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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 14, 1906
Died
December 14, 1964
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Уильям Бендикс
- ویلیام بندیکس
William Bendix
0.9 Popularity
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
7.6
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
6.3
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
5.3
Blacksmith
Young Fury
1964
6.1
Sheriff Ed Tanner
Law of the Lawless
1964
6.0
Fred Hopke
Burke's Law
1963
6.0
Harrison Weems
Burke's Law
1963
5.7
Joe Fogel
For Love or Money
1963
5.9
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
The Young and the Brave
1963
🎬
7.0
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Credits
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
1991
7.5
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
Young Fury
as Blacksmith
1964
5.3
Law of the Lawless
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
1964
6.1
Burke's Law
as Fred Hopke
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Harrison Weems
1963
6.0
For Love or Money
as Joe Fogel
1963
5.7
The Young and the Brave
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
1963
5.9
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
1963
7.0
Boys' Night Out
as Slattery
1962
5.7
Johnny Nobody
as James Ronald Mulcahy
1961
6.5
Mister Ed
as Bill Parker
1961
6.7
Overland Trail
as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
1960
5.3
The Untouchables
as Wally Legenza
1959
7.8
The Rough and the Smooth
as Reg Barker
1959
5.9
Riverboat
as Vance Muldoon
1959
6.2
The Ransom of Red Chief
as Bill Driscoll
1959
10.0
Idol on Parade
as Sergeant Major Lush
1959
7.0
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
The Deep Six
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
1958
5.5
🎬
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
6.0
Wagon Train
as Capt. Matthew Cobb
1957
6.6
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
🎬
High Air
as Joe Redman
1956
0.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
Battle Stations
as Buck Fitzpatrick
1956
5.6
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Captain George Devlin
1955
5.4
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Joe Redman
1955
6.5
Crashout
as Van Morgan Duff
1955
6.6
Dangerous Mission
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
1954
5.8
General Electric Theater
as George Harris
1953
6.4
The Life Of Riley
as Chester A. Riley
1953
6.0
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Ben Worley
1952
5.9
The Ford Television Theatre
as Carl Ledbetter
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Mack Pomeroy
1952
7.3
Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble
1952
6.2
A Girl in Every Port
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
1952
4.8
Submarine Command
as CPO Boyer
1951
5.6
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody
1951
7.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as USAF Crew Chief
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bull Mitchell
1951
7.2
Gambling House
as Joe Farrow
1950
6.1
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Window Washer
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Larry Beat
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
🎬
Truth or Consequences
1950
7.7
Kill the Umpire
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
1950
5.6
Johnny Holiday
as Sgt. Walker
1949
7.0
Lights Out
1949
5.8
The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake
1949
6.5
Streets of Laredo
as Wahoo Jones
1949
5.9
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore
1949
6.2
The Life of Riley
as Chester A. Riley
1949
7.0
Cover Up
as Larry Best
1949
6.5
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Genteman Suitor
1948
6.3
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Cop
1948
6.0
The Babe Ruth Story
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
1948
5.8
Race Street
as Barney Runson
1948
5.8
The Time of Your Life
as Nick
1948
5.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Where There's Life
as Victor O'Brien
1947
5.8
Variety Girl
as William Bendix
1947
6.1
The Web
as Lt. Damico
1947
7.0
Blaze of Noon
as Porkie Scott
1947
4.0
I'll Be Yours
as Wechsberg
1947
6.0
Calcutta
as Pedro Blake
1946
6.3
Two Years Before the Mast
as First Mate Amazeen
1946
6.1
White Tie and Tails
as Larry Lundie
1946
7.0
The Blue Dahlia
as Buzz Wanchek
1946
6.7
The Dark Corner
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
1946
6.5
Sentimental Journey
as Donnelly - Uncle Don
1946
6.4
A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Borth
1945
5.7
Don Juan Quilligan
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
1945
6.0
It's in the Bag!
as William Bendix
1945
5.7
Greenwich Village
as Danny O'Mara
1944
6.0
Abroad with Two Yanks
as Biff Koraski
1944
6.0
The Hairy Ape
as Hank Smith
1944
5.6
Skirmish on the Home Front
as Herb Miller
1944
0.0
Lifeboat
as Gus Smith
1944
7.4
Guadalcanal Diary
as Corp. Taxi Potts
1943
5.6
Hostages
as Underground leader
1943
6.0
China
as Johnny Sparrow
1943
6.8
Taxi, Mister
as Tim McGuerin
1943
3.6
The Crystal Ball
as Biff Carter
1943
5.8
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Tim McGuerin
1942
5.5
Who Done It?
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
1942
7.0
The Glass Key
as Jeff
1942
6.6
Wake Island
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
1942
5.8
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Herman
1942
6.0
Woman of the Year
as Pinkie Peters
1942
6.9
Brooklyn Orchid
as Timothy McGuerin
1942
6.0
They Drive by Night
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
1940
6.9
The Time Element
as Peter Jenson
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0.0