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William Bendix

William Bendix

Birthday: 1906-01-14 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1964
Law of the Lawless

as    Sheriff Ed Tanner

1963
The Young and the Brave

as    Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)

1960
Overland Trail

as    Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly

1958
The Deep Six

as    'Frenchy' Shapiro

1956
Battle Stations

as    Buck Fitzpatrick

1955
Crashout

as    Van Morgan Duff

1954
Dangerous Mission

as    Chief Ranger Joe Parker

1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate

as    Ben Worley

1952
Macao

as    Lawrence C. Trumble

1951
Submarine Command

as    CPO Boyer

1951
Detective Story

as    Det. Lou Brody

1949
The Big Steal

as    Capt. Vincent Blake

1949
Cover Up

as    Larry Best

1949
Johnny Holiday

as    Sgt. Walker

1949
1949
Streets of Laredo

as    Wahoo Jones

1948
Race Street

as    Barney Runson

1947
The Web

as    Lt. Damico

1947
Calcutta

as    Pedro Blake

1947
Where There's Life

as    Victor O'Brien

1946
The Blue Dahlia

as    Buzz Wanchek

1946
Two Years Before the Mast

as    First Mate Amazeen

1946
The Dark Corner

as    Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss

1945
It's in the Bag!

as    William Bendix

1944
Lifeboat

as    Gus

1943
Guadalcanal Diary

as    Corp. Taxi Potts

1943
China

as    Johnny Sparrow

1943
Taxi, Mister

as    Tim McGuerin

1943
Hostages

as    Underground leader

1942
The Glass Key

as    Jeff