William Bendix
Acting · Born 1906-01-14 · age 58 at death · New York City, New York, USA
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).
Titles
Lifeboat
The Blue Dahlia
Detective Story
Woman of the Year
They Drive by Night
The Untouchables
The Glass Key
The Big Steal
The Dark Corner
Mister Ed
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Macao
The Web
Who Done It?
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Wagon Train
Boys' Night Out
Wake Island
Cover Up
Crashout
Guadalcanal Diary
Calcutta
Race Street
Dangerous Mission
The Time of Your Life
Submarine Command
China
Gambling House
The Crystal Ball
Johnny Nobody
Streets of Laredo
A Bell for Adano
The Deep Six
Young Fury
Burke's Law
Variety Girl
The Rough and the Smooth
Star Spangled Rhythm
Law of the Lawless
Two Years Before the Mast
The Young and the Brave
The Philco Television Playhouse
For Love or Money
Battle Stations
The Babe Ruth Story
Robert Montgomery Presents
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Idol on Parade
Kill the Umpire
Lux Video Theatre
Where There's Life
The Hairy Ape
It's in the Bag!
General Electric Theater
Greenwich Village
Riverboat
Sentimental Journey
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Taxi, Mister
Truth or Consequences