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William Bendix
Born: 1906-01-14 in New York City, New York, USA
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).
Rated Filmography (63)
Sorted by Score9.0
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
8.0
The Life of Riley
1949
7.5
Johnny Holiday
1949
7.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
7.4
Lifeboat
1944
7.3
White Tie and Tails
1946
7.1
The Web
1947
7.0
Detective Story
1951
7.0
Woman of the Year
1942
7.0
Hostages
1943
7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
7.0
Idol on Parade
1959
7.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
7.0
Who Done It?
1942
6.9
They Drive by Night
1940
6.9
China
1943
6.9
Kill the Umpire
1950
6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.7
Crashout
1955
6.7
The Glass Key
1942
6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946
6.7
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
6.7
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
6.7
Greenwich Village
1944
6.7
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
6.6
The Dark Corner
1946
6.6
Johnny Nobody
1961
6.6
The Big Steal
1949
6.6
Cover Up
1949
6.5
Variety Girl
1947
6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964
6.5
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
6.4
Where There's Life
1947
6.4
Sentimental Journey
1946
6.4
Calcutta
1946
6.3
The Hairy Ape
1944
6.3
It's in the Bag!
1945
6.3
The Young and the Brave
1963
6.3
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
6.3
Macao
1952
6.2
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
6.2
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
6.2
I'll Be Yours
1947
6.2
Gambling House
1950
6.1
The Time of Your Life
1948
6.1
For Love or Money
1963
6.1
Battle Stations
1956
6.1
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
6.1
The Crystal Ball
1943
6.0
Race Street
1948
6.0
Dangerous Mission
1954
6.0
Streets of Laredo
1949
6.0
A Bell for Adano
1945
5.9
Wake Island
1942
5.9
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
5.9
Boys' Night Out
1962
5.8
Submarine Command
1951
5.7
The Deep Six
1958
5.7
Blaze of Noon
1947
5.6
Young Fury
1964
5.6
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
5.2
A Girl in Every Port
1952
4.2
Taxi, Mister
1943