Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-01-14
Deathday
1964-12-14
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
William Bendix
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
Lifeboat
as Gus Smith
The Blue Dahlia
as Buzz Wanchek
Woman of the Year
as Pinkie Peters
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody
The Glass Key
as Jeff
They Drive by Night
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
The Untouchables
as Wally Legenza
The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake
The Dark Corner
as Stauffer, a.k.a. Fred Foss
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)