William Bendix
ActingAlso Known As
Уильям Бендикс, ویلیام بندیکس
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).
Movies
(67 total)
Lifeboat
as Gus Smith
The Blue Dahlia
as Buzz Wanchek
Woman of the Year
as Pinkie Peters
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody
They Drive by Night
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
The Glass Key
as Jeff
The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake
The Dark Corner
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
The Web
as Lt. Damico
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Ben Worley
Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble
Who Done It?
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore
Boys' Night Out
as Slattery
Wake Island
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Cover Up
as Larry Best
Crashout
as Van Morgan Duff
Calcutta
as Pedro Blake
Guadalcanal Diary
as Corp. Taxi Potts
TV Shows
(32 total)
The Untouchables
as Wally Legenza
Mister Ed
as Bill Parker
Wagon Train
as Capt. Matthew Cobb
What's My Line?
as Self
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Burke's Law
as Fred Hopke
Burke's Law
as Harrison Weems
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Genteman Suitor
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Captain George Devlin
General Electric Theater
as George Harris
Riverboat
as Vance Muldoon
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as USAF Crew Chief
