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William Bendix

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Born: January 14, 1906 in 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).

Filmography67 TITLES
Boys' Night Out
5.8
Boys' Night Out1962
Detective Story
7.0
Detective Story1951
The Blue Dahlia
6.7
The Blue Dahlia1946
The Movie Orgy
6.3
The Movie Orgy1968
Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.6
Los Angeles Plays Itself2004
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Woman of the Year
6.9
Woman of the Year1942
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
6.2
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court1949
The Glass Key
6.6
The Glass Key1942
The Web
7.1
The Web1947
Lifeboat
7.4
Lifeboat1944
Wake Island
5.8
Wake Island1942
Variety Girl
6.1
Variety Girl1947
Submarine Command
5.6
Submarine Command1951
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
7.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star1991
Guadalcanal Diary
5.6
Guadalcanal Diary1943
Streets of Laredo
5.9
Streets of Laredo1949
Blackbeard, the Pirate
5.9
Blackbeard, the Pirate1952
The Big Steal
6.6
The Big Steal1949
Macao
6.2
Macao1952
Law of the Lawless
6.1
Law of the Lawless1964
The Deep Six
5.5
The Deep Six1958
The Dark Corner
6.6
The Dark Corner1946
Race Street
5.8
Race Street1948
The Time of Your Life
5.7
The Time of Your Life1948
Idol on Parade
7.0
Idol on Parade1959
Blaze of Noon
4.0
Blaze of Noon1947
Sentimental Journey
6.4
Sentimental Journey1946
Gambling House
6.1
Gambling House1950
A Girl in Every Port
4.8
A Girl in Every Port1952
The Babe Ruth Story
5.7
The Babe Ruth Story1948
The Young and the Brave
5.9
The Young and the Brave1963
A Bell for Adano
5.7
A Bell for Adano1945
Abroad with Two Yanks
6.0
Abroad with Two Yanks1944
Calcutta
6.3
Calcutta1946
Cover Up
6.5
Cover Up1949
Johnny Nobody
6.6
Johnny Nobody1961
Battle Stations
5.6
Battle Stations1956
Where There's Life
5.8
Where There's Life1947
China
6.8
China1943
Dangerous Mission
5.8
Dangerous Mission1954
For Love or Money
5.7
For Love or Money1963
Who Done It?
6.9
Who Done It?1942
Kill the Umpire
6.3
Kill the Umpire1950
They Drive by Night
6.9
They Drive by Night1940
I'll Be Yours
6.0
I'll Be Yours1947
Star Spangled Rhythm
6.0
Star Spangled Rhythm1942
Don Juan Quilligan
6.0
Don Juan Quilligan1945
The Life of Riley
7.0
The Life of Riley1949
Crashout
6.6
Crashout1955
White Tie and Tails
7.0
White Tie and Tails1946
Johnny Holiday
7.0
Johnny Holiday1949
Two Years Before the Mast
6.1
Two Years Before the Mast1946
Young Fury
5.3
Young Fury1964
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
5.5
The McGuerins from Brooklyn1942
The Hairy Ape
5.7
The Hairy Ape1944
The Crystal Ball
5.9
The Crystal Ball1943
The Rough and the Smooth
5.9
The Rough and the Smooth1959
High Air
High Air1956
It's in the Bag!
5.7
It's in the Bag!1945
The Time Element
The Time Element
The Ransom of Red Chief
10.0
The Ransom of Red Chief1959
Greenwich Village
6.0
Greenwich Village1944
Brooklyn Orchid
6.0
Brooklyn Orchid1942
Hostages
6.0
Hostages1943
Taxi, Mister
3.6
Taxi, Mister1943
10,000 Kids and a Cop
6.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop1948
Skirmish on the Home Front
Skirmish on the Home Front1944