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William Bendix

Acting

Born January 14, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA

Died December 14, 1964

Also 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).

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1943 · nominated

Filmography38 titles

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991as Self (archive footage)

Lifeboat

1944as Gus Smith

The Web

1947as Lt. Damico

Detective Story

1951as Det. Lou Brody

What's My Line?

1950as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

China

1943as Johnny Sparrow

Woman of the Year

1942as Pinkie Peters

Who Done It?

1942as Detective Sgt. Brannigan

They Drive by Night

1940as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

The Life of Riley

1953as Chester A. Riley

The Dark Corner

1946as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

The Blue Dahlia

1946as Buzz Wanchek

Greenwich Village

1944as Danny O'Mara

Brooklyn Orchid

1942as Timothy McGuerin

Lux Video Theatre

as Window Washer

Wagon Train

1957as Capt. Matthew Cobb

The Big Steal

1949as Capt. Vincent Blake

Cover Up

1949as Larry Best

The Glass Key

1942as Jeff

Law of the Lawless

1964as Sheriff Ed Tanner

Portrait of a Sinner

1959as Reg Barker

Macao

1952as Lawrence C. Trumble

The Hairy Ape

1944as Hank Smith

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949as Sir Sagramore

For Love or Money

1963as Joe Fogel

Dangerous Mission

1954as Chief Ranger Joe Parker

The Babe Ruth Story

1948as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

The Time of Your Life

1948as Nick

The Crystal Ball

1943as Biff Carter

Lights Out

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Captain George Devlin

Boys' Night Out

1962as Slattery

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952as Ben Worley

Submarine Command

1951as CPO Boyer

Guadalcanal Diary

1943as Corp. Taxi Potts