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William Bendix was an American comedian, film actor, television actor, and screenwriter. Born in New York City in 1906, he worked primarily in the Western genre and began his career in 1936. He was a member of the Republican Party and wrote in English.
Bendix received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He died of pneumonia in Los Angeles in 1964 due to natural causes. He is buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery.
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New York City, New York, USA
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).
Known for
- Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star — Self (archive footage)1991
- The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)1968
- Young Fury — Blacksmith1964
- Law of the Lawless — Sheriff Ed Tanner1964
- For Love or Money — Joe Fogel1963
- The Young and the Brave — Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)1963
- Burke's Law — Fred Hopke1963
- Vacation Playhouse1963
- Burke's Law — Harrison Weems1963
- Boys' Night Out — Slattery1962
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- William Bendix 1960.JPG
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- William Bendix
- date of birth
- 1906-01-14
- date of death
- 1964-12-14
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- place of burial
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- William Bendix
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