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William Bendix (January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an American film, radio, and television actor, who typically played rough, blue-collar characters. He is best remembered for his role in Wake Island, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
William Bendix. Actor: Lifeboat. William Bendix was not a son of Brooklyn, New York, although because of his stereotypical "Brooklyn accent" it has been widely supposed that he was. Bendix was actually born in the Borough of Manhattan (New York City proper), in a midtown flat hard by the tracks of the long-since defunct Third-Avenue Elevated ...
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Popular American character actor William Bendix's burly physique and New York accent were equally suited to playing genial lugs and vicious thugs. Bendix was born in midtown Manhattan, the son of musician Oscar Bendix (not violinist/conductor Max Bendix, as is often reported).
- January 14, 1906
- December 14, 1964
A Retrospective of the Hollywood Everyman - YouTube. Dive into the remarkable world of William Bendix, the embodiment of Hollywood's Everyman, whose blundering brilliance left an indelible mark...
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When he was 15 in 1922, William Bendix was a batboy for the New York Giants, who shared the Polo Grounds with Ruth’s Yankees. Ruth took to Bendix, who became his hero’s gofer. He shined Ruth’s...
It was shown earlier this evening. Right now, TCM is showing Don Siegel's Mexico-set crime drama The Big Steal, featuring Greer, her Out of the Past co-star Robert Mitchum, William Bendix, Patrick Knowles, and silent-film veterans Ramon Novarro and Don Alvarado.
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25. 1.3K views 2 years ago. William Bendix played everything from heavy to pal, star to bumbling sidekick, in a career that lasted almost a quarter of a century and spanned three mediums....
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