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)
Wagon Train
1957
as Capt. Matthew Cobb
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Genteman Suitor
What's My Line?
1950
as Self / Self - Panelist
The Untouchables
1959
as Wally Legenza
Burke's Law
1963
as Fred Hopke / Harrison Weems
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Lights Out
1949
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Carl Ledbetter / Mack Pomeroy
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - Guest
Mister Ed
1961
as Bill Parker
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Captain George Devlin
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Riverboat
1959
as Vance Muldoon
The Life Of Riley
1953
as Chester A. Riley
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Window Washer / Larry Beat
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Joe Redman
Vacation Playhouse
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
as George Harris
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as USAF Crew Chief / Bull Mitchell
Truth or Consequences
1950
Overland Trail
1960
as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
Movies (66)
Lifeboat
1944
as Gus Smith
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Sir Sagramore
Woman of the Year
1942
as Pinkie Peters
Submarine Command
1951
as CPO Boyer
Detective Story
1951
as Det. Lou Brody
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
as Corp. Taxi Potts
Young Fury
1964
as Blacksmith
Variety Girl
1947
as William Bendix
Gambling House
1950
as Joe Farrow
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Wake Island
1942
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
The Glass Key
1942
as Jeff
They Drive by Night
1940
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Crashout
1955
as Van Morgan Duff
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Slattery
The Dark Corner
1946
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
The Web
1947
as Lt. Damico
The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Buzz Wanchek
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Ben Worley
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Wahoo Jones
Macao
1952
as Lawrence C. Trumble
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
China
1943
as Johnny Sparrow
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as First Mate Amazeen
Where There's Life
1947
as Victor O'Brien
Dangerous Mission
1954
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
A Bell for Adano
1945
as Sgt. Borth
It's in the Bag!
1945
as William Bendix
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Herman
Who Done It?
1942
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
Calcutta
1946
as Pedro Blake
The Time of Your Life
1948
as Nick
Johnny Nobody
1961
as James Ronald Mulcahy
Race Street
1948
as Barney Runson
The Deep Six
1958
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Larry Lundie
Battle Stations
1956
as Buck Fitzpatrick
A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Porkie Scott
Hostages
1943
as Underground leader
The Big Steal
1949
as Capt. Vincent Blake
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
Cover Up
1949
as Larry Best
For Love or Money
1963
as Joe Fogel
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
as Cop
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
as Biff Koraski
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
as Tim McGuerin
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
as Timothy McGuerin
Sentimental Journey
1946
as Donnelly - Uncle Don
Idol on Parade
1959
as Sergeant Major Lush
Greenwich Village
1944
as Danny O'Mara
The Crystal Ball
1943
as Biff Carter
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
as Reg Barker
The Hairy Ape
1944
as Hank Smith
Taxi, Mister
1943
as Tim McGuerin
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
as Bill Driscoll
The Time Element
as Peter Jenson
Kill the Umpire
1950
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
The Young and the Brave
1963
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
The Life of Riley
1949
as Chester A. Riley
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
as Herb Miller
Johnny Holiday
1949
as Sgt. Walker
High Air
1956
as Joe Redman
I'll Be Yours
1947
as Wechsberg
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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- Lifeboat (1944) — as Gus Smith
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) — as Sir Sagramore
- Woman of the Year (1942) — as Pinkie Peters
- Submarine Command (1951) — as CPO Boyer
- Detective Story (1951) — as Det. Lou Brody
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