Robert Benchley

Known for: Acting

Born: 1889-09-14 – 1945-11-21 (aged 56)

From: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.

Filmography (101)

MOVIE★ 7.5
The Pixar Story
2007
as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.8
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987
as Himself (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
MOVIE
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
TV★ 7.5
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Janie Gets Married
1946
as John Van Brunt
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Uncle Todd Warren
MOVIE★ 6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
as Narrator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Stork Club
1945
as Tom P. Curtis
MOVIE★ 7.0
Snafu
1945
as Ben Stevens
MOVIE★ 6.4
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Randy Morton
MOVIE★ 6.3
Kiss and Tell
1945
as George Archer
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
as Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 6.4
Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 10.0
Boogie Woogie
1945
as Frederick Stumplefinger
MOVIE★ 6.3
It's in the Bag!
1945
as Parker
MOVIE★ 4.1
Pan-Americana
1945
as Charlie Corker
MOVIE★ 10.0
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 7.0
Practically Yours
1944
as Judge Robert Simpson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The National Barn Dance
1944
as J.B. Mitcham
MOVIE★ 6.0
Janie
1944
as John Van Brunt
MOVIE★ 7.5
Her Primitive Man
1944
as Martin Osborne
MOVIE★ 5.5
Why Daddy?
1944
as Joseph A. Doakes
MOVIE★ 8.0
Important Business
1944
as Joseph A. Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.5
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as Mr. Holliday
MOVIE★ 6.2
Song of Russia
1944
as Hank Higgins
MOVIE★ 6.7
No News Is Good News
1943
as Answer Man
MOVIE★ 7.5
My Tomato
1943
as Joseph A. Doakes
MOVIE★ 7.1
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
MOVIE★ 7.0
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Young and Willing
1943
as Arthur Kenny
MOVIE★ 6.9
I Married a Witch
1942
as Dr. Dudley White
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Mr. Osborne
MOVIE★ 4.5
Keeping in Shape
1942
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.8
Syncopation
1942
as Doakes (scenes deleted)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
as G.B. Atwater
MOVIE★ 4.5
Nothing But Nerves
1942
as Mr. Benchley
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Witness
1942
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 5.8
Bedtime Story
1941
as Eddie Turner
MOVIE★ 6.5
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
MOVIE★ 8.3
How to Take a Vacation
1941
as Husband
MOVIE★ 6.5
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
as Martin Cortland
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
as Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Forgotten Man
1941
as Joe Doakes / Father
MOVIE★ 5.5
Crime Control
1941
as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.3
Nice Girl?
1941
as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
MOVIE
Waiting for Baby
1941
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Trouble with Husbands
1940
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.8
Hired Wife
1940
as Roger Van Horn
MOVIE★ 7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Stebbins
MOVIE★ 7.0
Home Movies
1940
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.1
That Inferior Feeling
1940
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.5
See Your Doctor
1939
as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Day of Rest
1939
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.3
How to Eat
1939
as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 8.0
Home Early
1939
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dark Magic
1939
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.3
An Hour for Lunch
1939
as Lecturer / Joe
MOVIE★ 5.8
How to Sub-Let
1939
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mental Poise
1938
as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
MOVIE★ 6.5
Opening Day
1938
as City Treasurer Benchley
MOVIE★ 5.7
How to Watch Football
1938
as Football Fan
MOVIE★ 5.4
How to Read
1938
as Lecturer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Courtship of the Newt
1938
as Zoology Lecturer
MOVIE★ 7.3
How to Raise a Baby
1938
as Lecturer Father
MOVIE★ 7.3
An Evening Alone
1938
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.5
Music Made Simple
1938
as Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 7.0
How to Figure Income Tax
1938
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.6
How to Start the Day
1937
as Lecturer
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Night at the Movies
1937
as Husband
MOVIE★ 5.6
Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Oscar
MOVIE★ 4.5
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
as Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 6.6
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Duffy
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Romance of Digestion
1937
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 6.9
How to Be a Detective
1936
as Mr. Benchley
MOVIE★ 6.8
How to Vote
1936
as Mr. Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 6.8
Piccadilly Jim
1936
as Bill Macon
MOVIE★ 7.5
How to Train a Dog
1936
as Lecturer / Dog Owner
MOVIE★ 7.8
How to Behave
1936
as Mr. Benchley
MOVIE★ 4.7
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
MOVIE★ 6.6
How to Sleep
1935
as Host / Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.2
China Seas
1935
as Charlie McCaleb
MOVIE★ 10.0
How to Break 90 at Croquet
1935
as Joe Doakes
MOVIE★ 10.0
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
1935
as Master of Ceremonies
MOVIE★ 5.0
Social Register
1934
as Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 6.9
Dancing Lady
1933
as Ward King
MOVIE★ 6.8
Rafter Romance
1933
as Hubbell
MOVIE★ 6.3
Headline Shooter
1933
as Radio Announcer
MOVIE★ 10.0
Your Technocracy and Mine
1933
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Sport Parade
1932
as Radio Announcer
MOVIE★ 7.0
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929
as Lecturer
MOVIE★ 9.0
Lesson No. 1
1929
as Lecturer
MOVIE★ 10.0
Furnace Trouble
1929
as Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Spellbinder
1928
as Robert Benchley
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Sex Life of the Polyp
1928
as Lecturer
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Treasurer's Report
1928
as Treasurer
MOVIE
The Causes Of The Depression
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as Mr. Benchley