As Actor
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
7.6
William Bendix
Acting
Birth Date
January 14, 1906
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Date of Death
December 14, 1964
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).
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Young Fury
1964
5.4
As Actor
Law of the Lawless
1964
6.1
As Actor
The Young and the Brave
1963
5.9
As Actor
Johnny Nobody
1961
6.5
As Actor
The Deep Six
1958
5.5
As Actor
Crashout
1955
6.7
As Actor
Dangerous Mission
1954
5.8
As Actor
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
5.9
As Actor
Macao
1952
6.2
As Actor
Submarine Command
1951
5.6
As Actor
Detective Story
1951
7.0
As Actor
The Big Steal
1949
6.5
As Actor
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
6.3
As Actor
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
5.8
As Actor
Race Street
1948
5.8
As Actor
I'll Be Yours
1947
6.0
As Actor
Calcutta
1946
6.3
As Actor
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
6.2
As Actor
The Blue Dahlia
1946
6.7