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William Bendix
Acting
Born: January 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.
Known For
The Time of Your Life
as Nick
Boys' Night Out
as Slattery
Lifeboat
as Gus Smith
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore
Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody
The Blue Dahlia
as Buzz Wanchek
The Dark Corner
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Woman of the Year
as Pinkie Peters
