Person file · Acting
William Bendix
Born 1906-01-14New 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).
Screen work
Movies & roles
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarSelf (archive footage)The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)Young FuryBlacksmithLaw of the LawlessSheriff Ed TannerFor Love or MoneyJoe FogelThe Young and the BraveSgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)Boys' Night OutSlatteryJohnny NobodyJames Ronald MulcahyThe Rough and the SmoothReg BarkerThe Ransom of Red ChiefBill DriscollIdol on ParadeSergeant Major LushThe Deep Six'Frenchy' ShapiroHigh AirJoe RedmanBattle StationsBuck FitzpatrickCrashoutVan Morgan DuffDangerous MissionChief Ranger Joe ParkerBlackbeard, the PirateBen WorleyMacaoLawrence C. TrumbleA Girl in Every PortTimothy Aloysius 'Tim' DunnovanSubmarine CommandCPO BoyerDetective StoryDet. Lou BrodyGambling HouseJoe FarrowKill the UmpireBill 'Two Call' JohnsonJohnny HolidaySgt. Walker