William Bendix

Actor

Born: January 14, 1906
Died: December 14, 1964 (age 58)
From: 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).

Filmography (66)

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991)
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Self (archive footage)
Young Fury (1964)
Blacksmith
Law of the Lawless (1964)
Sheriff Ed Tanner
For Love or Money (1963)
Joe Fogel
The Young and the Brave (1963)
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Boys' Night Out (1962)
Slattery
Johnny Nobody (1961)
James Ronald Mulcahy
The Rough and the Smooth (1959)
Reg Barker
The Ransom of Red Chief (1959)
Bill Driscoll
Idol on Parade (1959)
Sergeant Major Lush
The Deep Six (1958)
'Frenchy' Shapiro
High Air
High Air (1956)
Joe Redman
Battle Stations (1956)
Buck Fitzpatrick
Crashout (1955)
Van Morgan Duff
Dangerous Mission (1954)
Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
Ben Worley
Macao (1952)
Lawrence C. Trumble
A Girl in Every Port (1952)
Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Submarine Command (1951)
CPO Boyer
Detective Story (1951)
Det. Lou Brody
Gambling House (1950)
Joe Farrow
Kill the Umpire (1950)
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Johnny Holiday (1949)
Sgt. Walker
The Big Steal (1949)
Capt. Vincent Blake
Streets of Laredo (1949)
Wahoo Jones
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Sir Sagramore
The Life of Riley (1949)
Chester A. Riley
Cover Up (1949)
Larry Best
10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)
Cop