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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, 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. He also portrayed the clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in both the radio and television versions of The Life of Riley, and baseball player Babe Ruth in The Babe Ruth Story. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bendix has received more than 1,261,995 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Bendix is the 7,746th most popular actor (down from 6,292nd in 2019), the 11,481st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,782nd in 2019) and the 3,757th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Bendix ranks 7,746 out of 9,996. Before him are Anna Samokhina, Sonja Sohn, Ian Anthony Dale, Drew Fuller, Vanessa Bell Calloway, and Raquel Cassidy. After him are Ebru Özkan, Jean Porter, Esther Rolle, Janet Blair, Abraham Benrubi, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, William Bendix ranks 374. Before him are Márton Homonnai, Bunny Austin, Jim Bausch, Julio Rosales, Catherine Cookson, and Katsuo Takaishi. After him are Mauri Rose, Pat O'Callaghan, William Empson, Bea Benaderet, Hiram Fong, and Donald Woods. Among people deceased in 1964, William Bendix ranks 196. Before him are Frank Albertson, Gracie Allen, Robert Warwick, Paul Cavanagh, Karl Johan Svensson, and Timmy Mayer. After him are Alice Wilson, Adele Goldstine, Mehboob Khan, Eddie Sachs, and Taffy Abel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bendix ranks 11,481 out of 18,182. Before him are Steven Hawley (1951), Drew Fuller (1980), Vanessa Bell Calloway (1957), Kate Spade (1962), Arlen Specter (1930), and Francis Parkman (1823). After him are Matthew Barney (1967), Jimmy DeGrasso (1963), Jeff Nathanson (1965), Eliot Spitzer (1959), Joe Boyd (1942), and Jean Porter (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Bendix ranks 3,757. Before him are Keith Gordon (1961), Elliott Nugent (1896), Sonja Sohn (1964), Ian Anthony Dale (1978), Drew Fuller (1980), and Vanessa Bell Calloway (1957). After him are Jean Porter (1922), Esther Rolle (1920), Janet Blair (1921), Abraham Benrubi (1969), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1956), and Christian Clemenson (1958).

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