William Bendix

Personal Info

Birthday

January 14, 1906

Day of Death

1964-12-14

(58 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Уильям Бендикс

ویلیام بندیکس

William Bendix

Biography

William Bendix 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).

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

Wagon Train

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Untouchables

Burke's Law

The Life Of Riley

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Mister Ed

Filmography

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
Law of the Lawless
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
1963
For Love or Money
as Joe Fogel
The Young and the Brave
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
1962
Boys' Night Out
as Slattery
1961
Johnny Nobody
as James Ronald Mulcahy
1959
The Rough and the Smooth
as Reg Barker
The Ransom of Red Chief
as Bill Driscoll
Idol on Parade
as Sergeant Major Lush
1958
The Deep Six
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
1956
High Air
as Joe Redman
Battle Stations
as Buck Fitzpatrick
1955
Crashout
as Van Morgan Duff
1954
Dangerous Mission
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Ben Worley
Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble
A Girl in Every Port
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
1951
Submarine Command
as CPO Boyer
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody
1950
Gambling House
as Joe Farrow
Kill the Umpire
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
1949
Johnny Holiday
as Sgt. Walker
The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake
Streets of Laredo
as Wahoo Jones
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore
The Life of Riley
as Chester A. Riley
Cover Up
as Larry Best
1948
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Cop
The Babe Ruth Story
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Race Street
as Barney Runson
The Time of Your Life
as Nick
1947
Where There's Life
as Victor O'Brien
Variety Girl
as William Bendix
The Web
as Lt. Damico
Blaze of Noon
as Porkie Scott
I'll Be Yours
as Wechsberg
1946
Calcutta
as Pedro Blake
Two Years Before the Mast
as First Mate Amazeen
White Tie and Tails
as Larry Lundie
The Blue Dahlia
as Buzz Wanchek
The Dark Corner
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Sentimental Journey
as Donnelly - Uncle Don
1945
A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Borth
Don Juan Quilligan
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
It's in the Bag!
as William Bendix
1944
Greenwich Village
as Danny O'Mara
Abroad with Two Yanks
as Biff Koraski
The Hairy Ape
as Hank Smith
Skirmish on the Home Front
as Herb Miller
Lifeboat
as Gus Smith
1943
Guadalcanal Diary
as Corp. Taxi Potts
Hostages
as Underground leader
China
as Johnny Sparrow
Taxi, Mister
as Tim McGuerin
The Crystal Ball
as Biff Carter
1942
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Tim McGuerin
Who Done It?
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
The Glass Key
as Jeff
Wake Island
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Herman
Woman of the Year
as Pinkie Peters
Brooklyn Orchid
as Timothy McGuerin
1940
They Drive by Night
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)