William Bendix
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Buzz Wanchek
Gambling House
1950
as Joe Farrow
Lifeboat
1944
as Gus Smith
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Greenwich Village
1944
as Danny O'Mara
They Drive by Night
1940
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
For Love or Money
1963
as Joe Fogel
Woman of the Year
1942
as Pinkie Peters
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Streets of Laredo
1949
as Wahoo Jones
Battle Stations
1956
as Buck Fitzpatrick
Submarine Command
1951
as CPO Boyer
The Deep Six
1958
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
Variety Girl
1947
as William Bendix
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
as Corp. Taxi Potts
A Bell for Adano
1945
as Sgt. Borth
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Porkie Scott
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Slattery
Detective Story
1951
as Det. Lou Brody