William Bendix
Actor
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
The Blue Dahlia
as Buzz Wanchek 1946
Woman of the Year
as Pinkie Peters 1942
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody 1951
They Drive by Night
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited) 1940
The Glass Key
as Jeff 1942
The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake 1949
The Dark Corner
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss 1946
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage) 2004
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Ben Worley 1952
Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble 1952
The Web
as Lt. Damico 1947
Who Done It?
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan 1942
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore 1949
Boys' Night Out
as Slattery 1962
Wake Island
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall 1942
Cover Up
as Larry Best 1949