William Bendix
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).
Known for
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004 • Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 • Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
1968 • Self (archive footage)
Young Fury
1964 • Blacksmith
Law of the Lawless
1964 • Sheriff Ed Tanner
For Love or Money
1963 • Joe Fogel
The Young and the Brave
1963 • Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Boys' Night Out
1962 • Slattery
Full filmography
High Air
View movie1956 • Joe Redman
