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).
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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Cast Credits
Young Fury
as Blacksmith
Law of the Lawless
as Sheriff Ed Tanner
For Love or Money
as Joe Fogel
The Young and the Brave
as Sgt. Peter L. Kane (escaped POW)
Boys' Night Out
as Slattery
Johnny Nobody
as James Ronald Mulcahy
The Rough and the Smooth
as Reg Barker
The Ransom of Red Chief
as Bill Driscoll
Idol on Parade
as Sergeant Major Lush
The Deep Six
as 'Frenchy' Shapiro
High Air
as Joe Redman
Battle Stations
as Buck Fitzpatrick
Crashout
as Van Morgan Duff
Dangerous Mission
as Chief Ranger Joe Parker
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Ben Worley
Macao
as Lawrence C. Trumble
A Girl in Every Port
as Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Submarine Command
as CPO Boyer
Detective Story
as Det. Lou Brody
Gambling House
as Joe Farrow
Kill the Umpire
as Bill 'Two Call' Johnson
Johnny Holiday
as Sgt. Walker
The Big Steal
as Capt. Vincent Blake
Streets of Laredo
as Wahoo Jones
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sir Sagramore
The Life of Riley
as Chester A. Riley
Cover Up
as Larry Best
The Babe Ruth Story
as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth
Race Street
as Barney Runson
The Time of Your Life
as Nick
Crew Credits
A Luz vem do Alto
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