Acting
William Bendix
1906 · New York City, New York, USA
30 films
Bio
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
Detective Story
Det. Lou Brody
Guadalcanal Diary
Corp. Taxi Potts
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
They Drive by Night
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Lifeboat
Gus Smith
A Bell for Adano
Sergeant Borth
For Love or Money
Joe Fogel
Young Fury
Blacksmith
Woman of the Year
Pinkie Peters
Battle Stations
Buck Fitzpatrick
Streets of Laredo
Wahoo Jones
Greenwich Village
Danny O'Mara