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name: "William Bendix"
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born: "14 January 1906"
died: "14 December 1964"
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# William Bendix

Actor. Born 14 January 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 14 December 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 January 1906, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 14 December 1964
- **Also known as:** Уильям Бендикс, ویلیام بندیکس
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bendix, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2005629, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000904/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79246

## Biography

William Bendix (14 January 1906 – 14 December 1964) was an American actor known for supporting roles in films, radio and television. Born in New York City, he began his career in the theatre with the New Jersey Federal Theatre Project and made his Broadway debut in the late 1930s. His film career started in the early 1940s.

Bendix appeared in numerous Hollywood productions, often as blue-collar or rough-hewn characters. He played Pvt. Aloysius K. 'Smacksie' Randall in *Wake Island* (1942), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other film credits include *Woman of the Year* (1942), *The Glass Key* (1942), *Lifeboat* (1944) and *The Blue Dahlia* (1946). He frequently co-starred with Alan Ladd.

Bendix is also remembered for portraying Chester A. Riley in the radio and television versions of *The Life of Riley*, and for playing Babe Ruth in *The Babe Ruth Story* (1948).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wake Island* (1942), Fi1m 73, as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall — [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Young Fury* (1964), as Blacksmith
- *Law of the Lawless* (1964), as Sheriff Ed Tanner
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Fred Hopke, Harrison Weems
- *For Love or Money* (1963), as Joe Fogel
- *The Young and the Brave* (1963), as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
- *Vacation Playhouse* (1963), series, Actor
- *Boys' Night Out* (1962), as Slattery
- *Johnny Nobody* (1961), as James Ronald Mulcahy
- *Mister Ed* (1961), series, as Bill Parker
- *Overland Trail* (1960), series, as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
- *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Wally Legenza
- *The Rough and the Smooth* (1959), as Reg Barker
- *Riverboat* (1959), series, as Vance Muldoon
- *The Ransom of Red Chief* (1959), as Bill Driscoll
- *A Luz vem do Alto* (1959), Writer
- *Idol on Parade* (1959), as Sergeant Major Lush
- *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Deep Six* (1958), as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Capt. Matthew Cobb
- *High Air* (1956), as Joe Redman
- *Battle Stations* (1956), as Buck Fitzpatrick
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Captain George Devlin
- *Screen Director's Playhouse* (1955), series, as Joe Redman
- *Crashout* (1955), as Van Morgan Duff
- *Dangerous Mission* (1954), as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as George Harris
- *The Life Of Riley* (1953), series, as Chester A. Riley
- *Blackbeard, the Pirate* (1952), as Ben Worley
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Carl Ledbetter, Mack Pomeroy
- *Macao* (1952), as Lawrence C. Trumble
- *A Girl in Every Port* (1952), as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
- *Submarine Command* (1951), as CPO Boyer
- *Detective Story* (1951), as Det. Lou Brody
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as USAF Crew Chief, Bull Mitchell
- *Gambling House* (1950), as Joe Farrow
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Window Washer, Larry Beat
- *Truth or Consequences* (1950), series, Actor
- *Kill the Umpire* (1950), as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
- *Johnny Holiday* (1949), as Sgt. Walker
- *The Big Steal* (1949), as Capt. Vincent Blake
- *Streets of Laredo* (1949), as Wahoo Jones
- *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* (1949), as Sir Sagramore
- *The Life of Riley* (1949), as Chester A. Riley
- *Cover Up* (1949), as Larry Best
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Genteman Suitor
- *10,000 Kids and a Cop* (1948), as Cop
- *The Babe Ruth Story* (1948), as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
- *Race Street* (1948), as Barney Runson
- *The Time of Your Life* (1948), as Nick
- *Where There's Life* (1947), as Victor O'Brien
- *Variety Girl* (1947), as William Bendix
- *The Web* (1947), as Lt. Damico
- *Blaze of Noon* (1947), as Porkie Scott
- *I'll Be Yours* (1947), as Wechsberg
- *Calcutta* (1946), as Pedro Blake
- *Two Years Before the Mast* (1946), as First Mate Amazeen
- *White Tie and Tails* (1946), as Larry Lundie
- *The Blue Dahlia* (1946), as Buzz Wanchek
- *The Dark Corner* (1946), as Fred Foss
- *Sentimental Journey* (1946), as Donnelly - Uncle Don
- *A Bell for Adano* (1945), as Sgt. Borth
- *Don Juan Quilligan* (1945), as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
- *It's in the Bag!* (1945), as William Bendix
- *Greenwich Village* (1944), as Danny O'Mara
- *Abroad with Two Yanks* (1944), as Biff Koraski
- *The Hairy Ape* (1944), as Hank Smith
- *Skirmish on the Home Front* (1944), as Herb Miller
- *Lifeboat* (1944), as Gus Smith
- *Guadalcanal Diary* (1943), as Corp. Taxi Potts
- *Hostages* (1943), as Underground leader
- *China* (1943), as Johnny Sparrow
- *Taxi, Mister* (1943), as Tim McGuerin
- *The Crystal Ball* (1943), as Biff Carter
- *The McGuerins from Brooklyn* (1942), as Tim McGuerin
- *Who Done It?* (1942), as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
- *The Glass Key* (1942), as Jeff
- *Wake Island* (1942), as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)
- *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), as Herman
- *Woman of the Year* (1942), as Pinkie Peters
- *Brooklyn Orchid* (1942), as Timothy McGuerin
- *They Drive by Night* (1940), as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
- *The Time Element*, as Peter Jenson

## Gallery

- ![William Bendix](https://film.one/media/person/1233438/gallery-c9fd776307a1.jpg) William Bendix — The Bureau of Industrial Service for CBS-TV.  The Bureau was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam and was widely used by networks, studios and program sponsors for distributing publicity materials., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/William_Bendix_1960.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![William Bendix](https://film.one/media/person/1233438/gallery-ee065538df91.jpg) William Bendix — Image via TMDB
- ![William Bendix](https://film.one/media/person/1233438/gallery-08bc1c79c1e9.jpg) William Bendix — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1943: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Wake Island*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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