
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).
Acting (64 movies)

The Movie Orgy
1968

Detective Story
1951

Woman of the Year
1942

The Dark Corner
1946

Macao
1952

Calcutta
1946

Crashout
1955

Lifeboat
1944

Boys' Night Out
1962

The Web
1947

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949

The Babe Ruth Story
1948

Guadalcanal Diary
1943

Wake Island
1942

Cover Up
1949

The Blue Dahlia
1946

Gambling House
1950

Where There's Life
1947

The Glass Key
1942

Who Done It?
1942

The Big Steal
1949

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004

Race Street
1948

A Girl in Every Port
1952

The Time of Your Life
1948

Brooklyn Orchid
1942

The Deep Six
1958

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942

Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952

I'll Be Yours
1947

White Tie and Tails
1946

Submarine Command
1951

Kill the Umpire
1950

Dangerous Mission
1954

The Hairy Ape
1944

Variety Girl
1947

Streets of Laredo
1949

A Bell for Adano
1945

China
1943

The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942

Taxi, Mister
1943

Johnny Holiday
1949

Young Fury
1964

Greenwich Village
1944

The Crystal Ball
1943

Abroad with Two Yanks
1944

Law of the Lawless
1964

Hostages
1943

The Life of Riley
1949

Don Juan Quilligan
1945

Blaze of Noon
1947

For Love or Money
1963

Sentimental Journey
1946

The Rough and the Smooth
1959

Two Years Before the Mast
1946

Idol on Parade
1959

Skirmish on the Home Front
1944

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991

It's in the Bag!
1945

The Young and the Brave
1963

Battle Stations
1956

They Drive by Night
1940

Johnny Nobody
1961

The Ransom of Red Chief
1959
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| A Luz vem do Alto | 1959 | Writer |