Robert Benchley
- Acting
- September 14, 1889 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- November 21, 1945
Biography
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Known for
Filmography
- The Pixar Story · Robert Benchley (archive footage)
- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 · Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- The Ten-Year Lunch · Self
- Showbiz Goes to War · (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II · (archive footage)
- The Big Parade of Comedy · Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
- MGM Parade · Self
- Janie Gets Married · John Van Brunt
- The Bride Wore Boots · Uncle Todd Warren
- Road to Utopia · Narrator (uncredited)
- The Stork Club · Tom P. Curtis
- Snafu · Ben Stevens
- Week-End at the Waldorf · Randy Morton
- Kiss and Tell · George Archer
- Hollywood Victory Caravan · Robert Benchley
- Duffy's Tavern · Robert Benchley
- Boogie Woogie · Frederick Stumplefinger, Writer
- It's in the Bag! · Parker
- Pan-Americana · Charlie Corker
- I'm a Civilian Here Myself · Joe Doakes, Writer
- Practically Yours · Judge Robert Simpson
- The National Barn Dance · J.B. Mitcham
- Janie · John Van Brunt
- Her Primitive Man · Martin Osborne
- Why Daddy? · Joseph A. Doakes, Story
- Important Business · Joseph A. Doakes, Story
- See Here, Private Hargrove · Mr. Holliday
- Song of Russia · Hank Higgins
- No News Is Good News · Answer Man, Story
- My Tomato · Joseph A. Doakes
- Flesh and Fantasy · Doakes
- The Sky's the Limit · Philip 'Phil' Harriman
- Show-Business at War · Self
- Young and Willing · Arthur Kenny
- I Married a Witch · Dr. Dudley White
- The Major and the Minor · Mr. Osborne
- Keeping in Shape · Joe Doakes
- Syncopation · Doakes (scenes deleted)
- Take a Letter, Darling · G.B. Atwater
- Nothing But Nerves · Mr. Benchley
- The Witness · Joe Doakes, Writer
- Bedtime Story · Eddie Turner
- Three Girls About Town · Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
- How to Take a Vacation · Husband
- You'll Never Get Rich · Martin Cortland
- The Reluctant Dragon · Robert Benchley
- The Forgotten Man · Joe Doakes / Father
- Crime Control · Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes, Writer
- Nice Girl? · Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
- Waiting for Baby · Joe Doakes, Writer
- The Trouble with Husbands · Joe Doakes, Writer
- Hired Wife · Roger Van Horn
- Foreign Correspondent · Stebbins, Dialogue
- Home Movies · Joe Doakes, Writer
- That Inferior Feeling · Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes, Writer
- See Your Doctor · Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes, Producer
- The Day of Rest · Joe Doakes
- How to Eat · Lecturer / Joe Doakes
- Home Early · Joe Doakes, Screenplay
- Dark Magic · Joe Doakes, Writer
- An Hour for Lunch · Lecturer / Joe
- How to Sub-Let · Joe Doakes, Writer
- Mental Poise · Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf, Writer
- Opening Day · City Treasurer Benchley
- How to Watch Football · Football Fan, Writer
- How to Read · Lecturer, Writer
- The Courtship of the Newt · Zoology Lecturer, Writer
- How to Raise a Baby · Lecturer Father, Writer
- An Evening Alone · Joe Doakes, Writer
- Music Made Simple · Robert Benchley, Writer
- How to Figure Income Tax · Joe Doakes, Writer
- How to Start the Day · Lecturer
- A Night at the Movies · Husband, Writer
- Live, Love and Learn · Oscar
- Sunday Night at the Trocadero · Robert Benchley
- Broadway Melody of 1938 · Duffy
- The Romance of Digestion · Joe Doakes, Writer
- How to Be a Detective · Mr. Benchley, Writer
- How to Vote · Mr. Robert Benchley, Writer
- Piccadilly Jim · Bill Macon