William Bendix

Acting

January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964 (died at 58)

New York City, New York, USA

Male

67 Movies

32 TV Shows

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).

Lifeboat

1944 7.4

as Gus Smith

Age 38 (now 58)

Detective Story

1951 7.0

as Det. Lou Brody

Age 45 (now 58)

The Blue Dahlia

1946 6.7

as Buzz Wanchek

Age 40 (now 58)

The Big Steal

1949 6.6

as Capt. Vincent Blake

Age 43 (now 58)

Woman of the Year

1942 6.9

as Pinkie Peters

Age 36 (now 58)

The Web

1947 7.1

as Lt. Damico

Age 41 (now 58)

Cover Up

1949 6.6

as Larry Best

Age 43 (now 58)

The Dark Corner

1946 6.7

as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

Age 40 (now 58)

Macao

1952 6.3

as Lawrence C. Trumble

Age 46 (now 58)

Crashout

1955 6.7

as Van Morgan Duff

Age 49 (now 58)

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952 5.9

as Ben Worley

Age 46 (now 58)

The Glass Key

1942 6.6

as Jeff

Age 36 (now 58)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949 6.2

as Sir Sagramore

Age 43 (now 58)

Race Street

1948 6.0

as Barney Runson

Age 42 (now 58)

The Time of Your Life

1948 6.1

as Nick

Age 42 (now 58)

Calcutta

1946 6.4

as Pedro Blake

Age 40 (now 58)

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991 7.5

as Self (archive footage)

Age 85 (now 58)

The Movie Orgy

1968 6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Age 61 (now 58)

Young Fury

1964 5.6

as Blacksmith

Age 58

Law of the Lawless

1964 6.5

as Sheriff Ed Tanner

Age 58

For Love or Money

1963 6.1

as Joe Fogel

Age 57 (now 58)

The Young and the Brave

1963 6.3

as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

Age 57 (now 58)

Boys' Night Out

1962 5.9

as Slattery

Age 56 (now 58)

Johnny Nobody

1961 6.6

as James Ronald Mulcahy

Age 55 (now 58)

The Rough and the Smooth

1959 6.3

as Reg Barker

Age 53 (now 58)

The Ransom of Red Chief

1959 9.0

as Bill Driscoll

Age 53 (now 58)

A Luz vem do Alto

1959 9.0

Writer

Age 53 (now 58)

Idol on Parade

1959 7.0

as Sergeant Major Lush

Age 53 (now 58)

The Deep Six

1958 5.7

as 'Frenchy' Shapiro

Age 52 (now 58)

High Air

1956

as Joe Redman

Age 50 (now 58)

Battle Stations

1956 6.1

as Buck Fitzpatrick

Age 50 (now 58)

Crashout

1955 6.7

as Van Morgan Duff

Age 49 (now 58)

Dangerous Mission

1954 6.1

as Chief Ranger Joe Parker

Age 48 (now 58)

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952 5.9

as Ben Worley

Age 46 (now 58)

Macao

1952 6.3

as Lawrence C. Trumble

Age 46 (now 58)

A Girl in Every Port

1952 5.2

as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

Age 46 (now 58)

Submarine Command

1951 5.8

as CPO Boyer

Age 45 (now 58)

Detective Story

1951 7.0

as Det. Lou Brody

Age 45 (now 58)

Gambling House

1950 6.2

as Joe Farrow

Age 44 (now 58)

Kill the Umpire

1950 6.9

as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

Age 44 (now 58)

Johnny Holiday

1949 7.5

as Sgt. Walker

Age 43 (now 58)

The Big Steal

1949 6.6

as Capt. Vincent Blake

Age 43 (now 58)

Streets of Laredo

1949 6.0

as Wahoo Jones

Age 43 (now 58)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949 6.2

as Sir Sagramore

Age 43 (now 58)

The Life of Riley

1949 8.0

as Chester A. Riley

Age 43 (now 58)

Cover Up

1949 6.6

as Larry Best

Age 43 (now 58)

10,000 Kids and a Cop

1948 7.0

as Cop

Age 42 (now 58)

The Babe Ruth Story

1948 6.1

as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

Age 42 (now 58)

Race Street

1948 6.0

as Barney Runson

Age 42 (now 58)

The Time of Your Life

1948 6.1

as Nick

Age 42 (now 58)

Where There's Life

1947 6.4

as Victor O'Brien

Age 41 (now 58)

Variety Girl

1947 6.5

as William Bendix

Age 41 (now 58)

The Web

1947 7.1

as Lt. Damico

Age 41 (now 58)

Blaze of Noon

1947 5.7

as Porkie Scott

Age 41 (now 58)

I'll Be Yours

1947 6.2

as Wechsberg

Age 41 (now 58)

Calcutta

1946 6.4

as Pedro Blake

Age 40 (now 58)

Two Years Before the Mast

1946 6.5

as First Mate Amazeen

Age 40 (now 58)

White Tie and Tails

1946 7.3

as Larry Lundie

Age 40 (now 58)

The Blue Dahlia

1946 6.7

as Buzz Wanchek

Age 40 (now 58)

The Dark Corner

1946 6.7

as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

Age 40 (now 58)

Sentimental Journey

1946 6.5

as Donnelly - Uncle Don

Age 40 (now 58)

A Bell for Adano

1945 6.0

as Sgt. Borth

Age 39 (now 58)

Don Juan Quilligan

1945 7.0

as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan

Age 39 (now 58)

It's in the Bag!

1945 6.3

as William Bendix

Age 39 (now 58)

Greenwich Village

1944 6.7

as Danny O'Mara

Age 38 (now 58)

Abroad with Two Yanks

1944 6.7

as Biff Koraski

Age 38 (now 58)

The Hairy Ape

1944 6.3

as Hank Smith

Age 38 (now 58)

Skirmish on the Home Front

1944 10.0

as Herb Miller

Age 38 (now 58)

Lifeboat

1944 7.4

as Gus Smith

Age 38 (now 58)

Guadalcanal Diary

1943 5.6

as Corp. Taxi Potts

Age 37 (now 58)

Hostages

1943 7.0

as Underground leader

Age 37 (now 58)

China

1943 6.9

as Johnny Sparrow

Age 37 (now 58)

Taxi, Mister

1943 4.2

as Tim McGuerin

Age 37 (now 58)

The Crystal Ball

1943 6.1

as Biff Carter

Age 37 (now 58)

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

1942 6.7

as Tim McGuerin

Age 36 (now 58)

Who Done It?

1942 6.9

as Detective Sgt. Brannigan

Age 36 (now 58)

The Glass Key

1942 6.6

as Jeff

Age 36 (now 58)

Wake Island

1942 5.9

as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

Age 36 (now 58)

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942 6.2

as Herman

Age 36 (now 58)

Woman of the Year

1942 6.9

as Pinkie Peters

Age 36 (now 58)

Brooklyn Orchid

1942 6.7

as Timothy McGuerin

Age 36 (now 58)

They Drive by Night

1940 6.9

as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 58)

The Time Element

as Peter Jenson