Actor
William Bendix
Born 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).
Acting
Lifeboat
Gus Smith · 1944
The Untouchables
Wally Legenza · 1959
Detective Story
Det. Lou Brody · 1951
Woman of the Year
Pinkie Peters · 1942
The Blue Dahlia
Buzz Wanchek · 1946
They Drive by Night
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited) · 1940
The Glass Key
Jeff · 1942
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage) · 2004
The Big Steal
Capt. Vincent Blake · 1949
The Dark Corner
Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss · 1946
The Web
Lt. Damico · 1947
Mister Ed
Bill Parker · 1961
Who Done It?
Detective Sgt. Brannigan · 1942
What's My Line?
Self · 1950
Macao
Lawrence C. Trumble · 1952
Wagon Train
Capt. Matthew Cobb · 1957
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Ben Worley · 1952
Skirmish on the Home Front
Herb Miller · 1944
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1948
Cover Up
Larry Best · 1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sir Sagramore · 1949
Crashout
Van Morgan Duff · 1955
China
Johnny Sparrow · 1943
The Ransom of Red Chief
Bill Driscoll · 1959
