William Bendix
Known for ActingBorn 1906-01-14 — died 1964-12-14New 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).
Known for
Guadalcanal Diary
1943 · as Corp. Taxi Potts
The Movie Orgy
1968 · as Self (archive footage)
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · as Buzz Wanchek
Greenwich Village
1944 · as Danny O'Mara
Lifeboat
1944 · as Gus Smith
Gambling House
1950 · as Joe Farrow
Detective Story
1951 · as Det. Lou Brody
Battle Stations
1956 · as Buck Fitzpatrick
Cover Up
1949 · as Larry Best
The Dark Corner
1946 · as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Boys' Night Out
1962 · as Slattery
They Drive by Night
1940 · as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
For Love or Money
1963 · as Joe Fogel
The Glass Key
1942 · as Jeff
Young Fury
1964 · as Blacksmith
Woman of the Year
1942 · as Pinkie Peters
Wake Island
1942 · as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Variety Girl
1947 · as William Bendix