William Bendix

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1906-01-14

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA
IMDb

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).

Gallery

Gallery Image
Gallery Image

Acting History

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