William Bendix

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1906-01-14

Deathday 1964-12-14 (58 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Уильям Бендикс

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bendix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as Self (archive footage)

1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1964
Young Fury

as Blacksmith

1964
Law of the Lawless

as Sheriff Ed Tanner

1963
For Love or Money

as Joe Fogel

1963
The Young and the Brave

as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

1963
Burke's Law

as Fred Hopke

1963
Burke's Law

as Harrison Weems

1962
Boys' Night Out

as Slattery

1961
Johnny Nobody

as James Ronald Mulcahy

1961
Mister Ed

as Bill Parker

1960
Overland Trail

as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly

1959
1959
The Ransom of Red Chief

as Bill Driscoll

1959
Idol on Parade

as Sergeant Major Lush

1959
The Untouchables

as Wally Legenza

1959
Riverboat

as Vance Muldoon

1958
The Deep Six

as 'Frenchy' Shapiro

1957
The Lux Show

as Self

1957
Wagon Train

as Capt. Matthew Cobb

1956
High Air

as Joe Redman

1956
Battle Stations

as Buck Fitzpatrick

1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

1955
Crashout

as Van Morgan Duff

1955
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Captain George Devlin

1954
Dangerous Mission

as Chief Ranger Joe Parker

1953
General Electric Theater

as George Harris

1953
The Life Of Riley

as Chester A. Riley

1952
1952
Macao

as Lawrence C. Trumble

1952
A Girl in Every Port

as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

1952
The Ford Television Theatre

as Carl Ledbetter

1951
Submarine Command

as CPO Boyer

1951
Detective Story

as Det. Lou Brody

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as USAF Crew Chief

1951
1950
Gambling House

as Joe Farrow

1950
Kill the Umpire

as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Window Washer

1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Larry Beat

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man

1949
Johnny Holiday

as Sgt. Walker

1949
The Big Steal

as Capt. Vincent Blake

1949
Streets of Laredo

as Wahoo Jones

1949
The Life of Riley

as Chester A. Riley

1949
Cover Up

as Larry Best

1948
The Babe Ruth Story

as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

1948
Race Street

as Barney Runson

1948
1947
Where There's Life

as Victor O'Brien

1947
Variety Girl

as William Bendix

1947
The Web

as Lt. Damico

1947
Blaze of Noon

as Porkie Scott

1947
I'll Be Yours

as Wechsberg

1946
Calcutta

as Pedro Blake

1946
Two Years Before the Mast

as First Mate Amazeen

1946
White Tie and Tails

as Larry Lundie

1946
The Blue Dahlia

as Buzz Wanchek

1946
The Dark Corner

as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

1946
Sentimental Journey

as Donnelly - Uncle Don

1945
A Bell for Adano

as Sgt. Borth

1945
Don Juan Quilligan

as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan

1945
It's in the Bag!

as William Bendix

1944
Greenwich Village

as Danny O'Mara

1944
Abroad with Two Yanks

as Biff Koraski

1944
The Hairy Ape

as Hank Smith

1944
1944
Lifeboat

as Gus Smith

1943
Guadalcanal Diary

as Corp. Taxi Potts

1943
Hostages

as Underground leader

1943
China

as Johnny Sparrow

1943
Taxi, Mister

as Tim McGuerin

1943
The Crystal Ball

as Biff Carter

1942
1942
Who Done It?

as Detective Sgt. Brannigan

1942
1942
Wake Island

as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

1942
1942
Woman of the Year

as Pinkie Peters

1942
Brooklyn Orchid

as Timothy McGuerin

1940
They Drive by Night

as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

Writer

1959