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