10.0
10.0
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
as Bill Driscoll
William Bendix
Acting
Born:January 14, 1906
Died:December 14, 1964(aged 58)
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
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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 (66 movies)
7.6
7.6
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
Lifeboat
1944
as Gus Smith
7.1
7.1
The Web
1947
as Lt. Damico
7.0
7.0
Idol on Parade
1959
as Sergeant Major Lush
7.0
7.0
Who Done It?
1942
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
7.0
7.0
Detective Story
1951
as Det. Lou Brody
7.0
7.0
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Larry Lundie
7.0
7.0
Johnny Holiday
1949
as Sgt. Walker
7.0
7.0
The Life of Riley
1949
as Chester A. Riley
6.9
6.9
They Drive by Night
1940
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
Woman of the Year
1942
as Pinkie Peters
6.8
6.8
China
1943
as Johnny Sparrow
6.7
6.7
Crashout
1955
as Van Morgan Duff
6.7
6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Buzz Wanchek
6.6
6.6
The Glass Key
1942
as Jeff
6.5
6.5
The Big Steal
1949
as Capt. Vincent Blake
6.5
6.5
The Dark Corner
1946
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
6.5
6.5
Johnny Nobody
1961
as James Ronald Mulcahy
6.5
6.5
Cover Up
1949
as Larry Best
6.4
6.4
Sentimental Journey
1946
as Donnelly - Uncle Don
6.3
6.3
Calcutta
1946
as Pedro Blake
6.3
6.3
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Sir Sagramore
6.3
6.3
Kill the Umpire
1950
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
6.2
6.2
Macao
1952
as Lawrence C. Trumble
6.1
6.1
Gambling House
1950
as Joe Farrow
6.1
6.1
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
6.1
6.1
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as First Mate Amazeen
6.0
6.0
I'll Be Yours
1947
as Wechsberg
6.0
6.0
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Herman
6.0
6.0
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
as Biff Koraski
6.0
6.0
Greenwich Village
1944
as Danny O'Mara
6.0
6.0
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
as Timothy McGuerin
6.0
6.0
Hostages
1943
as Underground leader
6.0
6.0
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
6.0
6.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
as Cop
5.9
5.9
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Wahoo Jones
5.9
5.9
The Young and the Brave
1963
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
5.9
5.9
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
as Reg Barker
5.9
5.9
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Ben Worley
5.8
5.8
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
5.8
5.8
Race Street
1948
as Barney Runson
5.8
5.8
The Crystal Ball
1943
as Biff Carter
5.8
5.8
Wake Island
1942
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
5.8
5.8
Where There's Life
1947
as Victor O'Brien
5.8
5.8
Dangerous Mission
1954
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
5.7
5.7
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Slattery
5.7
5.7
It's in the Bag!
1945
as William Bendix
5.7
5.7
A Bell for Adano
1945
as Sgt. Borth
5.7
5.7
For Love or Money
1963
as Joe Fogel
5.6
5.6
Submarine Command
1951
as CPO Boyer
5.6
5.6
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
as Corp. Taxi Potts
5.6
5.6
Battle Stations
1956
as Buck Fitzpatrick
5.6
5.6
The Hairy Ape
1944
as Hank Smith
5.5
5.5
The Time of Your Life
1948
as Nick
5.5
5.5
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
as Tim McGuerin
5.5
5.5
The Deep Six
1958
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
5.4
5.4
Young Fury
1964
as Blacksmith
4.8
4.8
A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
4.0
4.0
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Porkie Scott
3.6
3.6
Taxi, Mister
1943
as Tim McGuerin
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
as Herb Miller
The Time Element
TBA
as Peter Jenson
High Air
1956
as Joe Redman
A Luz vem do Alto
1959
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