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).
Filmography
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Young Fury
1964
as Blacksmith
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
For Love or Money
1963
as Joe Fogel
The Young and the Brave
1963
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Boys' Night Out
1962
as Slattery
Johnny Nobody
1961
as James Ronald Mulcahy
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
as Reg Barker
The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
as Bill Driscoll
Idol on Parade
1959
as Sergeant Major Lush
The Deep Six
1958
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
High Air
1956
as Joe Redman
Battle Stations
1956
as Buck Fitzpatrick
Crashout
1955
as Van Morgan Duff
Dangerous Mission
1954
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Ben Worley
Macao
1952
as Lawrence C. Trumble
A Girl in Every Port
1952
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Submarine Command
1951
as CPO Boyer
Detective Story
1951
as Det. Lou Brody
Gambling House
1950
as Joe Farrow
Kill the Umpire
1950
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Johnny Holiday
1949
as Sgt. Walker