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