William Bendix

Actor

Born January 14, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. Died December 14, 1964.

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).

Acting

Young Fury
Film, 1964
as Blacksmith
Law of the Lawless
Film, 1964
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
Burke's Law
TV series, 1963
as Fred Hopke
For Love or Money
Film, 1963
as Joe Fogel
The Young and the Brave
Film, 1963
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Vacation Playhouse
TV series, 1963
1 episode
Boys' Night Out
Film, 1962
as Slattery
Johnny Nobody
Film, 1961
as James Ronald Mulcahy
Mister Ed
TV series, 1961
as Bill Parker
Overland Trail
TV series, 1960
as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
The Untouchables
TV series, 1959
as Wally Legenza
The Rough and the Smooth
Film, 1959
as Reg Barker
Riverboat
TV series, 1959
as Vance Muldoon
The Ransom of Red Chief
Film, 1959
as Bill Driscoll
Idol on Parade
Film, 1959
as Sergeant Major Lush
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV series, 1958
1 episode
The Deep Six
Film, 1958
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
Wagon Train
TV series, 1957
as Capt. Matthew Cobb
High Air
Film, 1956
as Joe Redman
Battle Stations
Film, 1956
as Buck Fitzpatrick
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV series, 1955
as Joe Redman
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV series, 1955
as Captain George Devlin
Crashout
Film, 1955
as Van Morgan Duff
Dangerous Mission
Film, 1954
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
General Electric Theater
TV series, 1953
as George Harris
The Life Of Riley
TV series, 1953
as Chester A. Riley
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Film, 1952
as Ben Worley
The Ford Television Theatre
TV series, 1952
as Carl Ledbetter
Macao
Film, 1952
as Lawrence C. Trumble
A Girl in Every Port
Film, 1952
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan