William Bendix
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1906, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 14, 1964
- Movies
- 66
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).
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1991 | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | Young Fury | Blacksmith |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless | Sheriff Ed Tanner |
| 1963 | For Love or Money | Joe Fogel |
| 1963 | The Young and the Brave | Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW) |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out | Slattery |
| 1961 | Johnny Nobody | James Ronald Mulcahy |
| 1959 | The Rough and the Smooth | Reg Barker |
| 1959 | The Ransom of Red Chief | Bill Driscoll |
| 1959 | Idol on Parade | Sergeant Major Lush |
| 1958 | The Deep Six | 'Frenchy' Shapiro |
| 1956 | High Air | Joe Redman |
| 1956 | Battle Stations | Buck Fitzpatrick |
| 1955 | Crashout | Van Morgan Duff |
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission | Chief Ranger Joe Parker |
| 1952 | Blackbeard, the Pirate | Ben Worley |
| 1952 | Macao | Lawrence C. Trumble |
| 1952 | A Girl in Every Port | Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan |
| 1951 | Submarine Command | CPO Boyer |
| 1951 | Detective Story | Det. Lou Brody |
| 1950 | Gambling House | Joe Farrow |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | Bill 'Two Call' Johnson |
| 1949 | Johnny Holiday | Sgt. Walker |
| 1949 | The Big Steal | Capt. Vincent Blake |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Wahoo Jones |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sir Sagramore |
| 1949 | The Life of Riley | Chester A. Riley |
| 1949 | Cover Up | Larry Best |
| 1948 | 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Cop |
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth |
| 1948 | Race Street | Barney Runson |
| 1948 | The Time of Your Life | Nick |
| 1947 | Where There's Life | Victor O'Brien |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | William Bendix |
| 1947 | The Web | Lt. Damico |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Porkie Scott |
| 1947 | I'll Be Yours | Wechsberg |
| 1946 | Calcutta | Pedro Blake |
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | First Mate Amazeen |
| 1946 | White Tie and Tails | Larry Lundie |
| 1946 | The Blue Dahlia | Buzz Wanchek |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Fred Foss |
| 1946 | Sentimental Journey | Donnelly - Uncle Don |
| 1945 | A Bell for Adano | Sergeant Borth |
| 1945 | Don Juan Quilligan | Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! | William Bendix |
| 1944 | Greenwich Village | Danny O'Mara |
| 1944 | Abroad with Two Yanks | Biff Koraski |
| 1944 | The Hairy Ape | Hank Smith |
| 1944 | Skirmish on the Home Front | Herb Miller |
| 1944 | Lifeboat | Gus Smith |
| 1943 | Guadalcanal Diary | Corp. Taxi Potts |
| 1943 | Hostages | Underground leader |
| 1943 | China | Johnny Sparrow |
| 1943 | Taxi, Mister | Tim McGuerin |
| 1943 | The Crystal Ball | Biff Carter |
| 1942 | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Tim McGuerin |
| 1942 | Who Done It? | Detective Sgt. Brannigan |
| 1942 | The Glass Key | Jeff |
| 1942 | Wake Island | Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Herman |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year | Pinkie Peters |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Orchid | Timothy McGuerin |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1959 | A Luz vem do Alto | Writer |
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