William Bendix
Known for Acting · 92 credits
- Born
- 1906-01-14
- Died
- 1964-12-14
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Уильям Бендикс · ویلیام بندیکس
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
TV Shows (26)
Wagon Train
1957
as Capt. Matthew Cobb
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
What's My Line?
1950
as Self / Self - Panelist
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Genteman Suitor
The Untouchables
1959
as Wally Legenza
Burke's Law
1963
as Fred Hopke / Harrison Weems
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Lights Out
1949
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Carl Ledbetter / Mack Pomeroy
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - Guest
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Mister Ed
1961
as Bill Parker
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Captain George Devlin
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Life Of Riley
1953
as Chester A. Riley
Riverboat
1959
as Vance Muldoon
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Window Washer / Larry Beat
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Joe Redman
Vacation Playhouse
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
as George Harris
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as USAF Crew Chief / Bull Mitchell
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
Truth or Consequences
1950
Overland Trail
1960
as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
Movies (66)
Lifeboat
1944
as Gus Smith
Detective Story
1951
as Det. Lou Brody
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Sir Sagramore
Woman of the Year
1942
as Pinkie Peters
Submarine Command
1951
as CPO Boyer
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
as Corp. Taxi Potts
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Glass Key
1942
as Jeff
Young Fury
1964
as Blacksmith
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Slattery
Wake Island
1942
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Gambling House
1950
as Joe Farrow
It's in the Bag!
1945
as William Bendix
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Ben Worley
The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Buzz Wanchek
They Drive by Night
1940
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Variety Girl
1947
as William Bendix
The Dark Corner
1946
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Herman
Macao
1952
as Lawrence C. Trumble
Crashout
1955
as Van Morgan Duff
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Wahoo Jones
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as First Mate Amazeen
The Web
1947
as Lt. Damico
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Larry Lundie
China
1943
as Johnny Sparrow
Race Street
1948
as Barney Runson
A Bell for Adano
1945
as Sgt. Borth
Who Done It?
1942
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
Johnny Nobody
1961
as James Ronald Mulcahy
Calcutta
1946
as Pedro Blake
The Time of Your Life
1948
as Nick
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Where There's Life
1947
as Victor O'Brien
Cover Up
1949
as Larry Best
Dangerous Mission
1954
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Porkie Scott
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
as Biff Koraski
The Deep Six
1958
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
For Love or Money
1963
as Joe Fogel
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
as Timothy McGuerin
Hostages
1943
as Underground leader
Battle Stations
1956
as Buck Fitzpatrick
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
as Cop
The Big Steal
1949
as Capt. Vincent Blake
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
as Reg Barker
Idol on Parade
1959
as Sergeant Major Lush
Sentimental Journey
1946
as Donnelly - Uncle Don
Greenwich Village
1944
as Danny O'Mara
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
as Tim McGuerin
Kill the Umpire
1950
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Taxi, Mister
1943
as Tim McGuerin
The Life of Riley
1949
as Chester A. Riley
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
The Time Element
as Peter Jenson
The Young and the Brave
1963
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
The Hairy Ape
1944
as Hank Smith
The Crystal Ball
1943
as Biff Carter
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
as Bill Driscoll
Johnny Holiday
1949
as Sgt. Walker
High Air
1956
as Joe Redman
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
as Herb Miller
I'll Be Yours
1947
as Wechsberg
About William Bendix
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). With 92 credits spanning from 1940 to 1991, William Bendix has appeared in 66 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Lifeboat (1944) — as Gus Smith
- Detective Story (1951) — as Det. Lou Brody
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) — as Sir Sagramore
- Woman of the Year (1942) — as Pinkie Peters
- Submarine Command (1951) — as CPO Boyer
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