William Bendix
Known for 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).
Filmography
The Dark Corner
1946
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Lifeboat
1944
as Gus Smith
Detective Story
1951
as Det. Lou Brody
The Web
1947
as Lt. Damico
Macao
1952
as Lawrence C. Trumble
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Woman of the Year
1942
as Pinkie Peters
The Glass Key
1942
as Jeff
They Drive by Night
1940
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
The Big Steal
1949
as Capt. Vincent Blake
The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Buzz Wanchek
Who Done It?
1942
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Ben Worley
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
as Corp. Taxi Potts
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Slattery
Crashout
1955
as Van Morgan Duff
Calcutta
1946
as Pedro Blake
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Sir Sagramore
Cover Up
1949
as Larry Best