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    William Bendix

    William Bendix

    Personal Info

    Known ForActing
    BornJanuary 14, 1906
    DiedDecember 14, 1964 (aged 58)
    Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
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    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).

    Known For

    67 movies
    Greenwich Village
    6.0

    Greenwich Village

    1944

    Battle Stations
    5.6

    Battle Stations

    1956

    Wake Island
    5.8

    Wake Island

    1942

    Race Street
    5.8

    Race Street

    1948

    Lifeboat
    7.4

    Lifeboat

    1944

    Dangerous Mission
    5.8

    Dangerous Mission

    1954

    Cover Up
    6.5

    Cover Up

    1949

    Crashout
    6.6

    Crashout

    1955

    Brooklyn Orchid
    6.0

    Brooklyn Orchid

    1942

    Guadalcanal Diary
    5.6

    Guadalcanal Diary

    1943

    Johnny Nobody
    6.5

    Johnny Nobody

    1961

    The Movie Orgy
    6.3

    The Movie Orgy

    1968

    Johnny Holiday
    7.0

    Johnny Holiday

    1949

    Macao
    6.2

    Macao

    1952

    Calcutta
    6.3

    Calcutta

    1946

    China
    6.8

    China

    1943

    Gambling House
    6.1

    Gambling House

    1950

    Young Fury
    5.3

    Young Fury

    1964

    Taxi, Mister
    3.6

    Taxi, Mister

    1943

    They Drive by Night
    6.9

    They Drive by Night

    1940

    Star Spangled Rhythm
    6.0

    Star Spangled Rhythm

    1942

    The Hairy Ape
    5.6

    The Hairy Ape

    1944

    Streets of Laredo
    5.9

    Streets of Laredo

    1949

    Law of the Lawless
    6.1

    Law of the Lawless

    1964

    Where There's Life
    5.8

    Where There's Life

    1947

    Boys' Night Out
    5.7

    Boys' Night Out

    1962

    The Big Steal
    6.5

    The Big Steal

    1949

    Idol on Parade
    7.0

    Idol on Parade

    1959

    Hostages
    6.0

    Hostages

    1943

    I'll Be Yours
    6.0

    I'll Be Yours

    1947

    The Dark Corner
    6.5

    The Dark Corner

    1946

    Don Juan Quilligan
    6.0

    Don Juan Quilligan

    1945

    For Love or Money
    5.7

    For Love or Money

    1963

    The Crystal Ball
    5.8

    The Crystal Ball

    1943

    Los Angeles Plays Itself
    7.6

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2004

    Submarine Command
    5.6

    Submarine Command

    1951

    The Blue Dahlia
    6.7

    The Blue Dahlia

    1946

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
    7.5

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    1991

    The Glass Key
    6.6

    The Glass Key

    1942

    The Babe Ruth Story
    5.8

    The Babe Ruth Story

    1948

    Woman of the Year
    6.9

    Woman of the Year

    1942

    A Bell for Adano
    5.7

    A Bell for Adano

    1945

    Detective Story
    7.0

    Detective Story

    1951

    Who Done It?
    7.0

    Who Done It?

    1942

    Sentimental Journey
    6.4

    Sentimental Journey

    1946

    Variety Girl
    6.1

    Variety Girl

    1947

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
    6.2

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    1949

    The Time of Your Life
    5.5

    The Time of Your Life

    1948

    Blaze of Noon
    4.0

    Blaze of Noon

    1947

    Blackbeard, the Pirate
    5.9

    Blackbeard, the Pirate

    1952

    The Time Element

    The Time Element

    N/A

    The Ransom of Red Chief
    10.0

    The Ransom of Red Chief

    1959

    Kill the Umpire
    6.3

    Kill the Umpire

    1950

    10,000 Kids and a Cop
    6.0

    10,000 Kids and a Cop

    1948

    A Girl in Every Port
    4.8

    A Girl in Every Port

    1952

    The Web
    7.0

    The Web

    1947

    The Deep Six
    5.5

    The Deep Six

    1958

    Abroad with Two Yanks
    6.0

    Abroad with Two Yanks

    1944

    The Life of Riley
    7.0

    The Life of Riley

    1949

    The Young and the Brave
    5.9

    The Young and the Brave

    1963

    It's in the Bag!
    5.7

    It's in the Bag!

    1945

    The Rough and the Smooth
    5.9

    The Rough and the Smooth

    1959

    Two Years Before the Mast
    6.1

    Two Years Before the Mast

    1946

    White Tie and Tails
    7.0

    White Tie and Tails

    1946

    The McGuerins from Brooklyn
    5.5

    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    1942

    High Air

    High Air

    1956

    Skirmish on the Home Front

    Skirmish on the Home Front

    1944