William Bendix

Acting

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.

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The Life Of Riley

TV1953

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.

The Blue Dahlia

Movie1946

Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

Lifeboat

Movie1944

During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.

Woman of the Year

Movie1942

Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

They Drive by Night

Movie1940

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

William Bendix

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Filmography

Acting

The Life Of Riley

The Blue Dahlia

Lifeboat

Woman of the Year

They Drive by Night