William Bendix
Born: 1906-01-14
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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).
Known For
The Babe Ruth Story
1948★ 5.6
Lifeboat
1944★ 7.4
China
1943★ 6.8
Johnny Holiday
1949★ 7.0
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944★ 6.0
Johnny Nobody
1961★ 6.5
Cover Up
1949★ 6.5
Guadalcanal Diary
1943★ 5.6
Greenwich Village
1944★ 6.0
Young Fury
1964★ 5.3
Brooklyn Orchid
1942★ 6.0
Dangerous Mission
1954★ 5.8
Gambling House
1950★ 6.1
Battle Stations
1956★ 5.6
Race Street
1948★ 5.8
Blaze of Noon
1947★ 4.0
Calcutta
1946★ 6.3
Who Done It?
1942★ 7.0
Macao
1952★ 6.2
Wake Island
1942★ 5.8
Hostages
1943★ 6.0
Crashout
1955★ 6.6
A Bell for Adano
1945★ 5.7
The Glass Key
1942★ 6.6
The Time of Your Life
1948★ 5.5
The Crystal Ball
1943★ 5.8
They Drive by Night
1940★ 6.9
Taxi, Mister
1943★ 3.6
The Movie Orgy
1968★ 6.3
Boys' Night Out
1962★ 5.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946★ 6.7
Detective Story
1951★ 7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
1945★ 6.0
Streets of Laredo
1949★ 5.9
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949★ 6.2
For Love or Money
1963★ 5.7
The Dark Corner
1946★ 6.5
The Time Element
N/A★ 0.0
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942★ 6.0
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004★ 7.6
The Big Steal
1949★ 6.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991★ 7.5
The Hairy Ape
1944★ 5.6
The Web
1947★ 7.0
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952★ 5.9
The Deep Six
1958★ 5.5
Law of the Lawless
1964★ 6.1
Variety Girl
1947★ 6.1
Submarine Command
1951★ 5.6
Woman of the Year
1942★ 6.9
Idol on Parade
1959★ 7.0
I'll Be Yours
1947★ 6.0
Where There's Life
1947★ 5.8
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959★ 10.0
The Young and the Brave
1963★ 5.9
The Rough and the Smooth
1959★ 5.9
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944★ 0.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948★ 6.0
White Tie and Tails
1946★ 7.0
Two Years Before the Mast
1946★ 6.1
A Girl in Every Port
1952★ 4.8
Sentimental Journey
1946★ 6.4
It's in the Bag!
1945★ 5.7
The Life of Riley
1949★ 7.0
Kill the Umpire
1950★ 6.3
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942★ 5.5