William Bendix

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William Bendix and Mary Anderson in Lifeboat (1944), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

William Bendix

American actor

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- John Farrow
  Films of the 1940s
  …Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, and William Bendix. It received an Academy Award nomination for best picture and earned Farrow his only nomination for best director. Other films set during World War II included Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) with Paul Muni; China (1943), a thriller about war profiteers (Alan Ladd…
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  …Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, and William Bendix. It received an Academy Award nomination for best picture and earned Farrow his only nomination for best director. Other films set during World War II included Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) with Paul Muni; China (1943), a thriller about war profiteers (Alan Ladd…
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- radio
  Situation comedy
  The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix as a well-meaning if somewhat overprotective husband and father, was a long-running success in both radio and television, as was The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which starred former bandleader Ozzie Nelson, his real-life wife, Harriet Hilliard Nelson, and, eventually, their two sons,…
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  The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix as a well-meaning if somewhat overprotective husband and father, was a long-running success in both radio and television, as was The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which starred former bandleader Ozzie Nelson, his real-life wife, Harriet Hilliard Nelson, and, eventually, their two sons,…
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