William Bendix
Acting • Born 1906-01-14 – Died 1964-12-14
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
99 credits
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Detective Story
Movie • 1951
Det. Lou Brody
Woman of the Year
Movie • 1942
Pinkie Peters
The Dark Corner
Movie • 1946
Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Macao
Movie • 1952
Lawrence C. Trumble
Calcutta
Movie • 1946
Pedro Blake
Crashout
Movie • 1955
Van Morgan Duff
Lifeboat
Movie • 1944
Gus Smith
Boys' Night Out
Movie • 1962
Slattery
The Web
Movie • 1947
Lt. Damico
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1949
Sir Sagramore
The Babe Ruth Story
Movie • 1948
George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Guadalcanal Diary
Movie • 1943
Corp. Taxi Potts
Wake Island
Movie • 1942
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Cover Up
Movie • 1949
Larry Best
The Blue Dahlia
Movie • 1946
Buzz Wanchek
Gambling House
Movie • 1950
Joe Farrow
Where There's Life
Movie • 1947
Victor O'Brien
The Glass Key
Movie • 1942
Jeff
Who Done It?
Movie • 1942
Detective Sgt. Brannigan
The Big Steal
Movie • 1949
Capt. Vincent Blake
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Race Street
Movie • 1948
Barney Runson
A Girl in Every Port
Movie • 1952
Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
The Time of Your Life
Movie • 1948
Nick
Brooklyn Orchid
Movie • 1942
Timothy McGuerin
The Deep Six
Movie • 1958
'Frenchy' Shapiro
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
Herman
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Movie • 1952
Ben Worley
I'll Be Yours
Movie • 1947
Wechsberg
White Tie and Tails
Movie • 1946
Larry Lundie
Submarine Command
Movie • 1951
CPO Boyer
Kill the Umpire
Movie • 1950
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Dangerous Mission
Movie • 1954
Chief Ranger Joe Parker
The Hairy Ape
Movie • 1944
Hank Smith
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
William Bendix
Streets of Laredo
Movie • 1949
Wahoo Jones
A Bell for Adano
Movie • 1945
Sgt. Borth
China
Movie • 1943
Johnny Sparrow
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Movie • 1942
Tim McGuerin
Taxi, Mister
Movie • 1943
Tim McGuerin
Johnny Holiday
Movie • 1949
Sgt. Walker
Young Fury
Movie • 1964
Blacksmith
Greenwich Village
Movie • 1944
Danny O'Mara
The Crystal Ball
Movie • 1943
Biff Carter
Abroad with Two Yanks
Movie • 1944
Biff Koraski
Law of the Lawless
Movie • 1964
Sheriff Ed Tanner
Hostages
Movie • 1943
Underground leader
The Life of Riley
Movie • 1949
Chester A. Riley
Don Juan Quilligan
Movie • 1945
Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
Blaze of Noon
Movie • 1947
Porkie Scott
For Love or Money
Movie • 1963
Joe Fogel
Sentimental Journey
Movie • 1946
Donnelly - Uncle Don
The Rough and the Smooth
Movie • 1959
Reg Barker
Two Years Before the Mast
Movie • 1946
First Mate Amazeen
Idol on Parade
Movie • 1959
Sergeant Major Lush
Skirmish on the Home Front
Movie • 1944
Herb Miller
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
It's in the Bag!
Movie • 1945
William Bendix
The Young and the Brave
Movie • 1963
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Battle Stations
Movie • 1956
Buck Fitzpatrick
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Movie • 1948
Cop
They Drive by Night
Movie • 1940
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Johnny Nobody
Movie • 1961
James Ronald Mulcahy
The Ransom of Red Chief
Movie • 1959
Bill Driscoll
High Air
Movie • 1956
Joe Redman
The Time Element
Movie
Peter Jenson
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Fred Hopke
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
George Harris
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Window Washer
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
USAF Crew Chief
Truth or Consequences
TV • 1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Genteman Suitor
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Vance Muldoon
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Overland Trail
TV • 1960
Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Capt. Matthew Cobb
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Larry Beat
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Bull Mitchell
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Harrison Weems
The Lux Show
TV • 1957
Self
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Chester A. Riley
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Joe Redman
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Carl Ledbetter
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Bill Parker
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Guest
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Wally Legenza
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Captain George Devlin
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Mack Pomeroy