William Bendix

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).

Personal Info

Id

79246

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-01-14

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Уильям Бендикс
  • ویلیام بندیکس
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    Known For

    The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Or

    Detective Story

    Detective St

    Woman of the Year

    Woman of the

    The Dark Corner

    The Dark Cor

    Macao

    Macao

    Calcutta

    Calcutta

    Crashout

    Crashout

    Lifeboat

    Lifeboat

    Boys' Night Out

    Boys' Night

    The Web

    The Web

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticu

    The Babe Ruth Story

    The Babe Rut

    Guadalcanal Diary

    Guadalcanal

    Wake Island

    Wake Island

    Cover Up

    Cover Up

    The Blue Dahlia

    The Blue Dah

    Gambling House

    Gambling Hou

    Where There's Life

    Where There'

    The Glass Key

    The Glass Ke

    Who Done It?

    Who Done It?

    The Big Steal

    The Big Stea

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    Los Angeles

    Race Street

    Race Street

    A Girl in Every Port

    A Girl in Ev

    The Time of Your Life

    The Time of

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    Brooklyn Orc

    The Deep Six

    The Deep Six

    Star Spangled Rhythm

    Star Spangle

    Blackbeard, the Pirate

    Blackbeard,

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    I'll Be Your

    White Tie and Tails

    White Tie an

    Submarine Command

    Submarine Co

    Dangerous Mission

    Dangerous Mi

    Kill the Umpire

    Kill the Ump

    The Hairy Ape

    The Hairy Ap

    Variety Girl

    Variety Girl

    Streets of Laredo

    Streets of L

    A Bell for Adano

    A Bell for A

    China

    China

    Taxi, Mister

    Taxi, Mister

    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    The McGuerin

    Johnny Holiday

    Johnny Holid

    Young Fury

    Young Fury

    Greenwich Village

    Greenwich Vi

    The Crystal Ball

    The Crystal

    Abroad with Two Yanks

    Abroad with

    Law of the Lawless

    Law of the L

    Hostages

    Hostages

    The Life of Riley

    The Life of

    Don Juan Quilligan

    Don Juan Qui

    Blaze of Noon

    Blaze of Noo

    For Love or Money

    For Love or

    Sentimental Journey

    Sentimental

    The Rough and the Smooth

    The Rough an

    Two Years Before the Mast

    Two Years Be

    Idol on Parade

    Idol on Para

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    Skirmish on

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    Robert Mitch

    It's in the Bag!

    It's in the

    The Young and the Brave

    The Young an

    Battle Stations

    Battle Stati

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    10,000 Kids

    They Drive by Night

    They Drive b

    Johnny Nobody

    Johnny Nobod

    The Ransom of Red Chief

    The Ransom o

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    High Air

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    The Time Ele

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    2004

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    asBuzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

    1991

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1968

    The Movie Orgy

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1964

    Young Fury

    asBlacksmith

    1964

    Law of the Lawless

    asSheriff Ed Tanner

    1963

    For Love or Money

    asJoe Fogel

    1963

    The Young and the Brave

    asSgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

    1962

    Boys' Night Out

    asSlattery

    1961

    Johnny Nobody

    asJames Ronald Mulcahy

    1959

    The Rough and the Smooth

    asReg Barker

    1959

    The Ransom of Red Chief

    asBill Driscoll

    1959

    Idol on Parade

    asSergeant Major Lush

    1958

    The Deep Six

    as'Frenchy' Shapiro

    1956

    High Air

    asJoe Redman

    1956

    Battle Stations

    asBuck Fitzpatrick

    1955

    Crashout

    asVan Morgan Duff

    1954

    Dangerous Mission

    asChief Ranger Joe Parker

    1952

    Blackbeard, the Pirate

    asBen Worley

    1952

    Macao

    asLawrence C. Trumble

    1952

    A Girl in Every Port

    asTimothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

    1951

    Submarine Command

    asCPO Boyer

    1951

    Detective Story

    asDet. Lou Brody

    1950

    Gambling House

    asJoe Farrow

    1950

    Kill the Umpire

    asBill 'Two Call' Johnson

    1949

    Johnny Holiday

    asSgt. Walker

    1949

    The Big Steal

    asCapt. Vincent Blake

    1949

    Streets of Laredo

    asWahoo Jones

    1949

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    asSir Sagramore

    1949

    The Life of Riley

    asChester A. Riley

    1949

    Cover Up

    asLarry Best

    1948

    10,000 Kids and a Cop

    asCop

    1948

    The Babe Ruth Story

    asGeorge Herman 'Babe' Ruth

    1948

    Race Street

    asBarney Runson

    1948

    The Time of Your Life

    asNick

    1947

    Where There's Life

    asVictor O'Brien

    1947

    Variety Girl

    asWilliam Bendix

    1947

    The Web

    asLt. Damico

    1947

    Blaze of Noon

    asPorkie Scott

    1947

    I'll Be Yours

    asWechsberg

    1946

    Calcutta

    asPedro Blake

    1946

    Two Years Before the Mast

    asFirst Mate Amazeen

    1946

    White Tie and Tails

    asLarry Lundie

    1946

    The Blue Dahlia

    asBuzz Wanchek

    1946

    The Dark Corner

    asStauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

    1946

    Sentimental Journey

    asDonnelly - Uncle Don

    1945

    A Bell for Adano

    asSgt. Borth

    1945

    Don Juan Quilligan

    asPatrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan

    1945

    It's in the Bag!

    asWilliam Bendix

    1944

    Greenwich Village

    asDanny O'Mara

    1944

    Abroad with Two Yanks

    asBiff Koraski

    1944

    The Hairy Ape

    asHank Smith

    1944

    Skirmish on the Home Front

    asHerb Miller

    1944

    Lifeboat

    asGus Smith

    1943

    Guadalcanal Diary

    asCorp. Taxi Potts

    1943

    Hostages

    asUnderground leader

    1943

    China

    asJohnny Sparrow

    1943

    Taxi, Mister

    asTim McGuerin

    1943

    The Crystal Ball

    asBiff Carter

    1942

    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    asTim McGuerin

    1942

    Who Done It?

    asDetective Sgt. Brannigan

    1942

    The Glass Key

    asJeff

    1942

    Wake Island

    asPvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

    1942

    Star Spangled Rhythm

    asHerman

    1942

    Woman of the Year

    asPinkie Peters

    1942

    Brooklyn Orchid

    asTimothy McGuerin

    1940

    They Drive by Night

    asDriver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

    The Time Element

    asPeter Jenson

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    (1 episode)asGeorge Harris

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    (1 episode)asWindow Washer

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    (1 episode)asUSAF Crew Chief

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    (1 episode)asVance Muldoon

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    (1 episode)asMr. Minihan - an unlucky man

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    (17 episode)asFrederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly

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    (1 episode)asLarry Beat

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    (1 episode)asHarrison Weems

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    (219 episode)asChester A. Riley

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    (1 episode)asJoe Redman

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    (1 episode)asCarl Ledbetter

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    (1 episode)asBill Parker

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Guest

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    (1 episode)asMack Pomeroy