Name
William Bendix
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-01-14
Deathday
1964-12-14 (58 years old)
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
The Movie Orgy
(19 Votes)
6.842
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsre...
Relase Date : 1 Jan, 1968
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Guadalcanal Diary
(22 Votes)
5.6
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us throug...
Relase Date : 27 Oct, 1943
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The Glass Key
(134 Votes)
6.7
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refu...
Relase Date : 8 Sep, 1942
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Woman of the Year
(169 Votes)
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Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find thei...
Relase Date : 5 Feb, 1942
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The Blue Dahlia
(176 Votes)
6.682
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police i...
Relase Date : 16 Apr, 1946
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Detective Story
(169 Votes)
7.041
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detect...
Relase Date : 19 Oct, 1951
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Who Done It?
(46 Votes)
6.978
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a ...
Relase Date : 30 Oct, 1942
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They Drive by Night
(139 Votes)
6.935
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small o...
Relase Date : 26 Jul, 1940
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1968 The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1951 Detective Story as Det. Lou Brody
- 1942 Woman of the Year as Pinkie Peters
- 1946 The Dark Corner as Fred Foss
- 1952 Macao as Lawrence C. Trumble
- 1946 Calcutta as Pedro Blake
- 1955 Crashout as Van Morgan Duff
- 1944 Lifeboat as Gus Smith
- 1962 Boys' Night Out as Slattery
- 1947 The Web as Lt. Damico
- 1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sir Sagramore
- 1948 The Babe Ruth Story as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
- 1943 Guadalcanal Diary as Corp. Taxi Potts
- 1942 Wake Island as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
- 1949 Cover Up as Larry Best
- 1946 The Blue Dahlia as Buzz Wanchek
- 1950 Gambling House as Joe Farrow
- 1947 Where There's Life as Victor O'Brien
- 1942 The Glass Key as Jeff
- 1942 Who Done It? as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
- 1949 The Big Steal as Capt. Vincent Blake
- 1948 Race Street as Barney Runson
- 1952 A Girl in Every Port as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
- 1948 The Time of Your Life as Nick
- 1942 Brooklyn Orchid as Timothy McGuerin
- 1958 The Deep Six as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
- 1942 Star Spangled Rhythm as Herman
- 1952 Blackbeard, the Pirate as Ben Worley
- 1947 I'll Be Yours as Wechsberg
- 1946 White Tie and Tails as Larry Lundie
- 1951 Submarine Command as CPO Boyer
- 1954 Dangerous Mission as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
- 1950 Kill the Umpire as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
- 1944 The Hairy Ape as Hank Smith
- 1947 Variety Girl as William Bendix
- 1949 Streets of Laredo as Wahoo Jones
- 1945 A Bell for Adano as Sgt. Borth
- 1943 China as Johnny Sparrow
- 1943 Taxi, Mister as Tim McGuerin
- 1942 The McGuerins from Brooklyn as Tim McGuerin
- 1949 Johnny Holiday as Sgt. Walker
- 1964 Young Fury as Blacksmith
- 1944 Greenwich Village as Danny O'Mara
- 1943 The Crystal Ball as Biff Carter
- 1944 Abroad with Two Yanks as Biff Koraski
- 1964 Law of the Lawless as Sheriff Ed Tanner
- 1943 Hostages as Underground leader
- 1949 The Life of Riley as Chester A. Riley
- 1945 Don Juan Quilligan as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
- 1947 Blaze of Noon as Porkie Scott
- 1963 For Love or Money as Joe Fogel
- 1946 Sentimental Journey as Donnelly - Uncle Don
- 1959 The Rough and the Smooth as Reg Barker
- 1946 Two Years Before the Mast as First Mate Amazeen
- 1959 Idol on Parade as Sergeant Major Lush
- 1944 Skirmish on the Home Front as Herb Miller
- 1991 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
- 1945 It's in the Bag! as William Bendix
- 1963 The Young and the Brave as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
- 1956 Battle Stations as Buck Fitzpatrick
- 1948 10,000 Kids and a Cop as Cop
- 1940 They Drive by Night as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
- 1961 Johnny Nobody as James Ronald Mulcahy
- 1959 The Ransom of Red Chief as Bill Driscoll
- 1956 High Air as Joe Redman
- Soon The Time Element as Peter Jenson
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Fred Hopke
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as George Harris
- 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Window Washer
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as USAF Crew Chief
- 1950 Truth or Consequences ( 1 episode )
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Genteman Suitor
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Riverboat ( 1 episode ) as Vance Muldoon
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1963 Vacation Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1949 Lights Out ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Overland Trail ( 17 episodes ) as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Capt. Matthew Cobb
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Larry Beat
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Bull Mitchell
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Harrison Weems
- 1957 The Lux Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Life Of Riley ( 219 episodes ) as Chester A. Riley
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Joe Redman
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Carl Ledbetter
- 1961 Mister Ed ( 1 episode ) as Bill Parker
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Wally Legenza
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Captain George Devlin
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mack Pomeroy
