William Bendix
January 14, 1906 (120 years old) in 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).
Known For
Credits
- 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- 1964 · Young Fury as Blacksmith
- 1964 · Law of the Lawless as Sheriff Ed Tanner
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Fred Hopke
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Harrison Weems
- 1963 · For Love or Money as Joe Fogel
- 1963 · Vacation Playhouse as
- 1961 · Mister Ed as Bill Parker
- 1960 · Overland Trail as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Wally Legenza
- 1959 · Riverboat as Vance Muldoon
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1957 · The Lux Show as Self
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Capt. Matthew Cobb
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- 1956 · Battle Stations as Buck Fitzpatrick
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Captain George Devlin
- 1955 · Screen Director's Playhouse as Joe Redman
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as George Harris
- 1953 · The Life Of Riley as Chester A. Riley
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Carl Ledbetter
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Mack Pomeroy
- 1952 · Macao as Lawrence C. Trumble
- 1951 · Detective Story as Det. Lou Brody
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as USAF Crew Chief
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bull Mitchell
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Window Washer
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Larry Beat
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · Truth or Consequences as
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
- 1949 · Lights Out as
- 1949 · Streets of Laredo as Wahoo Jones
- 1949 · A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sir Sagramore
- 1949 · Cover Up as Larry Best
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Genteman Suitor
- 1948 · 10,000 Kids and a Cop as Cop
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1945 · Don Juan Quilligan as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
- 1944 · Greenwich Village as Danny O'Mara
- 1944 · Lifeboat as Gus Smith
- 1943 · Guadalcanal Diary as Corp. Taxi Potts
- 1942 · Woman of the Year as Pinkie Peters
- 1940 · They Drive by Night as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
- Future · The Time Element as Peter Jenson
- 1991 · Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
- 1963 · The Young and the Brave as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
- 1962 · Boys' Night Out as Slattery
- 1961 · Johnny Nobody as James Ronald Mulcahy
- 1959 · The Rough and the Smooth as Reg Barker
- 1959 · The Ransom of Red Chief as Bill Driscoll
- 1959 · Idol on Parade as Sergeant Major Lush
- 1958 · The Deep Six as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
- 1956 · High Air as Joe Redman
- 1955 · Crashout as Van Morgan Duff
- 1954 · Dangerous Mission as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
- 1952 · Blackbeard, the Pirate as Ben Worley
- 1952 · A Girl in Every Port as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
- 1951 · Submarine Command as CPO Boyer
- 1950 · Gambling House as Joe Farrow
- 1950 · Kill the Umpire as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
- 1949 · Johnny Holiday as Sgt. Walker
- 1949 · The Big Steal as Capt. Vincent Blake
- 1949 · The Life of Riley as Chester A. Riley
- 1948 · The Babe Ruth Story as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
- 1948 · Race Street as Barney Runson
- 1948 · The Time of Your Life as Nick
- 1947 · Where There's Life as Victor O'Brien
- 1947 · Variety Girl as William Bendix
- 1947 · The Web as Lt. Damico
- 1947 · Blaze of Noon as Porkie Scott
- 1947 · I'll Be Yours as Wechsberg
- 1946 · Calcutta as Pedro Blake
- 1946 · Two Years Before the Mast as First Mate Amazeen
- 1946 · White Tie and Tails as Larry Lundie
- 1946 · The Blue Dahlia as Buzz Wanchek
- 1946 · The Dark Corner as Fred Foss
- 1946 · Sentimental Journey as Donnelly - Uncle Don
- 1945 · A Bell for Adano as Sergeant Borth
- 1945 · It's in the Bag! as William Bendix
- 1944 · Abroad with Two Yanks as Biff Koraski
- 1944 · The Hairy Ape as Hank Smith
- 1944 · Skirmish on the Home Front as Herb Miller
- 1943 · Hostages as Underground leader
- 1943 · China as Johnny Sparrow
- 1943 · Taxi, Mister as Tim McGuerin
- 1943 · The Crystal Ball as Biff Carter
- 1942 · The McGuerins from Brooklyn as Tim McGuerin
- 1942 · Who Done It? as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
- 1942 · The Glass Key as Jeff
- 1942 · Wake Island as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
- 1942 · Star Spangled Rhythm as Herman
- 1942 · Brooklyn Orchid as Timothy McGuerin