William Bendix
Known for: Actor
Born: 14 January 1906, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 14 December 1964
Credits: 60+ titles
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).
Filmography
The Time Element
Young Fury
Law of the Lawless
Burke's Law
For Love or Money
The Young and the Brave
Vacation Playhouse
Boys' Night Out
Johnny Nobody
Mister Ed
Overland Trail
The Untouchables
The Rough and the Smooth
Riverboat
The Ransom of Red Chief
Idol on Parade
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Deep Six
Wagon Train
High Air
Battle Stations
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Screen Director's Playhouse
Crashout
Dangerous Mission
General Electric Theater
The Life Of Riley
Blackbeard, the Pirate
The Ford Television Theatre
Macao
A Girl in Every Port
Submarine Command
Detective Story
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Gambling House
Lux Video Theatre
Truth or Consequences
Kill the Umpire
Robert Montgomery Presents
Johnny Holiday
Lights Out
The Big Steal
Streets of Laredo
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Life of Riley
Cover Up
The Philco Television Playhouse
10,000 Kids and a Cop
The Babe Ruth Story
Race Street
The Time of Your Life
Where There's Life
Variety Girl
The Web
Blaze of Noon
I'll Be Yours
Calcutta
Two Years Before the Mast
White Tie and Tails
The Blue Dahlia