William Bendix
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).
Filmography
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944 · 10.0
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959 · 9.0
The Untouchables
1959 · 8.1
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · 8.0
The Life of Riley
1949 · 8.0
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · 7.8
White Tie and Tails
1946 · 7.8
Johnny Holiday
1949 · 7.5
Truth or Consequences
1950 · 7.4
Lifeboat
1944 · 7.4
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · 7.2
The Web
1947 · 7.1
Detective Story
1951 · 7.1
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · 7.0
Woman of the Year
1942 · 7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
1945 · 7.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948 · 7.0
Idol on Parade
1959 · 7.0
Hostages
1943 · 7.0
They Drive by Night
1940 · 6.9
China
1943 · 6.9
Who Done It?
1942 · 6.9
Kill the Umpire
1950 · 6.9
General Electric Theater
1953 · 6.8
Mister Ed
1961 · 6.7
The Life Of Riley
1953 · 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · 6.7
Greenwich Village
1944 · 6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · 6.7
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944 · 6.7
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 · 6.7
Brooklyn Orchid
1942 · 6.7
The Glass Key
1942 · 6.7
Wagon Train
1957 · 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · 6.6
The Dark Corner
1946 · 6.6
The Big Steal
1949 · 6.6
Crashout
1955 · 6.6
Johnny Nobody
1961 · 6.6
Riverboat
1959 · 6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964 · 6.5
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 · 6.5
Variety Girl
1947 · 6.5
Cover Up
1949 · 6.4
Where There's Life
1947 · 6.4
Calcutta
1946 · 6.4
Sentimental Journey
1946 · 6.4
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · 6.3
Macao
1952 · 6.3
The Rough and the Smooth
1959 · 6.3
It's in the Bag!
1945 · 6.3
The Hairy Ape
1944 · 6.3
The Young and the Brave
1963 · 6.3
Burke's Law
1963 · 6.2
Overland Trail
1960 · 6.2
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949 · 6.2
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · 6.2
Gambling House
1950 · 6.2
I'll Be Yours
1947 · 6.2
Battle Stations
1956 · 6.1
For Love or Money
1963 · 6.1
The Time of Your Life
1948 · 6.1
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · 6.1
The Crystal Ball
1943 · 6.1
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · 6.0
Lights Out
1949 · 6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · 6.0
Streets of Laredo
1949 · 6.0
A Bell for Adano
1945 · 6.0
Dangerous Mission
1954 · 6.0
Race Street
1948 · 6.0
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952 · 5.9
Wake Island
1942 · 5.8
Submarine Command
1951 · 5.8
Boys' Night Out
1962 · 5.7
Blaze of Noon
1947 · 5.7
The Deep Six
1958 · 5.7
Guadalcanal Diary
1943 · 5.6
Young Fury
1964 · 5.6
A Girl in Every Port
1952 · 4.8
Taxi, Mister
1943 · 4.2
The Time Element
— · 0.0
High Air
1956 · 0.0