William Bendix
Born: 1906-01-14
• New 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).
Filmography
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
The Movie Orgy
Young Fury
Law of the Lawless
For Love or Money
The Young and the Brave
Boys' Night Out
Johnny Nobody
The Rough and the Smooth
The Ransom of Red Chief
Idol on Parade
The Deep Six
No Image
High Air
Battle Stations
Crashout
Dangerous Mission
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Macao
A Girl in Every Port
Submarine Command
Detective Story
Gambling House
Kill the Umpire
Johnny Holiday
The Big Steal
Streets of Laredo
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Life of Riley
Cover Up
10,000 Kids and a Cop
The Babe Ruth Story
Race Street
The Time of Your Life
Where There's Life
Variety Girl
The Web
Blaze of Noon
I'll Be Yours
Calcutta
Two Years Before the Mast
White Tie and Tails
The Blue Dahlia
The Dark Corner
Sentimental Journey
A Bell for Adano
Don Juan Quilligan
It's in the Bag!
Greenwich Village
Abroad with Two Yanks
The Hairy Ape
Skirmish on the Home Front
Lifeboat
Guadalcanal Diary
Hostages
China
Taxi, Mister
The Crystal Ball
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Who Done It?
The Glass Key
Wake Island
Star Spangled Rhythm
Woman of the Year
Brooklyn Orchid
They Drive by Night
The Time Element