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).
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Known For
The Big Steal
(1949)
Capt. Vincent Blake
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Detective Story
(1951)
Det. Lou Brody
The Blue Dahlia
(1946)
Buzz Wanchek
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(1949)
Sir Sagramore
Lifeboat
(1944)
Gus Smith
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Pinkie Peters
Boys' Night Out
(1962)
Slattery
Guadalcanal Diary
(1943)
Corp. Taxi Potts
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Macao
(1952)
Lawrence C. Trumble
The Glass Key
(1942)
Jeff
Full Filmography
Acting
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Pinkie Peters
Wake Island
(1942)
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
The Glass Key
(1942)
Jeff
Who Done It?
(1942)
Detective Sgt. Brannigan
Brooklyn Orchid
(1942)
Timothy McGuerin
Star Spangled Rhythm
(1942)
Herman
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
(1942)
Tim McGuerin
Guadalcanal Diary
(1943)
Corp. Taxi Potts
China
(1943)
Johnny Sparrow
Taxi, Mister
(1943)
Tim McGuerin
The Crystal Ball
(1943)
Biff Carter
Hostages
(1943)
Underground leader
Lifeboat
(1944)
Gus Smith
The Hairy Ape
(1944)
Hank Smith
Abroad with Two Yanks
(1944)
Biff Koraski
Skirmish on the Home Front
(1944)
Herb Miller
Greenwich Village
(1944)
Danny O'Mara
A Bell for Adano
(1945)
Sgt. Borth
Don Juan Quilligan
(1945)
Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
It's in the Bag!
(1945)
William Bendix
The Dark Corner
(1946)
Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Calcutta
(1946)
Pedro Blake
The Blue Dahlia
(1946)
Buzz Wanchek
White Tie and Tails
(1946)
Larry Lundie
Two Years Before the Mast
(1946)
First Mate Amazeen
Sentimental Journey
(1946)
Donnelly - Uncle Don
The Web
(1947)
Lt. Damico
Where There's Life
(1947)
Victor O'Brien
I'll Be Yours
(1947)
Wechsberg
Variety Girl
(1947)
William Bendix
Blaze of Noon
(1947)
Porkie Scott
The Babe Ruth Story
(1948)
George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Race Street
(1948)
Barney Runson
The Time of Your Life
(1948)
Nick
10,000 Kids and a Cop
(1948)
Cop
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(1949)
Sir Sagramore
Cover Up
(1949)
Larry Best
The Big Steal
(1949)
Capt. Vincent Blake
Streets of Laredo
(1949)
Wahoo Jones
Johnny Holiday
(1949)
Sgt. Walker
The Life of Riley
(1949)
Chester A. Riley
Gambling House
(1950)
Joe Farrow
Kill the Umpire
(1950)
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Detective Story
(1951)
Det. Lou Brody
Submarine Command
(1951)
CPO Boyer
Macao
(1952)
Lawrence C. Trumble
A Girl in Every Port
(1952)
Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Blackbeard, the Pirate
(1952)
Ben Worley
Dangerous Mission
(1954)
Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Crashout
(1955)
Van Morgan Duff
Battle Stations
(1956)
Buck Fitzpatrick
The Deep Six
(1958)
'Frenchy' Shapiro
The Rough and the Smooth
(1959)
Reg Barker
Idol on Parade
(1959)
Sergeant Major Lush
The Ransom of Red Chief
(1959)
Bill Driscoll
Johnny Nobody
(1961)
James Ronald Mulcahy
Boys' Night Out
(1962)
Slattery
For Love or Money
(1963)
Joe Fogel
The Young and the Brave
(1963)
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Young Fury
(1964)
Blacksmith
Law of the Lawless
(1964)
Sheriff Ed Tanner
The Movie Orgy
(1968)
Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Writing