
William Bendix
Acting
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).

Los Angeles Plays Itself
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)

Young Fury
Blacksmith

Law of the Lawless
Sheriff Ed Tanner

For Love or Money
Joe Fogel

The Young and the Brave
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

Boys' Night Out
Slattery

Johnny Nobody
James Ronald Mulcahy

The Rough and the Smooth
Reg Barker

The Ransom of Red Chief
Bill Driscoll

Idol on Parade
Sergeant Major Lush

The Deep Six
'Frenchy' Shapiro
High Air
Joe Redman

Battle Stations
Buck Fitzpatrick

Crashout
Van Morgan Duff

Dangerous Mission
Chief Ranger Joe Parker

Blackbeard, the Pirate
Ben Worley

Macao
Lawrence C. Trumble

A Girl in Every Port
Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

Submarine Command
CPO Boyer

Detective Story
Det. Lou Brody

Gambling House
Joe Farrow

Kill the Umpire
Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

Johnny Holiday
Sgt. Walker

The Big Steal
Capt. Vincent Blake

Streets of Laredo
Wahoo Jones

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sir Sagramore

The Life of Riley
Chester A. Riley

Cover Up
Larry Best

10,000 Kids and a Cop
Cop

The Babe Ruth Story
George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

Race Street
Barney Runson

The Time of Your Life
Nick

Where There's Life
Victor O'Brien

Variety Girl
William Bendix

The Web
Lt. Damico

Blaze of Noon
Porkie Scott

I'll Be Yours
Wechsberg

Calcutta
Pedro Blake

Two Years Before the Mast
First Mate Amazeen

White Tie and Tails
Larry Lundie

The Blue Dahlia
Buzz Wanchek

The Dark Corner
Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

Sentimental Journey
Donnelly - Uncle Don

A Bell for Adano
Sgt. Borth

Don Juan Quilligan
Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan

It's in the Bag!
William Bendix

Greenwich Village
Danny O'Mara

Abroad with Two Yanks
Biff Koraski

The Hairy Ape
Hank Smith

Skirmish on the Home Front
Herb Miller

Lifeboat
Gus Smith

Guadalcanal Diary
Corp. Taxi Potts

Hostages
Underground leader

China
Johnny Sparrow

Taxi, Mister
Tim McGuerin

The Crystal Ball
Biff Carter

The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Tim McGuerin

Who Done It?
Detective Sgt. Brannigan

The Glass Key
Jeff

Wake Island
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

Star Spangled Rhythm
Herman

Woman of the Year
Pinkie Peters

Brooklyn Orchid
Timothy McGuerin

They Drive by Night
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)







