Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1906-01-14
Day of Death
1964-12-14
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).
Filmography (66)
⭐ 7.6
Role:
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
⭐ 6.6
Role:
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
⭐ 5.6
Role:
Blacksmith
Young Fury
1964
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Sheriff Ed Tanner
Law of the Lawless
1964
⭐ 6.1
Role:
Joe Fogel
For Love or Money
1963
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
The Young and the Brave
1963
⭐ 5.9
Role:
Slattery
Boys' Night Out
1962
⭐ 6.6
Role:
James Ronald Mulcahy
Johnny Nobody
1961
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Reg Barker
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Bill Driscoll
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Sergeant Major Lush
Idol on Parade
1959
⭐ 5.7
Role:
'Frenchy' Shapiro
The Deep Six
1958No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Joe Redman
High Air
1956
⭐ 6.1
Role:
Buck Fitzpatrick
