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
Detective Story
(1951)
Det. Lou Brody
Lifeboat
(1944)
Gus Smith
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Pinkie Peters
The Blue Dahlia
(1946)
Buzz Wanchek
The Dark Corner
(1946)
Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
Guadalcanal Diary
(1943)
Corp. Taxi Potts
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(1949)
Sir Sagramore
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
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
Brooklyn Orchid
(1942)
Timothy McGuerin
Star Spangled Rhythm
(1942)
Herman
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
(1942)
Tim McGuerin
The Glass Key
(1942)
Jeff
Who Done It?
(1942)
Detective Sgt. Brannigan
Wake Island
(1942)
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
The Crystal Ball
(1943)
Biff Carter
Taxi, Mister
(1943)
Tim McGuerin
China
(1943)
Johnny Sparrow
Guadalcanal Diary
(1943)
Corp. Taxi Potts
Hostages
(1943)
Underground leader
Abroad with Two Yanks
(1944)
Biff Koraski
Lifeboat
(1944)
Gus Smith
Skirmish on the Home Front
(1944)
Herb Miller
The Hairy Ape
(1944)
Hank Smith
Greenwich Village
(1944)
Danny O'Mara
Don Juan Quilligan
(1945)
Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
A Bell for Adano
(1945)
Sgt. Borth
It's in the Bag!
(1945)
William Bendix
The Blue Dahlia
(1946)
Buzz Wanchek
Two Years Before the Mast
(1946)
First Mate Amazeen
White Tie and Tails
(1946)
Larry Lundie
Sentimental Journey
(1946)
Donnelly - Uncle Don
Calcutta
(1946)
Pedro Blake
The Dark Corner
(1946)
Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Where There's Life
(1947)
Victor O'Brien
Blaze of Noon
(1947)
Porkie Scott
The Web
(1947)
Lt. Damico
I'll Be Yours
(1947)
Wechsberg
Variety Girl
(1947)
William Bendix
The Time of Your Life
(1948)
Nick
Race Street
(1948)
Barney Runson
10,000 Kids and a Cop
(1948)
Cop
The Babe Ruth Story
(1948)
George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
The Big Steal
(1949)
Capt. Vincent Blake
Cover Up
(1949)
Larry Best
Johnny Holiday
(1949)
Sgt. Walker
Streets of Laredo
(1949)
Wahoo Jones
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(1949)
Sir Sagramore
The Life of Riley
(1949)
Chester A. Riley
Kill the Umpire
(1950)
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Gambling House
(1950)
Joe Farrow
Submarine Command
(1951)
CPO Boyer
Detective Story
(1951)
Det. Lou Brody
Blackbeard, the Pirate
(1952)
Ben Worley
A Girl in Every Port
(1952)
Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Macao
(1952)
Lawrence C. Trumble
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
The Young and the Brave
(1963)
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
For Love or Money
(1963)
Joe Fogel
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