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).

KNOWN FOR

What's My Line?
1954
Wagon Train
1958
Robert Montgomery Presents
1956
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1962
The Untouchables
1959
The Philco Television Playhouse
1956
Burke's Law
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1954
The Steve Allen Show
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1960
The Ford Television Theatre
1954

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
97
Writing
1
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1964
Young Fury
as Blacksmith
1964
Law of the Lawless
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
1964
Vacation Playhouse
1964
Burke's Law
as Harrison Weems
1963
For Love or Money
as Joe Fogel
1963
The Young and the Brave
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
1963
Burke's Law
as Fred Hopke
1962
Boys' Night Out
as Slattery
1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1961
Johnny Nobody
as James Ronald Mulcahy
1961
General Electric Theater
as George Harris
1961
Mister Ed
as Bill Parker
1960
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1960
Overland Trail
as Frederick Thomas 'Fred' Kelly
1959
The Rough and the Smooth
as Reg Barker
1959
Idol on Parade
as Sergeant Major Lush
1959
The Ransom of Red Chief
as Bill Driscoll
1959
Riverboat
as Vance Muldoon
1959
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bull Mitchell
1959
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1959
The Untouchables
as Wally Legenza
1958
The Deep Six
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Wagon Train
as Capt. Matthew Cobb
1957
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1957
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Captain George Devlin
1956
Battle Stations
as Buck Fitzpatrick
1956
High Air
as Joe Redman
1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as USAF Crew Chief
1956
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Genteman Suitor
1956
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Mr. Minihan - an unlucky man
1956
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Joe Redman
1956
The Ford Television Theatre
as Mack Pomeroy
1955
Crashout
as Van Morgan Duff
1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Larry Beat
1954
Dangerous Mission
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
1954
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1954
Lux Video Theatre
as Window Washer
1954
The Ford Television Theatre
as Carl Ledbetter
1954
What's My Line?
as Self
1953
The Life Of Riley
as Chester A. Riley
1952
Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble
1952
A Girl in Every Port
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Ben Worley
1952
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1952
Lights Out
1951
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody
1951
Submarine Command
as CPO Boyer
1951
Truth or Consequences
1950
Gambling House
as Joe Farrow
1950
Kill the Umpire
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore
1949
Cover Up
as Larry Best
1949
The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake
1949
Streets of Laredo
as Wahoo Jones
1949
Johnny Holiday
as Sgt. Walker
1949
The Life of Riley
as Chester A. Riley
1948
The Babe Ruth Story
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
1948
Race Street
as Barney Runson
1948
The Time of Your Life
as Nick
1948
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Cop
1947
The Web
as Lt. Damico
1947
Where There's Life
as Victor O'Brien
1947
I'll Be Yours
as Wechsberg
1947
Variety Girl
as William Bendix
1947
Blaze of Noon
as Porkie Scott
1946
The Dark Corner
as Fred Foss
1946
Calcutta
as Pedro Blake
1946
The Blue Dahlia
as Buzz Wanchek
1946
White Tie and Tails
as Larry Lundie
1946
Sentimental Journey
as Donnelly - Uncle Don
1946
Two Years Before the Mast
as First Mate Amazeen
1945
A Bell for Adano
as Sergeant Borth
1945
Don Juan Quilligan
as Patrick Michael 'Don Juan' Quilligan
1945
It's in the Bag!
as William Bendix
1944
Lifeboat
as Gus Smith
1944
The Hairy Ape
as Hank Smith
1944
Greenwich Village
as Danny O'Mara
1944
Abroad with Two Yanks
as Biff Koraski
1944
Skirmish on the Home Front
as Herb Miller
1943
Guadalcanal Diary
as Corp. Taxi Potts
1943
China
as Johnny Sparrow
1943
Taxi, Mister
as Tim McGuerin
1943
The Crystal Ball
as Biff Carter
1943
Hostages
as Underground leader
1942
Woman of the Year
as Pinkie Peters
1942
Wake Island
as Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
1942
The Glass Key
as Jeff
1942
Who Done It?
as Detective Sgt. Brannigan
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
as Timothy McGuerin
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Herman
1942
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Tim McGuerin
1940
They Drive by Night
as Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
The Time Element
as Peter Jenson