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William Bendix
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Actor Born: January 4, 1906 in New York City, NY Death: December 14, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:William Bendix made a career out of playing lovable big lugs, although he also occasionally got to play sinister and tragic roles with equal success. He was born in New York City, in a cold-water flat at Third Avenue and 45th Street in 1906, the only son of Oscar Bendix and the former Hilda Carnell. Oscar Bendix was a musician who played in local bands, including one led by Arthur Pryor, while an uncle, Max, was a violinist in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra -- but William's interest in music was solely as a listener. He was raised in the Bronx, and graduated from P.S. 5, later attending Townsend Harris High School, where his main interests lay in sports, especially baseball. He was later a bat boy at the Polo Grounds, at a time when both the New York Giants and the New York Yankees played there, and his job only ended when the Yankees, in a dispute with their landlords the Giants, pulled up stakes to... Full Biography
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