William Bendix
ActingWilliam Bendix (January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an American film, radio, and television actor, best remembered in movies for the title role in the movie The Babe Ruth Story and for portraying clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in radio and television's The Life of Riley. He also received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Wake Island (1942).
Known For
Lifeboat
Gus Smith
Woman of the Year
Pinkie Peters
Boys' Night Out
Slattery
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Dark Corner
Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
The Blue Dahlia
Buzz Wanchek
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Wake Island
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Macao
Lawrence C. Trumble
Detective Story
Det. Lou Brody
Filmography — Acting
Lifeboat
Gus Smith
Woman of the Year
Pinkie Peters
Boys' Night Out
Slattery
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Dark Corner
Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
The Blue Dahlia
Buzz Wanchek
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Wake Island
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Macao
Lawrence C. Trumble
Detective Story
Det. Lou Brody
The Web
Lt. Damico
Variety Girl
William Bendix
The Deep Six
'Frenchy' Shapiro
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sir Sagramore
Crashout
Van Morgan Duff
Submarine Command
CPO Boyer
Guadalcanal Diary
Corp. Taxi Potts
Calcutta
Pedro Blake
For Love or Money
Joe Fogel
Streets of Laredo
Wahoo Jones
The Glass Key
Jeff
A Bell for Adano
Sgt. Borth
Johnny Nobody
James Ronald Mulcahy
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
Where There's Life
Victor O'Brien
They Drive by Night
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
It's in the Bag!
William Bendix
The Rough and the Smooth
Reg Barker
The Big Steal
Capt. Vincent Blake
Dangerous Mission
Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Blaze of Noon
Porkie Scott
Battle Stations
Buck Fitzpatrick
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Ben Worley
Who Done It?
Detective Sgt. Brannigan
Young Fury
Blacksmith
The Crystal Ball
Biff Carter
Cover Up
Larry Best
The Life of Riley
Chester A. Riley
China
Johnny Sparrow
Gambling House
Joe Farrow
Abroad with Two Yanks
Biff Koraski
A Girl in Every Port
Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Sentimental Journey
Donnelly - Uncle Don
The Time of Your Life
Nick
Hostages
Underground leader
Star Spangled Rhythm
Herman
Law of the Lawless
Sheriff Ed Tanner
Race Street
Barney Runson
Idol on Parade
Sergeant Major Lush
Two Years Before the Mast
First Mate Amazeen
The Babe Ruth Story
George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
The Young and the Brave
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Kill the Umpire
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
The Hairy Ape
Hank Smith
Don Juan Quilligan
Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
The Time Element
Peter Jenson
White Tie and Tails
Larry Lundie
Greenwich Village
Danny O'Mara
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Cop
Brooklyn Orchid
Timothy McGuerin
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Tim McGuerin
I'll Be Yours
Wechsberg
Taxi, Mister
Tim McGuerin
High Air
Joe Redman
Johnny Holiday
Sgt. Walker
The Ransom of Red Chief
Bill Driscoll
Skirmish on the Home Front
Herb Miller
