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:
- 83
- First Appeared:
- In the movie They Drive by Night 1940-07-26
- Latest Project:
- Movie Los Angeles Plays Itself 2004-07-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
| 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 | Mister Ed | Unknown | 1961-01-05 |
| Series | Overland Trail | Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly | 1960-02-07 |
| Movie | Idol on Parade | Sergeant Major Lush | 1959-03-24 |
| Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
| Movie | Battle Stations | Buck Fitzpatrick | 1956-02-01 |
| Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Crashout | Van Morgan Duff | 1955-03-01 |
| Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
| Movie | Dangerous Mission | Chief Ranger Joe Parker | 1954-03-06 |
| Series | The Life Of Riley | Chester A. Riley | 1953-01-02 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | A Girl in Every Port | Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan | 1952-02-13 |
| Movie | Macao | Lawrence C. Trumble | 1952-04-11 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Blackbeard, the Pirate | Ben Worley | 1952-12-24 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | Submarine Command | CPO Boyer | 1951-11-01 |
| Movie | Detective Story | Det. Lou Brody | 1951-10-24 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| 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 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sir Sagramore | 1949-04-18 |
| Movie | Cover Up | Larry Best | 1949-02-25 |
| Movie | The Life of Riley | Chester A. Riley | 1949-04-16 |
| 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 | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
| Movie | The Time of Your Life | Nick | 1948-09-03 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Race Street | Barney Runson | 1948-09-11 |
| Movie | The Babe Ruth Story | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth | 1948-09-16 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| Movie | 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Cop | 1948-10-01 |
| Movie | I'll Be Yours | Wechsberg | 1947-02-02 |
| Movie | Blaze of Noon | Porkie Scott | 1947-05-02 |
| Movie | Variety Girl | William Bendix | 1947-08-29 |
| Movie | The Web | Lt. Damico | 1947-06-04 |
| 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 | White Tie and Tails | Larry Lundie | 1946-08-30 |
| Movie | Two Years Before the Mast | First Mate Amazeen | 1946-11-22 |
| Movie | Calcutta | Pedro Blake | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | It's in the Bag! | William Bendix | 1945-04-21 |
| Movie | A Bell for Adano | Sgt. Borth | 1945-06-21 |
| Movie | Don Juan Quilligan | Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan | 1945-06-01 |
| Movie | Lifeboat | Gus Smith | 1944-01-28 |
| Movie | Skirmish on the Home Front | Herb Miller | 1944-05-11 |
| Movie | The Hairy Ape | Hank Smith | 1944-07-02 |
| Movie | Greenwich Village | Danny O'Mara | 1944-09-27 |
| Movie | Abroad with Two Yanks | Biff Koraski | 1944-08-04 |
| Movie | China | Johnny Sparrow | 1943-04-21 |
| Movie | The Crystal Ball | Biff Carter | 1943-01-22 |
| Movie | Taxi, Mister | Tim McGuerin | 1943-04-16 |
| 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 Glass Key | Jeff | 1942-09-08 |
| Movie | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Tim McGuerin | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | Who Done It? | Detective Sgt. Brannigan | 1942-10-30 |
| Movie | Wake Island | Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall | 1942-08-11 |
| Movie | They Drive by Night | Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited) | 1940-07-26 |