
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).
Movies
TV Shows

Burke's Law

The Untouchables

The Steve Allen Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Mister Ed

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Ford Television Theatre

Lights Out

The Life Of Riley

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Screen Director's Playhouse

Riverboat

General Electric Theater

Overland Trail

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
More Movies

The Dark Corner

The Glass Key

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Wake Island

The Web

Star Spangled Rhythm

Battle Stations

A Bell for Adano

Variety Girl

Macao

The Big Steal

Who Done It?

Dangerous Mission

Idol on Parade

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Two Years Before the Mast

The Hairy Ape

Sentimental Journey

The Time of Your Life

Calcutta

The Young and the Brave

The Babe Ruth Story

The Crystal Ball

It's in the Bag!

Gambling House

10,000 Kids and a Cop

A Girl in Every Port

I'll Be Yours

The Rough and the Smooth

The Deep Six

The Life of Riley

Abroad with Two Yanks

Johnny Holiday

Johnny Nobody

Crashout

Blaze of Noon

The Ransom of Red Chief

Kill the Umpire

Where There's Life

Race Street

White Tie and Tails

Taxi, Mister

Don Juan Quilligan

China

Brooklyn Orchid





















