William Bendix · Cineora

ACTOR · FROM NEW YORK CITY, USA

William Bendix

1906–196482 credits since 19401 coming up

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ABOUT WILLIAM

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).

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born14 January 1906

Died14 December 1964

BirthplaceNew York City, USA

Known forActing

On Cineora42 of 82 titles

Known for

The titles people know William from.

Movie

Lifeboat

1944IMDb7.6

Movie

Woman of the Year

1942IMDb7.1

Movie

The Blue Dahlia

1946IMDb7.1

Movie

Detective Story

1951IMDb7.5

Movie

The Glass Key

1942IMDb7.0

Movie

The Big Steal

1949IMDb6.9

Movie

The Dark Corner

1946IMDb7.1

Movie

Macao

1952IMDb6.6

Movie

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949IMDb6.5

Movie

Who Done It?

1942IMDb7.3

Movie

Wake Island

1942IMDb6.6

Movie

Guadalcanal Diary

1943IMDb6.6

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What William is working on next.

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Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 42
Average IMDb: 6.7
Highest rated: The UntouchablesIMDb 8.0
Working since: 1940

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

82 credits

The 1960s

10 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average

Movie

Young Fury

1964IMDb5.6

as Blacksmith

Movie

Law of the Lawless

1964IMDb6.1

as Sheriff Ed Tanner

Series

Burke's Law

1963–1966IMDb7.4

as Fred Hopke · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

For Love or Money

1963

as Joe Fogel

Movie

The Young and the Brave

1963IMDb5.4

as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

Vacation Playhouse

Not on Cineora

Vacation Playhouse

1963

1 episode

Movie

Boys' Night Out

1962IMDb6.5

as Slattery

Movie

Johnny Nobody

1961IMDb6.4

as James Ronald Mulcahy

The 1950s

28 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

Series

The Untouchables

1959–1963IMDb8.0

as Wally Legenza · 1 episode

Movie

The Rough and the Smooth

1959IMDb6.0

as Reg Barker

Not on Cineora

Riverboat

1959

as Vance Muldoon · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

The Ransom of Red Chief

1959

as Bill Driscoll

Not on Cineora

Idol on Parade

1959

as Sergeant Major Lush

Not on Cineora

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

1 episode

Movie

The Deep Six

1958IMDb6.1

as 'Frenchy' Shapiro

Series

Wagon Train

1957–1965IMDb7.6

as Capt. Matthew Cobb · 1 episode

The 1940s

43 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

Not on Cineora

Johnny Holiday

1949

as Sgt. Walker

Movie

The Big Steal

1949IMDb6.9

as Capt. Vincent Blake

Movie

Streets of Laredo

1949IMDb6.6

as Wahoo Jones

Movie

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949IMDb6.5

as Sir Sagramore

Not on Cineora

The Life of Riley

1949

as Chester A. Riley

Movie

Cover Up

1949IMDb6.6

as Larry Best

Not on Cineora

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

as Genteman Suitor · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

10,000 Kids and a Cop

1948

as Cop

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in William’s titles.

Victor YoungComposer · The Blue Dahlia, The Glass Key and 6 more

Alan LaddThe Blue Dahlia, The Glass Key and 5 more

John FarrowDirector · Wake Island, Calcutta and 3 more

Ray MillandThe Crystal Ball, Star Spangled Rhythm and 1 more

John AgarLaw of the Lawless, Young Fury and 1 more

Paulette GoddardThe Crystal Ball, Star Spangled Rhythm and 1 more

Brian DonlevyThe Glass Key, Wake Island and 1 more