William Bendix
Birthday: 1906-01-14 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United StatesWilliam 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
Acting
Role
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)
as James Ronald Mulcahy
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
as Joe Fogel
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
as Reg Barker
as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
as Sergeant Major Lush
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
as Buck Fitzpatrick
as Joe Redman
as Van Morgan Duff
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
as Chester A. Riley
as Ben Worley
as Lawrence C. Trumble
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
as CPO Boyer
as Det. Lou Brody
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
as Joe Farrow
as Capt. Vincent Blake
as Larry Best
as Sgt. Walker
as Sir Sagramore
as Wahoo Jones
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
