Jack Benny

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-02-14 (80 years old)

Deathday

1974-12-26

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Jack Benny

Biography

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 inf...

Acting

1942

To Be or Not to Be

as Joseph Tura

1967

A Guide for the Married Man

as Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self - Master of Ceremonies

2001

Beatles: Big Beat Box

as Self (archive footage)

1941

Charley's Aunt

as Babbs Babberley

1935

1933

Mr. Broadway

as Jack Benny

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1940

1959

1947

Is Everybody Listening?

as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program

2011

1937

Artists & Models

as Mac Brewster

1930

The Medicine Man

as Dr. John H. Harvey

1930

Chasing Rainbows

as Eddie Rock

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1940

Love Thy Neighbor

as Jack Benny

1952

Somebody Loves Me

as Jack Benny

2016

1936

1936

College Holiday

as J. Davis Bowster

1938

1939

Man About Town

as Bob Temple

1960

Who Was That Lady?

as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)

1960

The Slowest Gun in the West

as Chicken Finsterwald

1972

The Man

as Jack Benny

1930

Lord Byron of Broadway

as Voice on Radio

1941

Three Of A Kind

as Himself

1960

1995

Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny

as Self (Archived footage)

1935

It's in the Air

as Calvin Churchill

1943

1962

Gypsy

as Jack Benny (uncredited)

2019

Mike Wallace Is Here

as (archive footage)

1965

The Jack Benny Hour

as Jack Benny / Rosano

1945

It's in the Bag!

as Jack Benny

1930

The Rounder

as Mr. Bartlett

2015

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1968

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1952

1970

Swing Out, Sweet Land

as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar

1930

Children of Pleasure

as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1974

The Perry Como Christmas Show

as Santa Claus (uncredited)

1957

Beau James

as Jack Benny

1970

2018

Studio 54

as Self (archive footage)

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1946

Without Reservations

as Jack Benny (uncredited)

1960

Who Was That Lady?

as Mr. Cosgrove

1931

Taxi Tangle

as Man in taxi

1998

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self - Roastee (archive footage)

1967

The Honey Pot

as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)

1968

1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)

1949

The Great Lover

as Jack Benny (uncredited)

1931

1968

Production

1949

The Lucky Stiff

as Producer

1973

Paper Moon

as Thanks

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