William Bendix

Actor

1906-01-14 – 1964-12-14 · New York City, New York, USA

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).

• Lifeboat (1944) — Gus Smith
• The Blue Dahlia (1946) — Buzz Wanchek
• Detective Story (1951) — Det. Lou Brody
• Woman of the Year (1942) — Pinkie Peters
• They Drive by Night (1940) — Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
• The Glass Key (1942) — Jeff
• The Big Steal (1949) — Capt. Vincent Blake
• The Dark Corner (1946) — Fred Foss
• Macao (1952) — Lawrence C. Trumble
• Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) — Ben Worley
• The Web (1947) — Lt. Damico
• Who Done It? (1942) — Detective Sgt. Brannigan
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) — Sir Sagramore
• Boys' Night Out (1962) — Slattery
• Wake Island (1942) — Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
• Cover Up (1949) — Larry Best
• Crashout (1955) — Van Morgan Duff
• Guadalcanal Diary (1943) — Corp. Taxi Potts
• Calcutta (1946) — Pedro Blake
• Race Street (1948) — Barney Runson
• The Time of Your Life (1948) — Nick
• Dangerous Mission (1954) — Chief Ranger Joe Parker
• Submarine Command (1951) — CPO Boyer
• Gambling House (1950) — Joe Farrow