
Acting
Born January 14, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA
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).

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991

The Movie Orgy
1968

Young Fury
1964

Law of the Lawless
1964

For Love or Money
1963

The Young and the Brave
1963

Boys' Night Out
1962

Johnny Nobody
1961

The Rough and the Smooth
1959

The Ransom of Red Chief
1959

Idol on Parade
1959

The Deep Six
1958
High Air
1956

Battle Stations
1956

Crashout
1955

Dangerous Mission
1954

Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952

Macao
1952

A Girl in Every Port
1952

Submarine Command
1951

Detective Story
1951

Gambling House
1950

Kill the Umpire
1950

Johnny Holiday
1949

The Big Steal
1949

Streets of Laredo
1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949

The Life of Riley
1949

Cover Up
1949

10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948

The Babe Ruth Story
1948

Race Street
1948

The Time of Your Life
1948

Where There's Life
1947

Variety Girl
1947

The Web
1947

Blaze of Noon
1947

I'll Be Yours
1947

Calcutta
1946

Two Years Before the Mast
1946

White Tie and Tails
1946

The Blue Dahlia
1946

The Dark Corner
1946

Sentimental Journey
1946

A Bell for Adano
1945

Don Juan Quilligan
1945

It's in the Bag!
1945

Greenwich Village
1944

Abroad with Two Yanks
1944

The Hairy Ape
1944

Skirmish on the Home Front
1944

Lifeboat
1944

Guadalcanal Diary
1943

Hostages
1943

China
1943

Taxi, Mister
1943

The Crystal Ball
1943

The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942

Who Done It?
1942

The Glass Key
1942

Wake Island
1942

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942

Woman of the Year
1942

Brooklyn Orchid
1942

They Drive by Night
1940