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Robert Benchley

Personal Info

Born: 1889-09-14
Died: 1945-11-21

Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Known For: Acting

Robert Benchley

Biography

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

Filmography

The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon

Robert Benchley
6.6

I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch

Dr. Dudley White
6.8

Nice Girl?
Nice Girl?

Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
5.3

You'll Never Get Rich
You'll Never Get Rich

Martin Cortland
6.5

Road to Utopia
Road to Utopia

Narrator
6.6

The Sky's the Limit
The Sky's the Limit

Philip 'Phil' Harriman
6.2

Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady

Ward King
6.9

Broadway Melody of 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938

Duffy
6.2

The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor

Albert Osborne
7.0

Bedtime Story
Bedtime Story

Eddie Turner
5.9

China Seas
China Seas

Charlie McCaleb
6.3

Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)
10.0

See Here, Private Hargrove
See Here, Private Hargrove

Mr. Holliday
6.0

Week-End at the Waldorf
Week-End at the Waldorf

Randy Morton
6.0

Three Girls About Town
Three Girls About Town

Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
5.3

Syncopation
Syncopation

Doakes (scenes deleted)
6.8

Hired Wife
Hired Wife

Roger Van Horn
6.8

Take a Letter, Darling
Take a Letter, Darling

G.B. Atwater
6.4

Young and Willing
Young and Willing

Arthur Kenny
4.7

The Spellbinder

Robert Benchley
0.0

Lesson No. 1

Lecturer
0.0

Furnace Trouble

Robert Benchley
0.0

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Lecturer
0.0

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Joe Doakes
0.0

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Robert Benchley
3.8

Rafter Romance
Rafter Romance

Hubbell
6.5

The Stork Club
The Stork Club

Tom P. Curtis
5.0

Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy

Doakes
6.8

The Sex Life of the Polyp
The Sex Life of the Polyp

Lecturer
4.8

Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim

Bill Macon
6.5

How to Be a Detective
How to Be a Detective

Mr. Benchley
6.5

Headline Shooter
Headline Shooter

Radio Announcer
5.8

Practically Yours
Practically Yours

Judge Robert Simpson
0.0

Live, Love and Learn
Live, Love and Learn

Oscar
5.8

How to Sleep
How to Sleep

Host / Narrator
6.4

A Night at the Movies
A Night at the Movies

Husband
5.5

The Bride Wore Boots
The Bride Wore Boots

Uncle Todd Warren
5.9

The Treasurer's Report

Treasurer
3.0

Janie
Janie

John Van Brunt
5.5

Janie Gets Married
Janie Gets Married

John Van Brunt
6.0

How to Start the Day
How to Start the Day

Lecturer
6.0

Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent

Stebbins
7.0

Kiss and Tell
Kiss and Tell

George Archer
5.6

Pan-Americana
Pan-Americana

Charlie Corker
3.6

The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story

Robert Benchley (archive footage)
7.6

The Sport Parade
The Sport Parade

Radio Announcer
5.3

Social Register
Social Register

Robert Benchley
4.5

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.3

How to Eat
How to Eat

Lecturer / Joe Doakes
6.0

Important Business
Important Business

Joseph A. Doakes
0.0

How to Behave
How to Behave

Mr. Benchley
7.5

My Tomato
My Tomato

Joseph A. Doakes
7.0

How to Train a Dog
How to Train a Dog

Lecturer / Dog Owner
7.0

Mental Poise
Mental Poise

Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
5.5

The Romance of Digestion
The Romance of Digestion

Joe Doakes
8.0

Snafu
Snafu

Ben Stevens
6.0

An Hour for Lunch
An Hour for Lunch

Lecturer / Joe
4.5

How to Figure Income Tax
How to Figure Income Tax

Joe Doakes
6.0

How to Vote
How to Vote

Mr. Robert Benchley
7.0

Why Daddy?
Why Daddy?

Joseph A. Doakes
5.2

Her Primitive Man
Her Primitive Man

Martin Osborne
6.0

See Your Doctor
See Your Doctor

Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
5.8

Home Movies
Home Movies

Joe Doakes
6.0

It's in the Bag!
It's in the Bag!

Parker
5.0

Nothing But Nerves
Nothing But Nerves

Mr. Benchley
1.0

How to Read
How to Read

Lecturer
5.2

The National Barn Dance

J.B. Mitcham
0.0

Song of Russia
Song of Russia

Hank Higgins
8.0

Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie

Frederick Stumplefinger
0.0

That Inferior Feeling
That Inferior Feeling

Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
5.4

How to Watch Football
How to Watch Football

Football Fan
4.8

Home Early
Home Early

Joe Doakes
0.0

Hollywood Victory Caravan
Hollywood Victory Caravan

Robert Benchley
5.2

Duffy's Tavern
Duffy's Tavern

Robert Benchley
6.1

Your Technocracy and Mine


0.0

How to Raise a Baby
How to Raise a Baby

Lecturer Father
5.0

The Forgotten Man
The Forgotten Man

Joe Doakes / Father
9.0

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

Master of Ceremonies
0.0

Keeping in Shape

Joe Doakes
2.0

How to Take a Vacation

Husband
7.5

Waiting for Baby
Waiting for Baby

Joe Doakes
0.0

The Courtship of the Newt
The Courtship of the Newt

Zoology Lecturer
0.0

An Evening Alone
An Evening Alone

Joe Doakes
6.5

Opening Day
Opening Day

City Treasurer Benchley
6.0

The Day of Rest
The Day of Rest

Joe Doakes
4.5

No News Is Good News

Answer Man
4.0

How to Sub-Let
How to Sub-Let

Joe Doakes
3.5

Dark Magic
Dark Magic

Joe Doakes
6.0

Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War

Self
7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)
6.9

The Witness
The Witness

Joe Doakes
6.5

The Trouble with Husbands
The Trouble with Husbands

Joe Doakes
6.2

Crime Control
Crime Control

Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
4.8

Music Made Simple
Music Made Simple

Robert Benchley
0.0

The Ten-Year Lunch
The Ten-Year Lunch

Himself (archive footage)
6.5

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Robert Benchley (archive sound)
8.8

The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy

Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
6.3

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs


1.0