William Bendix
Born January 14, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA
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).
Notable Appearances
Movies
Two Years Before the Mast
Woman of the Year
Detective Story
Guadalcanal Diary
They Drive by Night
Lifeboat
For Love or Money
The Movie Orgy
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Boys' Night Out
The Blue Dahlia
Law of the Lawless
A Bell for Adano
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
The Glass Key
Dangerous Mission
Young Fury
The Dark Corner
TV Shows
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Philco Television Playhouse
Burke's Law
The Steve Allen Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Ford Television Theatre
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Mister Ed
Lights Out
Riverboat
The Life Of Riley
Screen Director's Playhouse
General Electric Theater
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Overland Trail
More Movies
Greenwich Village
A Girl in Every Port
Macao
Streets of Laredo
It's in the Bag!
The Time of Your Life
Variety Girl
The Babe Ruth Story
Where There's Life
Submarine Command
Who Done It?
Wake Island
Battle Stations
Cover Up
White Tie and Tails
Blackbeard, the Pirate
The Deep Six
The Young and the Brave
The Big Steal
10,000 Kids and a Cop
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
The Rough and the Smooth
The Web
I'll Be Yours
Blaze of Noon
Crashout
The Life of Riley
Star Spangled Rhythm
Gambling House
China
Race Street
Abroad with Two Yanks
Idol on Parade
Sentimental Journey
The Ransom of Red Chief
Don Juan Quilligan
Unreleased
The Time Element
Calcutta
The Hairy Ape
Johnny Nobody
The Crystal Ball
Kill the Umpire
Brooklyn Orchid
Hostages
Taxi, Mister
High Air
