William Bendix

Deceased · Born: Jan 14, 1906 · Died: Dec 14, 1964

Personal Details

Born Jan 14, 1906 New York City, New York, USA

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bendix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2005

Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat: The Theater of War

Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat: The Theater of War as Gus Smith

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

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

1965

Young Fury as Blacksmith

1964

Law of the Lawless

Law of the Lawless as Sheriff Ed Tanner

1963

The Young and the Brave

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

For Love or Money

For Love or Money as Joe Fogel

1961

Johnny Nobody as James Ronald Mulcahy

1960

Overland Trail as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly

1959

Idol on Parade as Sergeant Major Lush

Portrait of a Sinner

Portrait of a Sinner as Reg Barker

The Ransom of Red Chief

The Ransom of Red Chief as Bill Driscoll

1958

The Deep Six as 'Frenchy' Shapiro

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1956

Battle Stations

Battle Stations as Buck Fitzpatrick

1955

Crashout as Van Morgan Duff

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre as Larry Beat

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse as Genteman Suitor

1954

Dangerous Mission

Dangerous Mission as Chief Ranger Joe Parker

1952

Macao as Lawrence C. Trumble

Blackbeard, the Pirate

Blackbeard, the Pirate as Ben Worley

A Girl in Every Port

A Girl in Every Port as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan

1951

Detective Story

Detective Story as Det. Lou Brody

Submarine Command

Submarine Command as CPO Boyer

1950

Gambling House as Joe Farrow

Kill the Umpire

Kill the Umpire as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson

1949

The Big Steal as Capt. Vincent Blake

Johnny Holiday as Sgt. Walker

Cover Up as Larry Best

Streets of Laredo

Streets of Laredo as Wahoo Jones

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sir Sagramore

The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley as Chester A. Riley

1948

Race Street as Barney Runson

The Babe Ruth Story

The Babe Ruth Story as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth

The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life as Nick

1947

Blaze of Noon as Porkie Scott

The Web as Lt. Damico

Where There's Life

Where There's Life as Victor O'Brien

I'll Be Yours as Wechsberg

1946

White Tie and Tails

White Tie and Tails as Larry Lundie

The Dark Corner

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

Calcutta as Pedro Blake

The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia as Buzz Wanchek

Sentimental Journey

Sentimental Journey as Donnelly - Uncle Don

Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast as First Mate Amazeen

1945

Don Juan Quilligan

Don Juan Quilligan as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan

A Bell for Adano

A Bell for Adano as Sgt. Borth

It's in the Bag!

It's in the Bag! as William Bendix

1944

Abroad with Two Yanks

Abroad with Two Yanks as Biff Koraski

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village as Danny O'Mara

The Hairy Ape as Hank Smith

Lifeboat as Gus

1943

Taxi, Mister as Tim McGuerin

China as Johnny Sparrow

The Crystal Ball

The Crystal Ball as Biff Carter

Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary as Corp. Taxi Potts

1942

Who Done It? as Detective Sgt. Brannigan

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

The McGuerins from Brooklyn as Tim McGuerin

The Glass Key as Jeff

Wake Island as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall

Brooklyn Orchid

Brooklyn Orchid as Timothy McGuerin

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year as Pinkie Peters