Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Known for
Acting
Born
September 14, 1889
Died
November 21, 1945 (aged 56)
Birthplace
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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

Known For

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Filmography

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The Causes Of The Depression

The Causes Of The Depression

Movie · as Mr. Benchley

2007
The Pixar Story poster

The Pixar Story

Movie · as Robert Benchley (archive footage)

2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 poster

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Movie · as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

1987
The Ten-Year Lunch poster

The Ten-Year Lunch

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

1982
Showbiz Goes to War poster

Showbiz Goes to War

Movie · as (archive footage)

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

Movie · as (archive footage)

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy poster

The Big Parade of Comedy

Movie · as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

1955
MGM Parade poster

MGM Parade

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1946
Road to Utopia poster

Road to Utopia

Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)

1946
The Bride Wore Boots poster

The Bride Wore Boots

Movie · as Uncle Todd Warren

1946
Janie Gets Married poster

Janie Gets Married

Movie · as John Van Brunt

1945
Week-End at the Waldorf poster

Week-End at the Waldorf

Movie · as Randy Morton

1945
The Stork Club poster

The Stork Club

Movie · as Tom P. Curtis

1945
Kiss and Tell poster

Kiss and Tell

Movie · as George Archer

1945
Pan-Americana poster

Pan-Americana

Movie · as Charlie Corker

1945
Snafu poster

Snafu

Movie · as Ben Stevens

1945
It's in the Bag! poster

It's in the Bag!

Movie · as Parker

1945
Boogie Woogie poster

Boogie Woogie

Movie · as Frederick Stumplefinger

1945
Hollywood Victory Caravan poster

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Movie · as Robert Benchley

1945
Duffy's Tavern poster

Duffy's Tavern

Movie · as Robert Benchley

1945
I'm a Civilian Here Myself poster

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1944
See Here, Private Hargrove poster

See Here, Private Hargrove

Movie · as Mr. Holliday

1944
Practically Yours poster

Practically Yours

Movie · as Judge Robert Simpson

1944
Janie poster

Janie

Movie · as John Van Brunt

1944
Important Business poster

Important Business

Movie · as Joseph A. Doakes

1944
Why Daddy? poster

Why Daddy?

Movie · as Joseph A. Doakes

1944
Her Primitive Man poster

Her Primitive Man

Movie · as Martin Osborne

1944
The National Barn Dance

The National Barn Dance

Movie · as J.B. Mitcham

1944
Song of Russia poster

Song of Russia

Movie · as Hank Higgins

1943
The Sky's the Limit poster

The Sky's the Limit

Movie · as Philip 'Phil' Harriman

1943
Young and Willing poster

Young and Willing

Movie · as Arthur Kenny

1943
Flesh and Fantasy poster

Flesh and Fantasy

Movie · as Doakes

1943
My Tomato poster

My Tomato

Movie · as Joseph A. Doakes

1943
No News Is Good News

No News Is Good News

Movie · as Answer Man

1943
Show-Business at War poster

Show-Business at War

Movie · as Self

1942
I Married a Witch poster

I Married a Witch

Movie · as Dr. Dudley White

1942
The Major and the Minor poster

The Major and the Minor

Movie · as Mr. Osborne

1942
Syncopation poster

Syncopation

Movie · as Doakes (scenes deleted)

1942
Take a Letter, Darling poster

Take a Letter, Darling

Movie · as G.B. Atwater

1942
Nothing But Nerves poster

Nothing But Nerves

Movie · as Mr. Benchley

1942
Keeping in Shape

Keeping in Shape

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1942
The Witness poster

The Witness

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1941
The Reluctant Dragon poster

The Reluctant Dragon

Movie · as Robert Benchley

1941
Nice Girl? poster

Nice Girl?

