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William Bendix

Born: 1906-01-14

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).

What
What's My Line?
1950★ 7.0
What
What's My Line?
1950★ 7.0
Wagon Train
Wagon Train
1957★ 6.6
The Untouchables
The Untouchables
1959★ 7.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950★ 5.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948★ 6.3
Burke
Burke's Law
1963★ 6.0
Burke
Burke's Law
1963★ 6.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948★ 6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950★ 6.8
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
1952★ 7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
1952★ 7.3
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957★ 7.0
Mister Ed
Mister Ed
1961★ 6.7
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958★ 5.8
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
1956★ 5.6
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
1956★ 5.6
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955★ 5.4
Riverboat
Riverboat
1959★ 6.2
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956★ 6.0
Screen Director
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955★ 6.5
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950★ 6.3
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950★ 6.3
Lights Out
Lights Out
1949★ 5.8
Vacation Playhouse
Vacation Playhouse
1963★ 7.0
The Life Of Riley
The Life Of Riley
1953★ 6.0
Lifeboat
Lifeboat
1944★ 7.4
Overland Trail
Overland Trail
1960★ 5.3
Detective Story
Detective Story
1951★ 7.0
The Lux Show
The Lux Show
1957★ 6.0
Macao
Macao
1952★ 6.2
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004★ 7.6
The Dark Corner
The Dark Corner
1946★ 6.6
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
1953★ 6.4
The Web
The Web
1947★ 7.1
Woman of the Year
Woman of the Year
1942★ 6.9
Guadalcanal Diary
Guadalcanal Diary
1943★ 5.4
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences
1950★ 7.7
Blaze of Noon
Blaze of Noon
1947★ 4.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951★ 7.2
Wake Island
Wake Island
1942★ 5.8
Boys
Boys' Night Out
1962★ 5.8
The Blue Dahlia
The Blue Dahlia
1946★ 6.7
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949★ 6.2
They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night
1940★ 6.9
Johnny Nobody
Johnny Nobody
1961★ 6.6
The Glass Key
The Glass Key
1942★ 6.6
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano
1945★ 5.7
The Big Steal
The Big Steal
1949★ 6.6
Dangerous Mission
Dangerous Mission
1954★ 5.8
Law of the Lawless
Law of the Lawless
1964★ 6.1
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952★ 5.9
Who Done It?
Who Done It?
1942★ 6.9
Submarine Command
Submarine Command
1951★ 5.6
Calcutta
Calcutta
1946★ 6.3
Star Spangled Rhythm
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942★ 6.0
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968★ 6.4
China
China
1943★ 6.7
Cover Up
Cover Up
1949★ 6.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991★ 7.5
Young Fury
Young Fury
1964★ 5.3
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
1944★ 6.0
Hostages
Hostages
1943★ 6.0
Crashout
Crashout
1955★ 6.6
Battle Stations
Battle Stations
1956★ 5.6
Streets of Laredo
Streets of Laredo
1949★ 5.9
Variety Girl
Variety Girl
1947★ 6.1
The Deep Six
The Deep Six
1958★ 5.5
Brooklyn Orchid
Brooklyn Orchid
1942★ 6.0
It
It's in the Bag!
1945★ 5.7
The Rough and the Smooth
The Rough and the Smooth
1959★ 5.9
The Time of Your Life
The Time of Your Life
1948★ 5.7
Sentimental Journey
Sentimental Journey
1946★ 6.4
Gambling House
Gambling House
1950★ 6.1
Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast
1946★ 6.1
The Hairy Ape
The Hairy Ape
1944★ 5.7
For Love or Money
For Love or Money
1963★ 5.7
Race Street
Race Street
1948★ 5.8
Johnny Holiday
Johnny Holiday
1949★ 7.0
A Girl in Every Port
A Girl in Every Port
1952★ 4.8
Taxi, Mister
Taxi, Mister
1943★ 3.6
Where There
Where There's Life
1947★ 5.8
The Young and the Brave
The Young and the Brave
1963★ 5.9
Abroad with Two Yanks
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944★ 6.0
Idol on Parade
Idol on Parade
1959★ 7.0
The Life of Riley
The Life of Riley
1949★ 7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
Don Juan Quilligan
1945★ 6.0
The Babe Ruth Story
The Babe Ruth Story
1948★ 5.7
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959★ 10.0
The Crystal Ball
The Crystal Ball
1943★ 5.9
High Air
High Air
1956NR
10,000 Kids and a Cop
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948★ 6.0
White Tie and Tails
White Tie and Tails
1946★ 7.0
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942★ 5.5
I
I'll Be Yours
1947★ 6.0
Skirmish on the Home Front
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944NR
Kill the Umpire
Kill the Umpire
1950★ 6.3
The Time Element
The Time Element
NR
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