
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)

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man

Wagon Train
1957
as Capt. Matthew Cobb

What's My Line?
1950
as Self / Self - Panelist

The Untouchables
1959
as Wally Legenza

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

Burke's Law
1963
as Fred Hopke / Harrison Weems

The Life Of Riley
1953
as Chester A. Riley

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Genteman Suitor

The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - Guest

Lights Out
1949

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self

Mister Ed
1961
as Bill Parker

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Captain George Devlin
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Window Washer / Larry Beat

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Riverboat
1959
as Vance Muldoon

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Carl Ledbetter / Mack Pomeroy

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Joe Redman
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Lux Show
1957
as Self

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as USAF Crew Chief / Bull Mitchell

Overland Trail
1960
as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
Truth or Consequences
1950

General Electric Theater
1953
as George Harris
Movies (66)

Guadalcanal Diary
1943
as Corp. Taxi Potts

Woman of the Year
1942
as Pinkie Peters

The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)

Greenwich Village
1944
as Danny O'Mara

Lifeboat
1944
as Gus Smith

Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Ben Worley

The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Buzz Wanchek

Detective Story
1951
as Det. Lou Brody

Boys' Night Out
1962
as Slattery

A Bell for Adano
1945
as Sgt. Borth

Variety Girl
1947
as William Bendix

They Drive by Night
1940
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

Battle Stations
1956
as Buck Fitzpatrick

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Sir Sagramore

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Herman

Macao
1952
as Lawrence C. Trumble

Streets of Laredo
1949
as Wahoo Jones

The Dark Corner
1946
as Fred Foss

Young Fury
1964
as Blacksmith

10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
as Cop

Cover Up
1949
as Larry Best

Wake Island
1942
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

Idol on Parade
1959
as Sergeant Major Lush

The Glass Key
1942
as Jeff

For Love or Money
1963
as Joe Fogel

Dangerous Mission
1954
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker

The Time Element
as Peter Jenson

Gambling House
1950
as Joe Farrow

A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

It's in the Bag!
1945
as William Bendix

The Time of Your Life
1948
as Nick

The Web
1947
as Lt. Damico

Where There's Life
1947
as Victor O'Brien

Submarine Command
1951
as CPO Boyer

The Big Steal
1949
as Capt. Vincent Blake

The Deep Six
1958
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro

Who Done It?
1942
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan

Law of the Lawless
1964
as Sheriff Ed Tanner

Calcutta
1946
as Pedro Blake

Johnny Nobody
1961
as James Ronald Mulcahy

Kill the Umpire
1950
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

The Crystal Ball
1943
as Biff Carter

The Hairy Ape
1944
as Hank Smith

The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
as Bill Driscoll

The Babe Ruth Story
1948
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

Brooklyn Orchid
1942
as Timothy McGuerin

Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan

Blaze of Noon
1947
as Porkie Scott

Race Street
1948
as Barney Runson

Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as First Mate Amazeen

Sentimental Journey
1946
as Donnelly - Uncle Don

The Rough and the Smooth
1959
as Reg Barker

Crashout
1955
as Van Morgan Duff

Johnny Holiday
1949
as Sgt. Walker

White Tie and Tails
1946
as Larry Lundie

Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
as Biff Koraski

China
1943
as Johnny Sparrow
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
as Herb Miller

I'll Be Yours
1947
as Wechsberg

The Young and the Brave
1963
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
High Air
1956
as Joe Redman

Hostages
1943
as Underground leader

Taxi, Mister
1943
as Tim McGuerin

The Life of Riley
1949
as Chester A. Riley

The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
as Tim McGuerin
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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- Guadalcanal Diary (1943) — as Corp. Taxi Potts
- Woman of the Year (1942) — as Pinkie Peters
- The Movie Orgy (1968) — as Self (archive footage)
- Greenwich Village (1944) — as Danny O'Mara
- Lifeboat (1944) — as Gus Smith
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