The 'wolf' at bar:
Hey, you, that's my seat!
Buzz Wanchek: [with contempt] Go pick yourself an orchid!
--William Bendix (as Buzz Wanchek) in The Blue Dahlia
Buzz Wanchek: [with contempt] Go pick yourself an orchid!
--William Bendix (as Buzz Wanchek) in The Blue Dahlia
Gus Smith:
My name is Schmidt, but I changed it to Smith. That's what I got against these guys more than anything else. They make me ashamed of the name I was born with. I got a lot of relatives in Germany. For all I know this guy may be one of them. I say throw him to the sharks!
--William Bendix (as Gus Smith) in Lifeboat
--William Bendix (as Gus Smith) in Lifeboat
Jeff:
Hey, Rusty, Little Rubber Ball is back. I told you he liked the way we bounced him around.
--William Bendix (as ) in The Glass Key
--William Bendix (as ) in The Glass Key
Lawrence C. Trumble:
The only time I'll ever get flowers will be at my funeral.
--William Bendix (as ) in Macao
--William Bendix (as ) in Macao
Sir Sagramore:
If there were aught I could say, aught I could do to save thee...
Hank Martin: Well, ain't there aught?
Sir Sagramore: Naught.
--William Bendix (as Sir Sagramore) in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Hank Martin: Well, ain't there aught?
Sir Sagramore: Naught.
--William Bendix (as Sir Sagramore) in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Stauffer, alias Fred Foss:
It didn't work. It was a busto crusto.
Hardy Cathcart: [Cathcart is at a total loss as to what this means] A what?
Stauffer, alias Fred Foss: A flop.
--William Bendix (as Stauffer, alias Fred Foss) in The Dark Corner
Hardy Cathcart: [Cathcart is at a total loss as to what this means] A what?
Stauffer, alias Fred Foss: A flop.
--William Bendix (as Stauffer, alias Fred Foss) in The Dark Corner
Stauffer, alias Fred Foss:
It didn't work. It was a busto-crusto.
--William Bendix (as Stauffer, alias Fred Foss) in The Dark Corner
--William Bendix (as Stauffer, alias Fred Foss) in The Dark Corner
Van Morgan Duff:
[to Quinn] I never did like you. You talk too fast and too much.
--William Bendix (as Van Morgan Duff) in Crashout
--William Bendix (as Van Morgan Duff) in Crashout
Victor O'Brien:
[about Valentine] When that anteater buries his nose in the pillow, it leaves an impression on the mattress.
--William Bendix (as Victor O'Brien) in Where There's Life
--William Bendix (as Victor O'Brien) in Where There's Life