William Bendix

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).

Cast

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