William Bendix
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).
Filmography (92)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
The Movie Orgy
Law of the Lawless
Young Fury- Vacation Playhouse
The Young and the Brave
Burke's Law
For Love or Money
Boys' Night Out
Mister Ed
Johnny Nobody
Overland Trail
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Untouchables
Idol on Parade
Riverboat
The Rough and the Smooth
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Deep Six- Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Wagon Train- The Lux Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Steve Allen Show
Battle Stations- High Air
Screen Director's Playhouse
Crashout
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Dangerous Mission
General Electric Theater
The Life Of Riley
The Ford Television Theatre
Macao
Blackbeard, the Pirate
A Girl in Every Port
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Detective Story
Submarine Command- Truth or Consequences
What's My Line?
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Kill the Umpire- Lux Video Theatre
Gambling House
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Life of Riley
Johnny Holiday
Cover Up
The Big Steal
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Lights Out
Streets of Laredo
10,000 Kids and a Cop
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Babe Ruth Story
The Time of Your Life
Race Street
The Web
Variety Girl
Where There's Life
I'll Be Yours
Blaze of Noon
White Tie and Tails
The Blue Dahlia
The Dark Corner
Two Years Before the Mast
Sentimental Journey
Calcutta
Don Juan Quilligan
It's in the Bag!
A Bell for Adano- Skirmish on the Home Front
Lifeboat
Greenwich Village
Abroad with Two Yanks
The Hairy Ape
Hostages
China
The Crystal Ball
Guadalcanal Diary
Taxi, Mister
Who Done It?
Woman of the Year
Brooklyn Orchid
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
The Glass Key
Star Spangled Rhythm
Wake Island
They Drive by Night
The Time Element