William Bendix
Acting
Born: 1906-01-14 in New York City, New York, USA
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).
Known For
Lifeboat
Gus Smith
The Blue Dahlia
Buzz Wanchek
Detective Story
Det. Lou Brody
Woman of the Year
Pinkie Peters
The Untouchables
Wally Legenza
They Drive by Night
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
The Glass Key
Jeff
The Big Steal
Capt. Vincent Blake
The Dark Corner
Fred Foss
Mister Ed
Bill Parker
Macao
Lawrence C. Trumble
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Ben Worley
The Web
Lt. Damico
Who Done It?
Detective Sgt. Brannigan
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sir Sagramore
Boys' Night Out
Slattery
Wagon Train
Capt. Matthew Cobb
What's My Line?
Self
Wake Island
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Cover Up
Larry Best
Crashout
Van Morgan Duff
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Guadalcanal Diary
Corp. Taxi Potts
Calcutta
Pedro Blake
Race Street
Barney Runson
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Time of Your Life
Nick
Submarine Command
CPO Boyer
Dangerous Mission
Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Gambling House
Joe Farrow
China
Johnny Sparrow
The Crystal Ball
Biff Carter
Streets of Laredo
Wahoo Jones
A Bell for Adano
Sergeant Borth
Johnny Nobody
James Ronald Mulcahy
The Deep Six
'Frenchy' Shapiro
Young Fury
Blacksmith
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Variety Girl
William Bendix
Burke's Law
Fred Hopke