William Bendix
Born: 1906-01-14 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1964-12-14
Known For: Acting
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
2004
- Los Angeles Plays Itself as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
1991
- Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
1968
- The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1964
- Young Fury as Blacksmith
- Law of the Lawless as Sheriff Ed Tanner
1963
- Burke's Law as Fred Hopke
- Vacation Playhouse
- For Love or Money as Joe Fogel
- The Young and the Brave as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
1962
- Boys' Night Out as Slattery
1961
- Mister Ed as Bill Parker
- Johnny Nobody as James Ronald Mulcahy
1960
- Overland Trail as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
1959
- The Untouchables as Wally Legenza
- Riverboat as Vance Muldoon
- The Rough and the Smooth as Reg Barker
- A Luz vem do Alto ... (Writer)
- Idol on Parade as Sergeant Major Lush
- The Ransom of Red Chief as Bill Driscoll
1958
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- The Deep Six as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
1957
- Wagon Train as Capt. Matthew Cobb
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- The Lux Show as Self
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- Battle Stations as Buck Fitzpatrick
- High Air as Joe Redman
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Captain George Devlin
- Crashout as Van Morgan Duff
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Joe Redman
1954
- Dangerous Mission as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
1953
- The Life Of Riley as Chester A. Riley
- General Electric Theater as George Harris
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre as Carl Ledbetter
- Macao as Lawrence C. Trumble
- Blackbeard, the Pirate as Ben Worley
- A Girl in Every Port as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
1951
- Detective Story as Det. Lou Brody
- Submarine Command as CPO Boyer
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as USAF Crew Chief
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Lux Video Theatre as Window Washer
- Truth or Consequences
- Gambling House as Joe Farrow
- Kill the Umpire as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
1949
- Lights Out
- Johnny Holiday as Sgt. Walker
- Streets of Laredo as Wahoo Jones
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sir Sagramore
- The Big Steal as Capt. Vincent Blake
- Cover Up as Larry Best
- The Life of Riley as Chester A. Riley
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Genteman Suitor
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Race Street as Barney Runson
- The Time of Your Life as Nick
- The Babe Ruth Story as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
- 10,000 Kids and a Cop as Cop
1947
- The Web as Lt. Damico
- Variety Girl as William Bendix
- I'll Be Yours as Wechsberg
- Blaze of Noon as Porkie Scott
- Where There's Life as Victor O'Brien
1946
- Sentimental Journey as Donnelly - Uncle Don
- Calcutta as Pedro Blake
- The Dark Corner as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
- Two Years Before the Mast as First Mate Amazeen
- White Tie and Tails as Larry Lundie
- The Blue Dahlia as Buzz Wanchek
1945
- A Bell for Adano as Sgt. Borth
- Don Juan Quilligan as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
- It's in the Bag! as William Bendix
1944
- Lifeboat as Gus Smith
- Greenwich Village as Danny O'Mara
- The Hairy Ape as Hank Smith
- Abroad with Two Yanks as Biff Koraski
- Skirmish on the Home Front as Herb Miller
1943
- China as Johnny Sparrow
- Guadalcanal Diary as Corp. Taxi Potts
- Hostages as Underground leader
- Taxi, Mister as Tim McGuerin
- The Crystal Ball as Biff Carter
1942
- Brooklyn Orchid as Timothy McGuerin
- Wake Island as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
- The Glass Key as Jeff
- Woman of the Year as Pinkie Peters
- Who Done It? as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
- Star Spangled Rhythm as Herman
- The McGuerins from Brooklyn as Tim McGuerin
1940
- They Drive by Night as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)