William Bendix
Acting
January 14, 1906
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).
Movies
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
Lifeboat
1944
China
1943
Johnny Holiday
1949
Johnny Nobody
1961
Blaze of Noon
1947
Cover Up
1949
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
Who Done It?
1942
Greenwich Village
1944
Young Fury
1964
Dangerous Mission
1954
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
Gambling House
1950
A Bell for Adano
1945
Race Street
1948
Wake Island
1942
Macao
1952
Battle Stations
1956
TV Shows
Wagon Train
1957
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Untouchables
1959
What's My Line?
1950
What's My Line?
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Burke's Law
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Mister Ed
1961
The Life Of Riley
1953
Riverboat
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958