Married Jeanne Garfunkel in 1940, with whom he wrote seven books on television, filming, economics, and oceanography for young readers. He later served as one of the first three cameramen at CBS-TV in the early 1940s.
Attended New York University from 1936-1937, and the C. H. White School of Photography from 1938-1939.
Son of Louis G. Bendick, a businessman, and Ruth (Feis) Bendick.