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). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bendix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | New York City, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906-01-14 |
| Died | 1964-12-14 |
Movies
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
2004
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Young Fury
as Blacksmith
1964
Law of the Lawless
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
1964
For Love or Money
as Joe Fogel
1963
The Young and the Brave
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
1963
Boys' Night Out
as Slattery
1962
Johnny Nobody
as James Ronald Mulcahy
1961
The Rough and the Smooth
as Reg Barker
1959
The Ransom of Red Chief
as Bill Driscoll
1959
Idol on Parade
as Sergeant Major Lush
1959
The Deep Six
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
1958
Battle Stations
as Buck Fitzpatrick
1956
Crashout
as Van Morgan Duff
1955
Dangerous Mission
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
1954
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Ben Worley
1952
Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble
1952
A Girl in Every Port
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
1952
Submarine Command
as CPO Boyer
1951
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody
1951
Gambling House
as Joe Farrow
1950
Kill the Umpire
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
1950
Johnny Holiday
as Sgt. Walker
1949
The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake
1949
Streets of Laredo
as Wahoo Jones
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore
1949
The Life of Riley
as Chester A. Riley
1949
Cover Up
as Larry Best
1949
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Cop
1948
The Babe Ruth Story
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
1948
Race Street
as Barney Runson
1948
The Time of Your Life
as Nick
1948
Where There's Life
as Victor O'Brien
1947
Variety Girl
as William Bendix
1947
The Web
as Lt. Damico
1947
Blaze of Noon
as Porkie Scott
1947
I'll Be Yours
as Wechsberg
1947
Calcutta
as Pedro Blake
1946
Two Years Before the Mast
as First Mate Amazeen
1946
White Tie and Tails
as Larry Lundie
1946
The Blue Dahlia
as Buzz Wanchek
1946
The Dark Corner
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
1946
Sentimental Journey
as Donnelly - Uncle Don
1946
A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Borth
1945
Don Juan Quilligan
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
1945
It's in the Bag!
as William Bendix
1945
Greenwich Village
as Danny O'Mara
1944
Abroad with Two Yanks
as Biff Koraski
1944
The Hairy Ape
as Hank Smith
1944
Skirmish on the Home Front
as Herb Miller
1944
Lifeboat
as Gus Smith
1944
Guadalcanal Diary
as Corp. Taxi Potts
1943
Hostages
as Underground leader
1943
China
as Johnny Sparrow
1943
Taxi, Mister
as Tim McGuerin
1943
The Crystal Ball
as Biff Carter
1943
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Tim McGuerin
1942
Who Done It?
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
1942
The Glass Key
as Jeff
1942
Wake Island
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Herman
1942
Woman of the Year
as Pinkie Peters
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
as Timothy McGuerin
1942
They Drive by Night
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
1940
Movies
A Luz vem do Alto
Writer
1959
