William Bendix

William Bendix

Active - 1942 - 2003  |   Birth - Jan 14, 1906  |   Death - Dec 14, 1964  |   Genres - Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance, War | Subgenres - Film Noir, Musical, Romantic Comedy, Detective Film, Western Film

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William Bendix was an American film, radio, and television actor, who typically played rough, blue-collar characters. He is best remembered in films for the title role in The Babe Ruth Story. He also portrayed the clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in both the radio and television versions of The Life of Riley. He received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Wake Island (1942).

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