William Bendix
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1906-01-14 – 1964-12-14
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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).
Known for
The Movie Orgy
1968Self (archive footage)
Detective Story
1951Det. Lou Brody
Woman of the Year
1942Pinkie Peters
The Dark Corner
1946Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Macao
1952Lawrence C. Trumble
Calcutta
1946Pedro Blake
Crashout
1955Van Morgan Duff
Lifeboat
1944Gus Smith
Boys' Night Out
1962Slattery
The Web
1947Lt. Damico
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949Sir Sagramore
The Babe Ruth Story
1948George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Guadalcanal Diary
1943Corp. Taxi Potts
Wake Island
1942Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Cover Up
1949Larry Best
The Blue Dahlia
1946Buzz Wanchek
Gambling House
1950Joe Farrow
Where There's Life
1947Victor O'Brien
The Glass Key
1942Jeff