Lifeboat
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William Bendix
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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).
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66 acting credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.
The Blue Dahlia
Buzz Wanchek
Detective Story
Det. Lou Brody
Woman of the Year
Pinkie Peters
Two Years Before the Mast
First Mate Amazeen
Boys' Night Out
Slattery
They Drive by Night
Driver Watching Pinball Game (uncredited)
For Love or Money
Joe Fogel
Law of the Lawless
Sheriff Ed Tanner
Guadalcanal Diary
Corp. Taxi Potts
A Bell for Adano
Sergeant Borth
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sir Sagramore
The Dark Corner
Fred Foss
The Glass Key
Jeff
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Cover Up
Larry Best
Macao
Lawrence C. Trumble
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Ben Worley
Submarine Command
CPO Boyer
Streets of Laredo
Wahoo Jones
A Girl in Every Port
Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Who Done It?
Detective Sgt. Brannigan
The Deep Six
'Frenchy' Shapiro
Star Spangled Rhythm
Herman
Where There's Life
Victor O'Brien
Young Fury
Blacksmith
It's in the Bag!
William Bendix
Wake Island
Pvt. Aloysius K. "Smacksie" Randall
Greenwich Village
Danny O'Mara
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
The Big Steal
Capt. Vincent Blake
White Tie and Tails
Larry Lundie
The Babe Ruth Story
George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Dangerous Mission
Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Battle Stations
Buck Fitzpatrick
Variety Girl
William Bendix
The Young and the Brave
Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Abroad with Two Yanks
Biff Koraski
The Crystal Ball
Biff Carter
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Tim McGuerin
The Rough and the Smooth
Reg Barker
The Life of Riley
Chester A. Riley
The Web
Lt. Damico
I'll Be Yours
Wechsberg
Brooklyn Orchid
Timothy McGuerin
Blaze of Noon
Porkie Scott
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