Movie · as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

1941
You'll Never Get Rich poster

You'll Never Get Rich

Movie · as Martin Cortland

1941
Bedtime Story poster

Bedtime Story

Movie · as Eddie Turner

1941
Three Girls About Town poster

Three Girls About Town

Movie · as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

1941
The Forgotten Man poster

The Forgotten Man

Movie · as Joe Doakes / Father

1941
How to Take a Vacation

How to Take a Vacation

Movie · as Husband

1941
Waiting for Baby poster

Waiting for Baby

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1941
Crime Control poster

Crime Control

Movie · as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

1940
Hired Wife poster

Hired Wife

Movie · as Roger Van Horn

1940
Foreign Correspondent poster

Foreign Correspondent

Movie · as Stebbins

1940
Home Movies poster

Home Movies

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1940
That Inferior Feeling poster

That Inferior Feeling

Movie · as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

1940
The Trouble with Husbands poster

The Trouble with Husbands

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1939
How to Eat poster

How to Eat

Movie · as Lecturer / Joe Doakes

1939
An Hour for Lunch poster

An Hour for Lunch

Movie · as Lecturer / Joe

1939
See Your Doctor poster

See Your Doctor

Movie · as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

1939
Home Early poster

Home Early

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1939
The Day of Rest poster

The Day of Rest

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1939
How to Sub-Let poster

How to Sub-Let

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1939
Dark Magic poster

Dark Magic

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1938
Mental Poise poster

Mental Poise

Movie · as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

1938
How to Figure Income Tax poster

How to Figure Income Tax

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1938
How to Read poster

How to Read

Movie · as Lecturer

1938
How to Watch Football poster

How to Watch Football

Movie · as Football Fan

1938
How to Raise a Baby poster

How to Raise a Baby

Movie · as Lecturer Father

1938
The Courtship of the Newt poster

The Courtship of the Newt

Movie · as Zoology Lecturer

1938
An Evening Alone poster

An Evening Alone

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1938
Opening Day poster

Opening Day

Movie · as City Treasurer Benchley

1938
Music Made Simple poster

Music Made Simple

Movie · as Robert Benchley

1937
Broadway Melody of 1938 poster

Broadway Melody of 1938

Movie · as Duffy

1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero poster

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Movie · as Robert Benchley

1937
Live, Love and Learn poster

Live, Love and Learn

Movie · as Oscar

1937
A Night at the Movies poster

A Night at the Movies

Movie · as Husband

1937
How to Start the Day poster

How to Start the Day

Movie · as Lecturer

1937
The Romance of Digestion poster

The Romance of Digestion

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1936
Piccadilly Jim poster

Piccadilly Jim

Movie · as Bill Macon

1936
How to Be a Detective poster

How to Be a Detective

Movie · as Mr. Benchley

1936
How to Behave poster

How to Behave

Movie · as Mr. Benchley

1936
How to Train a Dog poster

How to Train a Dog

Movie · as Lecturer / Dog Owner

1936
How to Vote poster

How to Vote

Movie · as Mr. Robert Benchley

1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs poster

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Movie

1935
China Seas poster

China Seas

Movie · as Charlie McCaleb

1935
How to Break 90 at Croquet

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Movie · as Joe Doakes

1935
How to Sleep poster

How to Sleep

Movie · as Host / Narrator

1935
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

Movie · as Master of Ceremonies

1934
Social Register poster

Social Register

Movie · as Robert Benchley

1933
Dancing Lady poster

Dancing Lady

Movie · as Ward King

1933
Rafter Romance poster

Rafter Romance

Movie · as Hubbell

1933
Headline Shooter poster

Headline Shooter

Movie · as Radio Announcer

1933
Your Technocracy and Mine

Your Technocracy and Mine

Movie

1932
The Sport Parade poster

The Sport Parade

Movie · as Radio Announcer

1929
Lesson No. 1

Lesson No. 1

Movie · as Lecturer

1929
Furnace Trouble

Furnace Trouble

Movie · as Robert Benchley

1929
Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Movie · as Lecturer

1928
The Spellbinder

The Spellbinder

Movie · as Robert Benchley

1928
The Sex Life of the Polyp poster

The Sex Life of the Polyp

Movie · as Lecturer

1928
The Treasurer's Report

The Treasurer's Report

Movie · as Treasurer