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