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William Bendix

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bendix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

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

Died: 1964-12-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1940	They Drive by Night	Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)	69
2	1942	Brooklyn Orchid	Timothy McGuerin	60
3	1942	Woman of the Year	Pinkie Peters	69
4	1942	Star Spangled Rhythm	Herman	59
5	1942	Wake Island	Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall	57
6	1942	The Glass Key	Jeff	66
7	1942	Who Done It?	Detective Sgt. Brannigan	70
8	1942	The McGuerins from Brooklyn	Tim McGuerin	55
9	1943	The Crystal Ball	Biff Carter	58
10	1943	Taxi, Mister	Tim McGuerin	42
11	1943	China	Johnny Sparrow	68
12	1943	Hostages	Underground leader	60
13	1943	Guadalcanal Diary	Corp. Taxi Potts	56
14	1944	Lifeboat	Gus Smith	74
15	1944	Skirmish on the Home Front	Herb Miller	0
16	1944	The Hairy Ape	Hank Smith	56
17	1944	Abroad with Two Yanks	Biff Koraski	60
18	1944	Greenwich Village	Danny O'Mara	60
19	1945	It's in the Bag!	William Bendix	50
20	1945	Don Juan Quilligan	Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan	60
21	1945	A Bell for Adano	Sgt. Borth	57
22	1946	Sentimental Journey	Donnelly - Uncle Don	64
23	1946	The Dark Corner	Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss	66
24	1946	The Blue Dahlia	Buzz Wanchek	67
25	1946	White Tie and Tails	Larry Lundie	70
26	1946	Two Years Before the Mast	First Mate Amazeen	62
27	1946	Calcutta	Pedro Blake	63
28	1947	I'll Be Yours	Wechsberg	60
29	1947	Blaze of Noon	Porkie Scott	40
30	1947	The Web	Lt. Damico	70
31	1947	Variety Girl	William Bendix	61
32	1947	Where There's Life	Victor O'Brien	56
33	1948	The Time of Your Life	Nick	55
34	1948	Race Street	Barney Runson	58
35	1948	The Babe Ruth Story	George Herman 'Babe' Ruth	58
36	1948	10,000 Kids and a Cop	Cop	60
37	1949	Cover Up	Larry Best	65
38	1949	The Life of Riley	Chester A. Riley	70
39	1949	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court	Sir Sagramore	63
40	1949	Streets of Laredo	Wahoo Jones	59
41	1949	The Big Steal	Capt. Vincent Blake	65
42	1949	Johnny Holiday	Sgt. Walker	70
43	1950	Kill the Umpire	Bill 'Two Call' Johnson	63
44	1950	Gambling House	Joe Farrow	61
45	1951	Detective Story	Det. Lou Brody	70
46	1951	Submarine Command	CPO Boyer	56
47	1952	A Girl in Every Port	Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan	48
48	1952	Macao	Lawrence C. Trumble	62
49	1952	Blackbeard, the Pirate	Ben Worley	59
50	1954	Dangerous Mission	Chief Ranger Joe Parker	58
51	1955	Crashout	Van Morgan Duff	65
52	1956	Battle Stations	Buck Fitzpatrick	56
53	1956	High Air	Joe Redman	0
54	1958	The Deep Six	'Frenchy' Shapiro	54
55	1959	Idol on Parade	Sergeant Major Lush	70
56	1959	The Ransom of Red Chief	Bill Driscoll	100
57	1959	The Rough and the Smooth	Reg Barker	59
58	1961	Johnny Nobody	James Ronald Mulcahy	65
59	1962	Boys' Night Out	Slattery	58
60	1963	The Young and the Brave	Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)	59
61	1963	For Love or Money	Joe Fogel	53
62	1964	Law of the Lawless	Sheriff Ed Tanner	61
63	1964	Young Fury	Blacksmith	54
64	1968	The Movie Orgy	Self (archive footage)	65
65	1991	Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star	Self (archive footage)	70
66	2004	Los Angeles Plays Itself	Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)	76
67		The Time Element	Peter Jenson	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Genteman Suitor	63
3	1949	Lights Out		53
4	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man	56
5	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
6	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Panelist	69
7	1950	Truth or Consequences		77
8	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
9	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Window Washer	63
10	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Larry Beat	63
11	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	USAF Crew Chief	73
12	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Bull Mitchell	73
13	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Carl Ledbetter	73
14	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Mack Pomeroy	73
15	1953	The Life Of Riley	Chester A. Riley	60
16	1953	General Electric Theater	George Harris	63
17	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Joe Redman	65
18	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Captain George Devlin	54
19	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self	56
20	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	56
21	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
22	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
23	1957	Wagon Train	Capt. Matthew Cobb	63
24	1957	The Lux Show	Self	60
25	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
26	1959	Riverboat	Vance Muldoon	62
27	1959	The Untouchables	Wally Legenza	79
28	1960	Overland Trail	Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly	53
29	1961	Mister Ed	Bill Parker	68
30	1963	Vacation Playhouse		70
31	1963	Burke's Law	Fred Hopke	60
32	1963	Burke's Law	Harrison Weems	60