Jack Benny
Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly. Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Benny, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2019 · Mike Wallace Is Here as (archive footage)
- 2018 · Studio 54 as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2015 · Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
- 2011 · Beatles Stories as Self
- 2002 · Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Beatles: Big Beat Box as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
- 1995 · Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny as Self (Archived footage)
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1992 · Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom as Himself
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines as Self
- 1982 · Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1982 · Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1975 · Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television as
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · The Perry Como Christmas Show as Santa Claus (uncredited)
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1972 · The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
- 1972 · The Man as Jack Benny
- 1971 · The Great Radio Comedians as Self
- 1970 · Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special as Self
- 1970 · Honor America Day as Self
- 1970 · The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians as Self (voice)
- 1970 · Swing Out, Sweet Land as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
- 1969 · The Jack Benny Birthday Special as Self
- 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- 1968 · The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Jack Benny
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')
- 1967 · The Honey Pot as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
- 1965 · Bob Hope Christmas Show as
- 1965 · The Jack Benny Hour as Jack Benny / Rosano
- 1963 · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Self
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1963 · General Foods Opening Night as
- 1962 · Gypsy as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Harry Tuttle
- 1962 · The Lucy Show as Jack Benny
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · The DuPont Show of the Week as Self
- 1960 · Jack Benny Christmas Show as Jack Benny
- 1960 · Checkmate as Jack Bowen
- 1960 · The Slowest Gun in the West as Chicken Finsterwald
- 1960 · Who Was That Lady? as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
- 1960 · Who Was That Lady? as Mr. Cosgrove
- 1959 · Startime as
- 1959 · The Mouse That Jack Built as Jack (voice)
- 1958 · The George Burns Show as Jack Benny
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as Self
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as Self - Host
- 1957 · Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show as Jack Benny
- 1957 · Beau James as Jack Benny
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Co-Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1954 · The Bing Crosby Show as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Tom Jones
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Sheldon Weeks
- 1952 · Stars in the Eye as Himself
- 1952 · Omnibus as Athanael
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1952 · Somebody Loves Me as Jack Benny
- 1952 · Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson as Self - Narrator
- 1952 · The Liberace Show as
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Jack Benny
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self - Cameo
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self - Guest hosts
- 1950 · You Can Change The World as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 · Is Everybody Listening? as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
- 1946 · Without Reservations as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 1945 · The Horn Blows at Midnight as Athanael
- 1945 · It's in the Bag! as Jack Benny
- 1944 · Hollywood Canteen as Self
- 1943 · Show-Business at War as Self
- 1943 · The Meanest Man in the World as Richard Clarke
- 1942 · George Washington Slept Here as Bill Fuller
- 1942 · To Be or Not to Be as Joseph Tura
- 1941 · Charley's Aunt as Babbs Babberley
- 1941 · Three Of A Kind as Himself
- 1940 · Love Thy Neighbor as Jack Benny
- 1940 · Buck Benny Rides Again as Jack Benny
- 1939 · Man About Town as Bob Temple
- 1938 · Artists and Models Abroad as Buck Boswell
- 1938 · Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- 1937 · Artists & Models as Mac Brewster
- 1936 · College Holiday as J. Davis Bowster
- 1936 · The Big Broadcast of 1937 as Jack Carson
- 1935 · It's in the Air as Calvin Churchill
- 1935 · Broadway Melody of 1936 as Bert Keeler
- 1934 · Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round as Chad Denby
- 1933 · Mr. Broadway as Jack Benny
- 1931 · Taxi Tangle as Man in taxi
- 1930 · The Medicine Man as Dr. John H. Harvey
- 1930 · Children of Pleasure as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
- 1930 · Lord Byron of Broadway as Voice on Radio
- 1930 · The Rounder as Mr. Bartlett
- 1930 · Chasing Rainbows as Eddie Rock
- 1929 · The Song Writers' Revue as Himself
- 1929 · The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self - Master of Ceremonies
- 1928 · Bright Moments as