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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 14, 1906
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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William Bendix
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | Young Fury | Blacksmith |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless | Sheriff Ed Tanner |
| 1963 | For Love or Money | Joe Fogel |
| 1963 | The Young and the Brave | Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW) |
| 1962 | Boys' Night Out | Slattery |
| 1961 | Johnny Nobody | James Ronald Mulcahy |
| 1959 | The Rough and the Smooth | Reg Barker |
| 1959 | Idol on Parade | Sergeant Major Lush |
| 1959 | The Ransom of Red Chief | Bill Driscoll |
| 1958 | The Deep Six | 'Frenchy' Shapiro |
| 1956 | Battle Stations | Buck Fitzpatrick |
| 1956 | High Air | Joe Redman |
| 1955 | Crashout | Van Morgan Duff |
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission | Chief Ranger Joe Parker |
| 1952 | Macao | Lawrence C. Trumble |
| 1952 | A Girl in Every Port | Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan |
| 1952 | Blackbeard, the Pirate | Ben Worley |
| 1951 | Detective Story | Det. Lou Brody |
| 1951 | Submarine Command | CPO Boyer |
| 1950 | Gambling House | Joe Farrow |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | Bill 'Two Call' Johnson |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sir Sagramore |
| 1949 | Cover Up | Larry Best |
| 1949 | The Big Steal | Capt. Vincent Blake |
| 1949 | Streets of Laredo | Wahoo Jones |
| 1949 | Johnny Holiday | Sgt. Walker |
| 1949 | The Life of Riley | Chester A. Riley |
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story | George Herman 'Babe' Ruth |
| 1948 | Race Street | Barney Runson |
| 1948 | The Time of Your Life | Nick |
| 1948 | 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Cop |
| 1947 | The Web | Lt. Damico |
| 1947 | Where There's Life | Victor O'Brien |
| 1947 | I'll Be Yours | Wechsberg |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | William Bendix |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Porkie Scott |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss |
| 1946 | Calcutta | Pedro Blake |
| 1946 | The Blue Dahlia | Buzz Wanchek |
| 1946 | White Tie and Tails | Larry Lundie |
| 1946 | Sentimental Journey | Donnelly - Uncle Don |
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | First Mate Amazeen |
| 1945 | A Bell for Adano | Sgt. Borth |
| 1945 | Don Juan Quilligan | Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! | William Bendix |
| 1944 | Lifeboat | Gus Smith |
| 1944 | The Hairy Ape | Hank Smith |
| 1944 | Greenwich Village | Danny O'Mara |
| 1944 | Abroad with Two Yanks | Biff Koraski |
| 1944 | Skirmish on the Home Front | Herb Miller |
| 1943 | Guadalcanal Diary | Corp. Taxi Potts |
| 1943 | China | Johnny Sparrow |
| 1943 | Taxi, Mister | Tim McGuerin |
| 1943 | The Crystal Ball | Biff Carter |
| 1943 | Hostages | Underground leader |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year | Pinkie Peters |
| 1942 | Wake Island | Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall |
| 1942 | The Glass Key | Jeff |
| 1942 | Who Done It? | Detective Sgt. Brannigan |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Orchid | Timothy McGuerin |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Herman |
| 1942 | The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Tim McGuerin |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited) |
| The Time Element | Peter Jenson |