William Bendix

Acting

Born: 1906-01-14 in New York City, New York, USA

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).

Acting

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)

Detective Story

Det. Lou Brody

Woman of the Year

Pinkie Peters

The Dark Corner

Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

Macao

Lawrence C. Trumble

Calcutta

Pedro Blake

Crashout

Van Morgan Duff

Lifeboat

Gus Smith

Boys' Night Out

Slattery

The Web

Lt. Damico

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Sir Sagramore

The Babe Ruth Story

George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

Guadalcanal Diary

Corp. Taxi Potts

Wake Island

Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

Cover Up

Larry Best

The Blue Dahlia

Buzz Wanchek

Gambling House

Joe Farrow

Where There's Life

Victor O'Brien

The Glass Key

Jeff

Who Done It?

Detective Sgt. Brannigan

The Big Steal

Capt. Vincent Blake

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Race Street

Barney Runson

A Girl in Every Port

Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

The Time of Your Life

Nick

Brooklyn Orchid

Timothy McGuerin

The Deep Six

'Frenchy' Shapiro

Star Spangled Rhythm

Herman

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Ben Worley

I'll Be Yours

Wechsberg

White Tie and Tails

Larry Lundie

Submarine Command

CPO Boyer

Kill the Umpire

Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

Dangerous Mission

Chief Ranger Joe Parker

The Hairy Ape

Hank Smith

Variety Girl

William Bendix

Streets of Laredo

Wahoo Jones

A Bell for Adano

Sgt. Borth

China

Johnny Sparrow

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

Tim McGuerin

Taxi, Mister

Tim McGuerin

Johnny Holiday

Sgt. Walker

Young Fury

Blacksmith

Greenwich Village

Danny O'Mara

The Crystal Ball

Biff Carter

Abroad with Two Yanks

Biff Koraski

Law of the Lawless

Sheriff Ed Tanner

Hostages

Underground leader

The Life of Riley

Chester A. Riley

Don Juan Quilligan

Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan

Blaze of Noon

Porkie Scott

For Love or Money

Joe Fogel

Sentimental Journey

Donnelly - Uncle Don

The Rough and the Smooth

Reg Barker

Two Years Before the Mast

First Mate Amazeen

Idol on Parade

Sergeant Major Lush

Skirmish on the Home Front

Herb Miller

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Self (archive footage)

It's in the Bag!

William Bendix

The Young and the Brave

Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

Battle Stations

Buck Fitzpatrick

10,000 Kids and a Cop

Cop

They Drive by Night

Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

Johnny Nobody

James Ronald Mulcahy

The Ransom of Red Chief

Bill Driscoll

High Air

Joe Redman

The Time Element

Peter Jenson

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)

Detective Story

Det. Lou Brody

Woman of the Year

Pinkie Peters

The Dark Corner

Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

Macao

Lawrence C. Trumble

Calcutta

Pedro Blake

Crashout

Van Morgan Duff

Lifeboat

Gus Smith

Boys' Night Out

Slattery

The Web

Lt. Damico

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Sir Sagramore

The Babe Ruth Story

George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

Guadalcanal Diary

Corp. Taxi Potts

Wake Island

Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

Cover Up

Larry Best

The Blue Dahlia

Buzz Wanchek

Gambling House

Joe Farrow

Where There's Life

Victor O'Brien

The Glass Key

Jeff

Who Done It?

Detective Sgt. Brannigan

The Big Steal

Capt. Vincent Blake

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Race Street

Barney Runson

A Girl in Every Port

Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

The Time of Your Life

Nick

Brooklyn Orchid

Timothy McGuerin

The Deep Six

'Frenchy' Shapiro

Star Spangled Rhythm

Herman

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Ben Worley

I'll Be Yours

Wechsberg

White Tie and Tails

Larry Lundie

Submarine Command

CPO Boyer

Kill the Umpire

Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

Dangerous Mission

Chief Ranger Joe Parker

The Hairy Ape

Hank Smith

Variety Girl

William Bendix

Streets of Laredo

Wahoo Jones

A Bell for Adano

Sgt. Borth

China

Johnny Sparrow

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

Tim McGuerin

Taxi, Mister

Tim McGuerin

Johnny Holiday

Sgt. Walker

Young Fury

Blacksmith

Greenwich Village

Danny O'Mara

The Crystal Ball

Biff Carter

Abroad with Two Yanks

Biff Koraski

Law of the Lawless

Sheriff Ed Tanner

Hostages

Underground leader

The Life of Riley

Chester A. Riley

Don Juan Quilligan

Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan

Blaze of Noon

Porkie Scott

For Love or Money

Joe Fogel

Sentimental Journey

Donnelly - Uncle Don

The Rough and the Smooth

Reg Barker

Two Years Before the Mast

First Mate Amazeen

Idol on Parade

Sergeant Major Lush

Skirmish on the Home Front

Herb Miller

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Self (archive footage)

It's in the Bag!

William Bendix

The Young and the Brave

Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

Battle Stations

Buck Fitzpatrick

10,000 Kids and a Cop

Cop

They Drive by Night

Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)

Johnny Nobody

James Ronald Mulcahy

The Ransom of Red Chief

Bill Driscoll

High Air

Joe Redman

The Time Element

Peter Jenson

Other Credits

A Luz vem do Alto

Writer

A Luz vem do Alto

Writer