William Bendix
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William 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
Credits
Detective Story (1951)
as Det. Lou Brody
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
as Corp. Taxi Potts
A Bell for Adano (1945)
as Sergeant Borth
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Lifeboat (1944)
as Gus Smith
For Love or Money (1963)
as Joe Fogel
They Drive by Night (1940)
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Woman of the Year (1942)
as Pinkie Peters
Cover Up (1949)
as Larry Best
Streets of Laredo (1949)
as Wahoo Jones
Young Fury (1964)
as Blacksmith
Greenwich Village (1944)
as Danny O'Mara
Boys' Night Out (1962)
as Slattery
Macao (1952)
as Lawrence C. Trumble
Battle Stations (1956)
as Buck Fitzpatrick
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
as Sir Sagramore
Idol on Parade (1959)
as Sergeant Major Lush
Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
as First Mate Amazeen
The Glass Key (1942)
as Jeff
Law of the Lawless (1964)
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
as Buzz Wanchek
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
as Ben Worley
The Time Element (—)
as Peter Jenson
Who Done It? (1942)
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
The Dark Corner (1946)
as Fred Foss
10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)
as Cop
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rough and the Smooth (1959)
as Reg Barker
Where There's Life (1947)
as Victor O'Brien
Dangerous Mission (1954)
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Submarine Command (1951)
as CPO Boyer
Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
as Biff Koraski
Crashout (1955)
as Van Morgan Duff
The Time of Your Life (1948)
as Nick
Race Street (1948)
as Barney Runson
The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)
as Tim McGuerin
Variety Girl (1947)
as William Bendix
I'll Be Yours (1947)
as Wechsberg
Wake Island (1942)
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
The Deep Six (1958)
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
A Girl in Every Port (1952)
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
The Ransom of Red Chief (1959)
as Bill Driscoll
White Tie and Tails (1946)
as Larry Lundie
Sentimental Journey (1946)
as Donnelly - Uncle Don
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
The Big Steal (1949)
as Capt. Vincent Blake
The Web (1947)
as Lt. Damico
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
as Herman
Kill the Umpire (1950)
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
China (1943)
as Johnny Sparrow
The Young and the Brave (1963)
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as William Bendix
Calcutta (1946)
as Pedro Blake
The Crystal Ball (1943)
as Biff Carter
Johnny Nobody (1961)
as James Ronald Mulcahy
Johnny Holiday (1949)
as Sgt. Walker
The Hairy Ape (1944)
as Hank Smith
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
as Timothy McGuerin
Blaze of Noon (1947)
as Porkie Scott
Gambling House (1950)
as Joe Farrow
Hostages (1943)
as Underground leader
The Life of Riley (1949)
as Chester A. Riley
Taxi, Mister (1943)
as Tim McGuerin
Skirmish on the Home Front (1944)
as Herb Miller
High Air (1956)
as Joe Redman