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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).

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)

Young Fury
as Blacksmith

Law of the Lawless
as Sheriff Ed Tanner

Burke's Law
as Fred Hopke

For Love or Money
as Joe Fogel

The Young and the Brave
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Vacation Playhouse

Boys' Night Out
as Slattery

Johnny Nobody
as James Ronald Mulcahy

Mister Ed
as Bill Parker

Overland Trail
as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly

The Untouchables
as Wally Legenza

The Rough and the Smooth
as Reg Barker

Riverboat
as Vance Muldoon

The Ransom of Red Chief
as Bill Driscoll

Idol on Parade
as Sergeant Major Lush

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

The Deep Six
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
The Lux Show
as Self

Wagon Train
as Capt. Matthew Cobb
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
High Air
as Joe Redman

The Steve Allen Show
as Self

Battle Stations
as Buck Fitzpatrick

Screen Director's Playhouse
as Joe Redman

The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Captain George Devlin

Crashout
as Van Morgan Duff

Dangerous Mission
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker

General Electric Theater
as George Harris

The Life Of Riley
as Chester A. Riley

Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Ben Worley

The Ford Television Theatre
as Carl Ledbetter

Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble

A Girl in Every Port
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

Submarine Command
as CPO Boyer

Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as USAF Crew Chief

Gambling House
as Joe Farrow
Lux Video Theatre
as Window Washer

The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Truth or Consequences

Kill the Umpire
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

What's My Line?
as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents
as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man

Johnny Holiday
as Sgt. Walker

Lights Out

The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake

Streets of Laredo
as Wahoo Jones

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore

The Life of Riley
as Chester A. Riley

Cover Up
as Larry Best

The Philco Television Playhouse
as Genteman Suitor

10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Cop

The Babe Ruth Story
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

Race Street
as Barney Runson

The Time of Your Life
as Nick

The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self

Where There's Life
as Victor O'Brien