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).
Movies (66)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
The Movie Orgy
1968
Young Fury
1964
Law of the Lawless
1964
For Love or Money
1963
The Young and the Brave
1963
Boys' Night Out
1962
Johnny Nobody
1961
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
Idol on Parade
1959
The Deep Six
1958
Battle Stations
1956
Crashout
1955
Dangerous Mission
1954
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
Macao
1952
A Girl in Every Port
1952
Submarine Command
1951
Detective Story
1951
Gambling House
1950
Kill the Umpire
1950
Johnny Holiday
1949
The Big Steal
1949
Streets of Laredo
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
The Life of Riley
1949
Cover Up
1949
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
Race Street
1948
The Time of Your Life
1948
Where There's Life
1947
Variety Girl
1947
The Web
1947
Blaze of Noon
1947
I'll Be Yours
1947
Calcutta
1946
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
White Tie and Tails
1946
The Blue Dahlia
1946
The Dark Corner
1946
Sentimental Journey
1946
A Bell for Adano
1945
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
It's in the Bag!
1945
Greenwich Village
1944
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
The Hairy Ape
1944
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
Lifeboat
1944
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
Hostages
1943
China
1943
Taxi, Mister
1943
The Crystal Ball
1943
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
Who Done It?
1942
The Glass Key
1942
Wake Island
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Woman of the Year
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
They Drive by Night
1940
The Time Element
TV Shows (26)
Burke's Law
1963
Burke's Law
1963
Mister Ed
1961
Overland Trail
1960
The Untouchables
1959
Riverboat
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Wagon Train
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
General Electric Theater
1953
The Life Of Riley
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
What's My Line?
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Lights Out
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948