Acting
William Bendix
1906-01-14 · 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).
Known for
Lifeboat
The Blue Dahlia
Detective Story
Woman of the Year
The Untouchables
They Drive by Night
The Glass Key
The Big Steal
The Dark Corner
Mister Ed
Macao
Blackbeard, the Pirate
The Web
Who Done It?
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Wagon Train
Movie credits · 67
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
The Movie Orgy
Young Fury
Law of the Lawless
For Love or Money
The Young and the Brave
Boys' Night Out
Johnny Nobody
The Rough and the Smooth
The Ransom of Red Chief
A Luz vem do Alto
Idol on Parade
The Deep Six
High Air
Battle Stations
Crashout
Dangerous Mission
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Macao
A Girl in Every Port
Submarine Command
Detective Story
Gambling House
Kill the Umpire
Johnny Holiday
The Big Steal
Streets of Laredo
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Life of Riley
Cover Up
10,000 Kids and a Cop
The Babe Ruth Story
Race Street
The Time of Your Life
Where There's Life
Variety Girl
The Web
Blaze of Noon
I'll Be Yours
Calcutta
TV credits · 26
Burke's Law
Vacation Playhouse
Mister Ed
Overland Trail
The Untouchables
Riverboat
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Lux Show
Wagon Train
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Steve Allen Show
Screen Director's Playhouse
The 20th Century Fox Hour
General Electric Theater
The Life Of Riley
The Ford Television Theatre
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lux Video Theatre
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Truth or Consequences
What's My Line?
Robert Montgomery Presents
Lights Out
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
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