Personal Info
Birthday
January 14, 1906
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
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).
Acting Filmography (85)
No Backdrop
7.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie1991
6.7
The Movie Orgy
Movie1968
5.6
Young Fury
Movie1964
6.5
Law of the Lawless
Movie1964
6.3
Burke's Law
TV Series1963
6.1
For Love or Money
Movie1963
6.3
The Young and the Brave
Movie1963
5.9
Boys' Night Out
Movie1962
6.6
Johnny Nobody
Movie1961
6.7
Mister Ed
TV Series1961
No Backdrop
6.3
Overland Trail
TV Series1960
8.0
The Untouchables
TV Series1959
6.3
The Rough and the Smooth
Movie1959
No Backdrop
6.5
Riverboat
TV Series1959
9.0
The Ransom of Red Chief
Movie1959
7.0
Idol on Parade
Movie1959
No Backdrop
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV Series1958
5.7
The Deep Six
Movie1958
6.6
Wagon Train
TV Series1957
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV Series1956
No Backdrop
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
TV Series1956
6.1
Battle Stations
Movie1956
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV Series1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV Series1955
6.7
Crashout
Movie1955
6.1
Dangerous Mission
Movie1954
6.8
General Electric Theater
TV Series1953
6.7
The Life Of Riley
TV Series1953
5.9
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Movie1952
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
TV Series1952
6.3
Macao
Movie1952
5.2
A Girl in Every Port
Movie1952
5.8
Submarine Command
Movie1951
7.1
Detective Story
Movie1951
No Backdrop
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV Series1951
6.2
Gambling House
Movie1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV Series1950
6.9
Kill the Umpire
Movie1950
7.0
What's My Line?
TV Series1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV Series1950
7.5
Johnny Holiday
Movie1949
No Backdrop
6.0
Lights Out
TV Series1949
6.6
The Big Steal
Movie1949
6.0
Streets of Laredo
Movie1949
6.3
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie1949
8.0
The Life of Riley
Movie1949
6.6
Cover Up
Movie1949
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV Series1948
No Backdrop
7.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Movie1948
6.1
The Babe Ruth Story
Movie1948
6.0
Race Street
Movie1948
6.1
The Time of Your Life
Movie1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948
6.4
Where There's Life
Movie1947
6.5
Variety Girl
Movie1947
7.1
The Web
Movie1947
5.7
Blaze of Noon
Movie1947
No Backdrop
6.2
I'll Be Yours
Movie1947
6.4
Calcutta
Movie1946
6.5
Two Years Before the Mast
Movie1946
7.3
White Tie and Tails
Movie1946
6.7
The Blue Dahlia
Movie1946
6.6
The Dark Corner
Movie1946
6.4
Sentimental Journey
Movie1946
6.0
A Bell for Adano
Movie1945
7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
Movie1945
6.3
It's in the Bag!
Movie1945
6.7
Greenwich Village
Movie1944
6.7
Abroad with Two Yanks
Movie1944
6.3
The Hairy Ape
Movie1944
7.4
Lifeboat
Movie1944
5.6
Guadalcanal Diary
Movie1943
7.0
Hostages
Movie1943
6.9
China
Movie1943
4.2
Taxi, Mister
Movie1943
6.1
The Crystal Ball
Movie1943
6.7
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Movie1942
7.0
Who Done It?
Movie1942
6.6
The Glass Key
Movie1942
5.9
Wake Island
Movie1942
6.2
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie1942
6.9
Woman of the Year
Movie1942
No Backdrop
6.7
Brooklyn Orchid
Movie1942
6.9
They Drive by Night
Movie1940
No Backdrop
0.0
The Time Element
MovieN/A