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).
93 acting credits
Acting · 93
Wagon Train
1957
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Untouchables
1959
Burke's Law
1963
What's My Line?
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Mister Ed
1961
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Lights Out
1949
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Life Of Riley
1953
Riverboat
1959
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Vacation Playhouse
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
The Lux Show
1957
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Truth or Consequences
1950
Overland Trail
1960
The Glass Key
1942
The Movie Orgy
1968
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Lifeboat
1944
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
Woman of the Year
1942
Macao
1952
The Blue Dahlia
1946
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
They Drive by Night
1940
Boys' Night Out
1962
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
Detective Story
1951
Variety Girl
1947
The Dark Corner
1946
Dangerous Mission
1954
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
The Web
1947
Calcutta
1946
Crashout
1955
Sentimental Journey
1946
Law of the Lawless
1964
The Deep Six
1958
Streets of Laredo
1949
Wake Island
1942
Race Street
1948
A Girl in Every Port
1952
The Big Steal
1949
The Time of Your Life
1948
Who Done It?
1942
Cover Up
1949
Submarine Command
1951
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
Gambling House
1950
A Bell for Adano
1945
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
China
1943
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
White Tie and Tails
1946
Battle Stations
1956
Where There's Life
1947
Young Fury
1964
It's in the Bag!
1945
Johnny Nobody
1961
The Crystal Ball
1943
Taxi, Mister
1943
The Young and the Brave
1963
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
Greenwich Village
1944
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
Johnny Holiday
1949
The Life of Riley
1949
Idol on Parade
1959
For Love or Money
1963
Kill the Umpire
1950
Hostages
1943
The Hairy Ape
1944
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
The Time Element
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Blaze of Noon
1947
High Air
1956
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
I'll Be Yours
1947