William Bendix Autograph

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. Bendix was a frequent co-star of Alan Ladd, the two appearing in ten films together; both actors coincidentally died in 1964. More about William Bendix

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Current items with a signature of William Bendix

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thumbnail1950 William Bendix Movie Star Signed Photograph – Babe Ruth Story Actor$9.99logo
thumbnailWILLIAM BENDIX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH$550.00logo
thumbnailWILLIAM BENDIX - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH$240.00logo
thumbnailWilliam Bendix 2 1/2 by 4 Signed Autograph Photo COA$39.99logo
thumbnailWilliam Bendix Autographed Album Page Babe Ruth Story Actor D.64$40.00logo
thumbnailWilliam Bendix Autographed Magazine Clipping c.1943 Movie Star Actor$29.95logo
thumbnailWILLIAM BENDIX signed photo BABE RUTH STORY$39.95logo
Bendix was born in Manhattan, the only child of Oscar and Hilda (Carnell) Bendix, and was named William after his German paternal grandfather. His uncle was composer, conductor, and violinist Max Bendix. In the early 1920s, Bendix was a batboy for the New York Yankees and said he saw Babe Ruth hit more than 100 home runs at Yankee Stadium. However, he was fired after fulfilling Ruth's request for a large order of hot dogs and soda before a game, which resulted in Ruth being unable to play that day. He worked as a grocer until the Great Depression.

Bendix began his acting career at age 30 in the New Jersey Federal Theatre Project. He made his film debut in 1942. He played in supporting roles in dozens of Hollywood films, usually as a warm-hearted gangster, detective or serviceman. He began with appearances in films noir, including a supporting role in The Glass Key (1942), which featured Brian Donlevy, Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in the leads. He soon gained attention after appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944) as Gus, a wounded and dying American sailor. He was the top-billed lead in The Hairy Ape (1944) based upon the Eugene O'Neill play, also starring Susan Hayward and Dorothy Comingore. Read even more about William Bendix at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of William Bendix

In total, we tracked 58 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of William Bendix (GROUCHO MARX & WILLIAM BENDIX Hand Signed Autographed 8 X 10 PHOTO W/COA) was sold in August 2022 for $950.00 while the cheapest item (Vintage William Bendix original autographed photograph (not repro) actor) found a new owner for $1.99 in May 2022. The month with the most items sold (2) was September 2023 with an average selling price of $86.69 for an autographed item of William Bendix. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2022 with $950.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.00 was December 2022. In average, an autographed item from William Bendix is worth $24.48.

Most recently, these items with a signature of William Bendix were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailACTOR WILLIAM BENDIX AUTOGRAPHED Signed 1941 New York library card Rare Vintage$49.99logo
thumbnailPeter Lorre William Bendix M.Gordon Very Rare Autographed Page +3 Pilot WWII '44$454.99logo
thumbnailWILLIAM BENDIX (1906-1964) (BABE RUTH STORY~WAKE ISLAND) AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~$13.50logo
thumbnailWILLIAM BENDIX (1940's) Vintage Fan Photo - SIGNED!$14.99logo
thumbnailWilliam Bendix Autograph 1940's Hand Signed Photo Babe Ruth Oscar Winner$13.50logo
thumbnailWilliam Bendix Autographed Photo 2.5 x 4; original Roach envelope to my Mom 1945$18.00logo
thumbnailWILLIAM BENDIX AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE ORIG 40s OVERSIZE STUDIO PHOTO WHITEY SCHAFER$158.38logo
thumbnailWilliam Bendix Rare Very Early Autographed 5/7 Photo 40s Blue Dahlia Glass Key$89.99logo
thumbnailWILLIAM BENDIX Signed/Autographed vintage album page JSA - Babe Ruth Story$69.95logo
thumbnailWilliam Bendix Very Rare Autographed Library Card 40s Blue Dahlia Glass Key$52.99logo