Robert Benchley
September 14, 1889 (135 years old) in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Known For
Credits
- 2007 · The Pixar Story as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
- 2004 · Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 as Robert Benchley (archive sound)
- 1987 · The Ten-Year Lunch as Himself (archive footage)
- 1982 · Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1964 · The Big Parade of Comedy as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
- 1961 · Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1946 · Janie Gets Married as John Van Brunt
- 1946 · The Bride Wore Boots as Uncle Todd Warren
- 1946 · Road to Utopia as Narrator
- 1945 · The Stork Club as Tom P. Curtis
- 1945 · Snafu as Ben Stevens
- 1945 · Kiss and Tell as George Archer
- 1945 · Week-End at the Waldorf as Randy Morton
- 1945 · Hollywood Victory Caravan as Robert Benchley
- 1945 · Duffy's Tavern as Robert Benchley
- 1945 · Boogie Woogie as Frederick Stumplefinger
- 1945 · It's in the Bag! as Parker
- 1945 · Pan-Americana as Charlie Corker
- 1944 · Practically Yours as Judge Robert Simpson
- 1944 · The National Barn Dance as J.B. Mitcham
- 1944 · Janie as John Van Brunt
- 1944 · Her Primitive Man as Martin Osborne
- 1944 · Why Daddy? as Joseph A. Doakes
- 1944 · Important Business as Joseph A. Doakes
- 1944 · See Here, Private Hargrove as Mr. Holliday
- 1944 · Song of Russia as Hank Higgins
- 1943 · No News Is Good News as Answer Man
- 1943 · My Tomato as Joseph A. Doakes
- 1943 · Flesh and Fantasy as Doakes
- 1943 · The Sky's the Limit as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
- 1943 · Show-Business at War as Self
- 1943 · Young and Willing as Arthur Kenny
- 1942 · I Married a Witch as Dr. Dudley White
- 1942 · The Major and the Minor as Albert Osborne
- 1942 · Keeping in Shape as Joe Doakes
- 1942 · Syncopation as Doakes (scenes deleted)
- 1942 · Take a Letter, Darling as G.B. Atwater
- 1942 · Nothing But Nerves as Mr. Benchley
- 1942 · The Witness as Joe Doakes
- 1941 · Bedtime Story as Eddie Turner
- 1941 · Three Girls About Town as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
- 1941 · How to Take a Vacation as Husband
- 1941 · You'll Never Get Rich as Martin Cortland
- 1941 · The Reluctant Dragon as Robert Benchley
- 1941 · The Forgotten Man as Joe Doakes / Father
- 1941 · Crime Control as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
- 1941 · Nice Girl? as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
- 1941 · Waiting for Baby as Joe Doakes
- 1940 · The Trouble with Husbands as Joe Doakes
- 1940 · Hired Wife as Roger Van Horn
- 1940 · Foreign Correspondent as Stebbins
- 1940 · Home Movies as Joe Doakes
- 1940 · That Inferior Feeling as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
- 1939 · See Your Doctor as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
- 1939 · The Day of Rest as Joe Doakes
- 1939 · How to Eat as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
- 1939 · Home Early as Joe Doakes
- 1939 · Dark Magic as Joe Doakes
- 1939 · An Hour for Lunch as Lecturer / Joe
- 1939 · How to Sub-Let as Joe Doakes
- 1938 · Mental Poise as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
- 1938 · Opening Day as City Treasurer Benchley
- 1938 · How to Watch Football as Football Fan
- 1938 · How to Read as Lecturer
- 1938 · The Courtship of the Newt as Zoology Lecturer
- 1938 · How to Raise a Baby as Lecturer Father
- 1938 · An Evening Alone as Joe Doakes
- 1938 · Music Made Simple as Robert Benchley
- 1938 · How to Figure Income Tax as Joe Doakes
- 1937 · How to Start the Day as Lecturer
- 1937 · A Night at the Movies as Husband
- 1937 · Live, Love and Learn as Oscar
- 1937 · Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Robert Benchley
- 1937 · Broadway Melody of 1938 as Duffy
- 1937 · The Romance of Digestion as Joe Doakes
- 1936 · How to Be a Detective as Mr. Benchley
- 1936 · How to Vote as Mr. Robert Benchley
- 1936 · Piccadilly Jim as Bill Macon
- 1936 · Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs as
- 1936 · How to Train a Dog as Lecturer / Dog Owner
- 1936 · How to Behave as Mr. Benchley
- 1935 · How to Sleep as Host / Narrator
- 1935 · China Seas as Charlie McCaleb
- 1935 · How to Break 90 at Croquet as Joe Doakes
- 1935 · David O. Selznick: Your New Producer as Master of Ceremonies
- 1934 · Social Register as Robert Benchley
- 1933 · Dancing Lady as Ward King
- 1933 · Rafter Romance as Hubbell
- 1933 · Headline Shooter as Radio Announcer
- 1933 · Your Technocracy and Mine as
- 1932 · The Sport Parade as Radio Announcer
- 1929 · Stewed, Fried and Boiled as Lecturer
- 1929 · Lesson No. 1 as Lecturer
- 1929 · Furnace Trouble as Robert Benchley
- 1928 · The Spellbinder as Robert Benchley
- 1928 · The Sex Life of the Polyp as Lecturer
- 1928 · The Treasurer's Report as Treasurer