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William Bendix (January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an American film, radio, and television actor, known for his portrayals of rough, blue-collar characters. He gained significant recognition for his role in Wake Island , for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor .
Originally, William Bendix was to have appeared on both radio and TV, but Bendix's RKO Radio Pictures movie contract prevented him from appearing on the TV version. Jackie Gleason starred, with Rosemary DeCamp replacing Paula Winslowe as wife Peg, Gloria Winters as daughter Barbara (Babs), Lanny Rees as son Chester Jr. (Junior), and Sid Tomack ...
Wake Island is a 1942 American action drama war film directed by John Farrow, written by W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton, and William Bendix.
Alan Walbridge Ladd [2] (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film producer. ... Ladd also appeared in ten films with William Bendix.
Overland Trail is an American Western television series starring William Bendix and Doug McClure which aired on NBC from February 7 to June 6, 1960. Synopsis
Prolific supporting actor William Bendix, extremely popular in the 1940s, only appeared in three more theatrical films after this one. Douglas' car in this movie is a red 1962 Chrysler 300 Sport Convertible.
Put it down as claptrap and the performance of Mr. Mature as another demonstration of an actor doing the best he can with a bad role. Miss Moore is entirely incidental and William Bendix is mulishly mean as the tough and deceitful rascal who crosses up Mr. Mature. To say any more about it might tend to incriminate somebody." [8]
Idol on Parade (also known as Idle on Parade) is a 1959 British comedy film directed by John Gilling and starring William Bendix, Anthony Newley, Sid James and Lionel Jeffries. [1] The screenplay was by John Antrobus , based on the 1958 William Camp novel Idle on Parade [ 2 ] [ 3 ] which was inspired by Elvis Presley 's conscription into the US ...