Movies
Star: Well-known for his ‘Life of Riley’ role, the actor found playing Babe Ruth especially meaningful.
May 2, 1997
Business
William M.
Aug. 6, 1988
“The Babe,” a new movie about Babe Ruth, opens Friday.
April 12, 1992
Let it be trumpeted that Hollywood has broken its losing streak, a long one.
May 17, 1992
Television
Marjorie Reynolds, the actress who endeared herself to audiences as the long-limbed love interest of rivals Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire in “Holiday Inn” and as the long-suffering television wife of William Bendix in “The Life of Riley,” has died.
Feb. 13, 1997
There has never been a worse sports movie than “The Babe Ruth Story,” the 1948 film in which William Bendix portrayed baseball’s Great Bambino.
Oct. 5, 1991
Sports
How hungry can strike-stunned baseball fans get? Hungry enough to search out a video fix?
Sept. 1, 1994
Engineering and construction firm Morrison Knudsen Corp. on Wednesday announced the retirement of Chairman William Agee as the company forecast a loss for the year and eliminated its quarterly dividend.
Feb. 2, 1995
William Agee, whose imperious style and flawed strategy at the helm of Morrison Knudsen Corp. shattered the company’s finances and demoralized employees, has quit under pressure.
Feb. 11, 1995
World & Nation
William George Bougher, a retired electronics engineer who helped develop radar for the United States before this nation entered World War II, has died at the age of 69.
May 27, 1988