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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-01-14 (119 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

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
Law of the Lawless as Sheriff Ed Tanner

1963

For Love or Money as Joe Fogel
The Young and the Brave as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Burke's Law as Fred Hopke
Burke's Law as Harrison Weems

1962

Boys' Night Out as Slattery

1961

Johnny Nobody as James Ronald Mulcahy
Mister Ed as Bill Parker

1960

Overland Trail as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly

1959

Idol on Parade as Sergeant Major Lush
The Ransom of Red Chief as Bill Driscoll
Riverboat as Vance Muldoon
The Untouchables as Wally Legenza

1958

The Deep Six as 'Frenchy' Shapiro

1957

Wagon Train as Capt. Matthew Cobb
The Lux Show as Self

1956

Battle Stations as Buck Fitzpatrick
High Air as Joe Redman
The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest

1955

Crashout as Van Morgan Duff
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Captain George Devlin

1954

Dangerous Mission as Chief Ranger Joe Parker

1953

General Electric Theater as George Harris
The Life Of Riley as Chester A. Riley

1952

Macao as Lawrence C. Trumble
A Girl in Every Port as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
The Ford Television Theatre as Carl Ledbetter

1951

Detective Story as Det. Lou Brody
Submarine Command as CPO Boyer
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as USAF Crew Chief

1950

Gambling House as Joe Farrow
Kill the Umpire as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Lux Video Theatre as Window Washer
Robert Montgomery Presents as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
Lux Video Theatre as Larry Beat
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist

1949

Cover Up as Larry Best
The Big Steal as Capt. Vincent Blake
Streets of Laredo as Wahoo Jones
Johnny Holiday as Sgt. Walker
The Life of Riley as Chester A. Riley

1948

The Babe Ruth Story as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Race Street as Barney Runson

1947

The Web as Lt. Damico
Where There's Life as Victor O'Brien
I'll Be Yours as Wechsberg
Variety Girl as William Bendix
Blaze of Noon as Porkie Scott

1946

The Dark Corner as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Calcutta as Pedro Blake
The Blue Dahlia as Buzz Wanchek
White Tie and Tails as Larry Lundie
Sentimental Journey as Donnelly - Uncle Don
Two Years Before the Mast as First Mate Amazeen

1945

A Bell for Adano as Sgt. Borth
Don Juan Quilligan as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
It's in the Bag! as William Bendix

1944

Lifeboat as Gus Smith
The Hairy Ape as Hank Smith
Greenwich Village as Danny O'Mara
Abroad with Two Yanks as Biff Koraski

1943

Guadalcanal Diary as Corp. Taxi Potts
China as Johnny Sparrow
Taxi, Mister as Tim McGuerin
The Crystal Ball as Biff Carter
Hostages as Underground leader

1942

Woman of the Year as Pinkie Peters
Wake Island as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Who Done It? as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
Brooklyn Orchid as Timothy McGuerin

1940

They Drive by Night as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

Writing

1959