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
Macao
Blackbeard, the Pirate
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
The Time of Your Life
Dangerous Mission
Submarine Command
Gambling House
China
The Crystal Ball
Streets of Laredo
A Bell for Adano
Johnny Nobody
The Deep Six
Young Fury
Variety Girl
Burke's Law
Star Spangled Rhythm
The Rough and the Smooth
Law of the Lawless
Two Years Before the Mast
The Young and the Brave
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Babe Ruth Story
For Love or Money
Battle Stations
The Philco Television Playhouse
Robert Montgomery Presents
Where There's Life
Kill the Umpire
The Hairy Ape
Idol on Parade
It's in the Bag!
Lux Video Theatre
Taxi, Mister
Greenwich Village
Sentimental Journey
General Electric Theater
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Riverboat
A Girl in Every Port