William Bendix
Acting
Biography
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).
As actor 92
What's My Line?
1950
Wagon Train
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Untouchables
1959
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Burke's Law
1963
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Mister Ed
1961
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Life Of Riley
1953
Lights Out
1949
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Riverboat
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Lux Show
1957
Truth or Consequences
1950
Lifeboat
1944
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
General Electric Theater
1953
Overland Trail
1960
They Drive by Night
1940
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
The Glass Key
1942
Boys' Night Out
1962
Macao
1952
Woman of the Year
1942
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
Law of the Lawless
1964
A Bell for Adano
1945
The Dark Corner
1946
Detective Story
1951
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Blue Dahlia
1946
Wake Island
1942
For Love or Money
1963
Variety Girl
1947
The Big Steal
1949
The Web
1947
Cover Up
1949
White Tie and Tails
1946
The Time of Your Life
1948
Race Street
1948
Who Done It?
1942
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
Kill the Umpire
1950
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Streets of Laredo
1949
Where There's Life
1947
Greenwich Village
1944
A Girl in Every Port
1952
Battle Stations
1956
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
It's in the Bag!
1945
China
1943
Young Fury
1964
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
The Deep Six
1958
The Young and the Brave
1963
Submarine Command
1951
Gambling House
1950
Hostages
1943
The Life of Riley
1949
The Crystal Ball
1943
Crashout
1955
Dangerous Mission
1954
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
Blaze of Noon
1947
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
The Time Element
The Hairy Ape
1944
Calcutta
1946
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
Idol on Parade
1959
Sentimental Journey
1946
I'll Be Yours
1947
Johnny Nobody
1961
Johnny Holiday
1949
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
Taxi, Mister
1943
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
High Air
1956
