William Bendix

Born: 1906-01-14, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1964-12-14

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).

Filmography

• Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
• The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
• Burke's Law (1963)
• Mister Ed (1961)
• The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
• The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
• The Life Of Riley (1953)
• Riverboat (1959)
• Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
• Overland Trail (1960)
• Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
• Lifeboat (1944)
• Who Done It? (1942)
• Boys' Night Out (1962)
• The Blue Dahlia (1946)
• Greenwich Village (1944)
• Macao (1952)
• Detective Story (1951)
• Woman of the Year (1942)
• Young Fury (1964)
• They Drive by Night (1940)
• The Glass Key (1942)
• Streets of Laredo (1949)
• Dangerous Mission (1954)
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
• Variety Girl (1947)
• Law of the Lawless (1964)
• Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
• Submarine Command (1951)