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