William Bendix
Acting
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
2004Los Angeles Plays Itself
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
1968The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1964Young Fury
Blacksmith
1964Law of the Lawless
Sheriff Ed Tanner
1963For Love or Money
Joe Fogel
1963The Young and the Brave
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
1962Boys' Night Out
Slattery
1961Johnny Nobody
James Ronald Mulcahy
1959The Rough and the Smooth
Reg Barker
1959Idol on Parade
Sergeant Major Lush
1959The Ransom of Red Chief
Bill Driscoll
1958The Deep Six
'Frenchy' Shapiro
1956Battle Stations
Buck Fitzpatrick
1955Crashout
Van Morgan Duff
1954Dangerous Mission
Chief Ranger Joe Parker
1952Macao
Lawrence C. Trumble
1952A Girl in Every Port
Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
1952Blackbeard, the Pirate
Ben Worley
1951Detective Story
Det. Lou Brody
1951Submarine Command
CPO Boyer
1950Gambling House
Joe Farrow
1950Kill the Umpire
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sir Sagramore
