Actor
William Bendix
Biography

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 con ...

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