William Bendix

Career timeline

1. 1906 · Born

   Born in New York City, New York, USA

2. 1940 · Screen debut

   They Drive by Night (Movie)

3. 1950 · Breakthrough

   Robert Montgomery Presents (TV)

4. 1964 · Latest release

   Young Fury (Movie)

5. 1964 · Died

   December 14, 1964

Career in numbers

39 1940s

27 1950s

10 1960s

• Drama42
• Comedy29
• Crime18
• War10
• Romance7
• Thriller6

Highest-rated title The Untouchables 1959 8.1 Most popular title Wagon Train 1957 6.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside William Bendix in our catalogue.

Richard Conte

2 titles together

1. 1964 Young Fury as Blacksmith Movie
2. 1964 Law of the Lawless as Sheriff Ed Tanner Movie
3. 1963 Burke's Law as Fred Hopke TV
4. 1963 For Love or Money as Joe Fogel Movie
5. 1963 The Young and the Brave as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW) Movie
6. 1963 Vacation Playhouse TV
7. 1962 Boys' Night Out as Slattery 5.8 Movie
8. 1961 Johnny Nobody as James Ronald Mulcahy Movie
9. 1961 Mister Ed as Bill Parker 6.7 TV
10. 1960 Overland Trail as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly TV
11. 1959 The Untouchables as Wally Legenza 8.1 TV
12. 1959 The Rough and the Smooth as Reg Barker Movie
13. 1959 Riverboat as Vance Muldoon TV
14. 1959 The Ransom of Red Chief as Bill Driscoll Movie
15. 1959 Idol on Parade as Sergeant Major Lush Movie
16. 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV
17. 1958 The Deep Six as 'Frenchy' Shapiro Movie
18. 1957 Wagon Train as Capt. Matthew Cobb 6.6 TV
19. 1956 Battle Stations as Buck Fitzpatrick Movie
20. 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour as Captain George Devlin TV
21. 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse as Joe Redman TV
22. 1955 Crashout as Van Morgan Duff 6.6 Movie
23. 1954 Dangerous Mission as Chief Ranger Joe Parker Movie
24. 1953 General Electric Theater as George Harris TV
25. 1953 The Life Of Riley as Chester A. Riley TV
26. 1952 Blackbeard, the Pirate as Ben Worley 5.9 Movie
27. 1952 The Ford Television Theatre as Carl Ledbetter TV
28. 1952 Macao as Lawrence C. Trumble 6.3 Movie
29. 1952 A Girl in Every Port as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan Movie
30. 1951 Submarine Command as CPO Boyer Movie
31. 1951 Detective Story as Det. Lou Brody 7.1 Movie
32. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as USAF Crew Chief TV
33. 1950 Gambling House as Joe Farrow Movie
34. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Window Washer TV
35. 1950 Truth or Consequences TV
36. 1950 Kill the Umpire as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson Movie
37. 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man TV
38. 1949 Johnny Holiday as Sgt. Walker Movie
39. 1949 Lights Out TV
40. 1949 The Big Steal as Capt. Vincent Blake 6.6 Movie
41. 1949 Streets of Laredo as Wahoo Jones Movie
42. 1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sir Sagramore 6.2 Movie
43. 1949 The Life of Riley as Chester A. Riley Movie
44. 1949 Cover Up as Larry Best 6.4 Movie
45. 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse as Genteman Suitor TV
46. 1948 10,000 Kids and a Cop as Cop Movie
47. 1948 The Babe Ruth Story as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth Movie
48. 1948 Race Street as Barney Runson 6.0 Movie
49. 1948 The Time of Your Life as Nick Movie
50. 1947 Where There's Life as Victor O'Brien Movie
51. 1947 Variety Girl as William Bendix Movie
52. 1947 The Web as Lt. Damico 7.1 Movie
53. 1947 I'll Be Yours as Wechsberg Movie
54. 1946 Calcutta as Pedro Blake 6.4 Movie
55. 1946 Two Years Before the Mast as First Mate Amazeen Movie
56. 1946 White Tie and Tails as Larry Lundie Movie
57. 1946 The Blue Dahlia as Buzz Wanchek 6.7 Movie
58. 1946 The Dark Corner as Fred Foss 6.6 Movie
59. 1946 Sentimental Journey as Donnelly - Uncle Don Movie
60. 1945 A Bell for Adano as Sergeant Borth Movie
61. 1945 Don Juan Quilligan as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan Movie
62. 1945 It's in the Bag! as William Bendix Movie
63. 1944 Greenwich Village as Danny O'Mara Movie
64. 1944 Abroad with Two Yanks as Biff Koraski Movie
65. 1944 The Hairy Ape as Hank Smith Movie
66. 1944 Lifeboat as Gus Smith 7.4 Movie
67. 1943 Guadalcanal Diary as Corp. Taxi Potts 5.6 Movie
68. 1943 Hostages as Underground leader Movie
69. 1943 China as Johnny Sparrow Movie
70. 1943 The Crystal Ball as Biff Carter Movie
71. 1942 Who Done It? as Detective Sgt. Brannigan 6.9 Movie
72. 1942 The Glass Key as Jeff 6.7 Movie
73. 1942 Wake Island as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall 5.8 Movie
74. 1942 Star Spangled Rhythm as Herman Movie
75. 1942 Woman of the Year as Pinkie Peters 7.0 Movie
76. 1940 They Drive by Night as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited) 6.9 Movie

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