The Philco Television Playhouse
10,000 Kids and a Cop
The Babe Ruth Story
Race Street
The Time of Your Life
The Ed Sullivan Show
Where There's Life
Variety Girl
The Web
Blaze of Noon
I'll Be Yours
Calcutta
Two Years Before the Mast
White Tie and Tails
The Blue Dahlia
The Dark Corner
Sentimental Journey
A Bell for Adano
Don Juan Quilligan
It's in the Bag!
Greenwich Village
Abroad with Two Yanks
The Hairy Ape
Skirmish on the Home Front
Lifeboat
Guadalcanal Diary
Hostages
China
Taxi, Mister
The Crystal Ball
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Who Done It?
The Glass Key
Wake Island
Star Spangled Rhythm
Woman of the Year
Brooklyn Orchid
They Drive by Night
The Time Element