William Bendix
Acting
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).
Filmography
80
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
The Movie Orgy
1968
Young Fury
1964
Law of the Lawless
1964
Burke's Law
1963
For Love or Money
1963
The Young and the Brave
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Boys' Night Out
1962
Johnny Nobody
1961
Mister Ed
1961
Overland Trail
1960
The Untouchables
1959
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
Riverboat
1959
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
Idol on Parade
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Deep Six
1958
The Lux Show
The Lux Show
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
High Air
High Air
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Battle Stations
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Crashout
1955
Dangerous Mission
1954
General Electric Theater
1953
The Life Of Riley
1953
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Macao
1952
A Girl in Every Port
1952
Submarine Command
1951
Detective Story
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Gambling House
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences
1950
Kill the Umpire
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Johnny Holiday
1949
Lights Out
1949
The Big Steal
1949
Streets of Laredo
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
The Life of Riley
1949
Cover Up
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
Race Street
1948
The Time of Your Life
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Where There's Life
1947
Variety Girl
1947
The Web
1947
Blaze of Noon
1947
I'll Be Yours
1947
Calcutta
1946
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
White Tie and Tails
1946
The Blue Dahlia
1946
The Dark Corner
1946
Sentimental Journey
1946
A Bell for Adano
1945
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
It's in the Bag!
1945
Greenwich Village
1944
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
The Hairy Ape
1944
Skirmish on the Home Front
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
Lifeboat
1944
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
Hostages
1943