William Bendix

★ Acting #17,653

1906 - 1964 (age 58) • Acting

Born: 1/14/1906 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 12/14/1964 (age 58)

Known for: Acting

William Bendix

★ Acting #17,653

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).

Known For

Lifeboat

74%

Gus Smith

1944

The Blue Dahlia

67%

Buzz Wanchek

1946

Detective Story

70%

Det. Lou Brody

1951

Woman of the Year

70%

Pinkie Peters

1942

The Untouchables

80%

Wally Legenza

1959

The Glass Key

67%

Jeff

1942

The Big Steal

66%

Capt. Vincent Blake

1949

The Dark Corner

66%

Fred Foss

1946

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

75%

Self (archive footage)

1991

The Time Element

Peter Jenson

The Movie Orgy

68%

Self (archive footage)

1968

Young Fury

56%

Blacksmith

1964

Law of the Lawless

65%

Sheriff Ed Tanner

1964

Burke's Law

63%

Fred Hopke / Harrison Weems

1963

For Love or Money

61%

Joe Fogel

1963

The Young and the Brave

63%

Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

1963

Vacation Playhouse

80%

Unknown

1963

Boys' Night Out

59%

Slattery

1962

Johnny Nobody

66%

James Ronald Mulcahy

1961

Mister Ed

68%

Bill Parker

1961

Overland Trail

63%

Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly

1960

The Untouchables

80%

Wally Legenza

1959

The Rough and the Smooth

63%

Reg Barker

1959

Riverboat

65%

Vance Muldoon

1959

The Ransom of Red Chief

90%

Bill Driscoll

1959

A Luz vem do Alto

90%

Writer

1959

Idol on Parade

70%

Sergeant Major Lush

1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

63%

Unknown

1958

The Deep Six

57%

'Frenchy' Shapiro

1958

The Lux Show

60%

Self

1957

Wagon Train

66%

Capt. Matthew Cobb

1957

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

75%

Self

1957

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

64%

Self

1956

High Air

Joe Redman

1956

The Steve Allen Show

62%

Self / Self - Guest

1956

Battle Stations

61%

Buck Fitzpatrick

1956