7.0
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
William Bendix
Acting
Born January 14, 1906Died December 14, 1964New York City, New York, USA
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).
Movies
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6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968
5.6
Young Fury
1964
6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964
6.1
For Love or Money
1963
6.3
The Young and the Brave
1963
5.7
Boys' Night Out
1962
6.6
Johnny Nobody
1961
6.3
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
9.0
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
7.0
Idol on Parade
1959
5.7
The Deep Six
1958
0.0
High Air
1956
6.1
Battle Stations
1956
6.7
Crashout
1955
6.0
Dangerous Mission
1954
5.9
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
6.3
Macao
1952
4.8
A Girl in Every Port
1952
5.8
Submarine Command
1951
7.1
Detective Story
1951
6.2
Gambling House
1950
6.9
Kill the Umpire
1950
7.5
Johnny Holiday
1949
6.6
The Big Steal
1949
6.0
Streets of Laredo
1949
6.2
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
8.0
The Life of Riley
1949
6.4
Cover Up
1949
7.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
6.1
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
6.0
Race Street
1948
6.1
The Time of Your Life
1948
6.4
Where There's Life
1947
6.5
Variety Girl
1947
7.1
The Web
1947
5.7
Blaze of Noon
1947
6.2
I'll Be Yours
1947
6.4
Calcutta
1946
6.5
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
7.8
White Tie and Tails
1946
6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946
6.6
The Dark Corner
1946
6.4
Sentimental Journey
1946
6.0
A Bell for Adano
1945
7.0
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
6.3
It's in the Bag!
1945
6.7
Greenwich Village
1944
6.7
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
6.3
The Hairy Ape
1944
Skirmish on the Home Front
10.0
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
7.4
Lifeboat
1944
5.6
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
7.0
Hostages
1943
6.9
China
1943
4.2
Taxi, Mister
1943
6.1
The Crystal Ball
1943
6.7
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
7.0
Who Done It?
1942
6.7
The Glass Key
1942
5.8
Wake Island
1942
6.2
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
7.0
Woman of the Year
1942
6.7
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
6.9
They Drive by Night
1940
0.0
The Time Element
TV Shows
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6.2
Burke's Law
6.2
Burke's Law
Vacation Playhouse
8.0
Vacation Playhouse
6.7
Mister Ed
6.2
Overland Trail
8.0
The Untouchables
6.5
Riverboat
6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Lux Show
6.0
The Lux Show
6.6
Wagon Train
7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.8
General Electric Theater
6.7
The Life Of Riley
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
6.7
Lux Video Theatre
6.7
Lux Video Theatre
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Truth or Consequences
7.4
Truth or Consequences
7.1
What's My Line?
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
Lights Out
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
6.8