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