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William Bendix

1906 - 1964

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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. Bendix is also remembered for playing Chester A. Riley, the earnest and clumsy aircraft plant worker, in both the radio and television versions of The Life of Riley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bendix has received more than 1,359,504 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William Bendix is the 8,317th most popular actor (down from 7,735th in 2019), the 12,293rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,455th in 2019) and the 3,882nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Bendix ranks 8,317 out of 13,578. Before him are Danila Kozlovsky, Xavier Beauvois, Torri Higginson, Rya Kihlstedt, Yū Aoi, and Lashana Lynch. After him are Christopher Fairbank, Jodie Comer, Kari Wuhrer, Suresh Oberoi, Amanda Schull, and Christian Chávez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, William Bendix ranks 428. Before him are Dunc Gray, Sue Carol, Einar Haugen, Albert Charles Smith, Donald Woods, and S. I. Hayakawa. After him are Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Jim Bausch, Esmond Knight, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Catherine Cookson, and Barbara Jo Allen. Among people deceased in 1964, William Bendix ranks 212. Before him are Josef Šroubek, Alice Wilson, Robert Warwick, János Urányi, Harold McMunn, and Paul Cavanagh. After him are Montgomery Wilson, Art Ross, Timmy Mayer, Mehboob Khan, H. Beam Piper, and Eddie Sachs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bendix ranks 12,293 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Smith (1932), Rya Kihlstedt (1970), Thomas McKean (1734), Lurleen Wallace (1926), Jeremy Camp (1978), and Vince Gill (1957). After him are Duncan Gregg (1910), Kari Wuhrer (1967), Amanda Schull (1978), Betsy DeVos (1958), Domenick Lombardozzi (1976), and Lauryn Williams (1983).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Bendix ranks 3,882. Before him are Tim O'Connor (1927), Rochelle Aytes (1976), Sheryl Lee Ralph (1956), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (1977), Joan Caulfield (1922), and Rya Kihlstedt (1970). After him are Kari Wuhrer (1967), Amanda Schull (1978), Domenick Lombardozzi (1976), Nan Martin (1927), Noel Neill (1920), and Scott Wolf (1968).

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