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William Bendix

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William Bendix

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William Bendix

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: Acting
Born: 14 Jan 1906
Died: 14 Dec 1964
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Lifeboat1944
The Blue Dahlia1946

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Detective Story1951

Woman of the Year1942

The Untouchables1959

Actor
Writer

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star1991
The Movie Orgy1968
Young Fury1964
Law of the Lawless1964
Burke's Law1963
Burke's Law
Season 1
S1E1Who Killed Holly Howard?
Season 2
S2E3Who Killed Cassandra Cass?
For Love or Money1963
The Young and the Brave1963
Vacation Playhouse1963
Vacation Playhouse
Season 2
S2E12Ivy League
Boys' Night Out1962
Johnny Nobody1961
Mister Ed1961
Mister Ed
Season 1
S1E25Pine Lake Lodge
Overland Trail1960
Overland Trail
Season 1
S1E12First Stage to Denver
S1E13Sour Annie
S1E14The Baron Comes Back
S1E15The Escort Detail
S1E16The Reckoning
S1E17The Most Dangerous Gentleman
S1E2The O'Mara Ladies
S1E5Westbound Stage
The Untouchables1959
The Untouchables
Season 1
S1E9The Tri-State Gang
The Rough and the Smooth1959
Riverboat1959
The Ransom of Red Chief1959
Idol on Parade1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Season 1
S1E6The Time Element
The Deep Six1958
The Lux Show1957
The Lux Show
Season 1
S1E2Episode 2
Wagon Train1957
Wagon Train
Season 2
S2E1Around the Horn
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Season 5
S5E141Episode 141
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Season 4
S4E21Season 4, Episode 21
High Air1956
The Steve Allen Show1956
The Steve Allen Show
Season 3
S3E6Jerry Vale, William Bendix, Judy Canova, Shelley Berman, Janice Harper, Art Blakely, Candido, Sabu Martinez, Bob Rosengarden
Season 5
S5E7Jack Kerouac, William Bendix, Frankie Laine, Pam Garner
Battle Stations1956
Screen Director's Playhouse1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Season 1
S1E35High Air
The 20th Century Fox Hour1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Season 2
S2E18Threat to a Happy Ending
Crashout1955
Dangerous Mission1954
General Electric Theater1953
General Electric Theater
Season 10
S10E11We're Holding Your Son
The Life Of Riley1953
The Life Of Riley
Season 1
S1E21Riley's Uncle Baxter
Season 3
S3E4Destination Brooklyn
S3E5The Dog Watch
Season 4
S4E12Riley, the Tycoon
S4E19Babs's Wedding
S4E20Riley's Raffle
S4E21Junior Quits School
S4E35From Rags to Riches
S4E36House for Sale
S4E37Babs Moves Out
Season 5
S5E10A Man's Pride
S5E12Blessed Event
S5E13Benefit for Egbert
S5E8Juvenile Delinquent
S5E9Riley's Lonely Night
Season 6
S6E15A Guest from England
S6E16Little Awful Annie
S6E31Annie's Radio Romance
Blackbeard, the Pirate1952
The Ford Television Theatre1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Season 3
S3E4Segment
Season 4
S4E39A Past Remembered
Macao1952
A Girl in Every Port1952
Submarine Command1951
Detective Story1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Season 5
S5E40The Mechanical Cook
Season 8
S8E24Ivy League
Gambling House1950
Lux Video Theatre1950
Lux Video Theatre
Season 4
S4E36The Outside Witness
Season 6
S6E14Cover-Up
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Season 5
S5E3Phil Harris and Dinah Shore
Truth or Consequences1950
Truth or Consequences
Season 1
S1E32Episode 32
Kill the Umpire1950
What's My Line?1950
Robert Montgomery Presents1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Season 8
S8E10The Misfortunes of Mr. Minihan
Johnny Holiday1949
Lights Out1949
Lights Out
Season 3
S3E56The Hollow Man
The Big Steal1949
Streets of Laredo1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court1949
The Life of Riley1949
Cover Up1949
The Philco Television Playhouse1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Season 8
S8E12Kyria Katina
10,000 Kids and a Cop1948
The Babe Ruth Story1948
Race Street1948
The Time of Your Life1948
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Season 5
S5E51William Bendix; Patti Page; Nicoli Lemeni
Season 11
S11E41Esther Williams / Frank Sinatra (on film) / Princess Grace (film)
Where There's Life1947
Variety Girl1947
The Web1947
Blaze of Noon1947
I'll Be Yours1947
Calcutta1946
Two Years Before the Mast1946
White Tie and Tails1946
The Blue Dahlia1946
The Dark Corner1946
Sentimental Journey1946
A Bell for Adano1945
Don Juan Quilligan1945
It's in the Bag!1945
Greenwich Village1944
Abroad with Two Yanks1944
The Hairy Ape1944
Skirmish on the Home Front1944
Lifeboat1944
Guadalcanal Diary1943
Hostages1943
China1943
Taxi, Mister1943
The Crystal Ball1943
The McGuerins from Brooklyn1942
Who Done It?1942
The Glass Key1942
Wake Island1942
Star Spangled Rhythm1942
Woman of the Year1942
Brooklyn Orchid1942
They Drive by Night1940
The Time Element