Robert Benchley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-09-14 (56 years old)

Deathday

1945-11-21

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Benchley

Biography

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

Acting

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

as Robert Benchley

1942

I Married a Witch

as Dr. Dudley White

1941

Nice Girl?

as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

1941

You'll Never Get Rich

as Martin Cortland

1946

Road to Utopia

as Narrator

1943

The Sky's the Limit

as Philip 'Phil' Harriman

1933

Dancing Lady

as Ward King

1942

The Major and the Minor

as Albert Osborne

1941

Bedtime Story

as Eddie Turner

1935

China Seas

as Charlie McCaleb

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1944

1945

1941

Three Girls About Town

as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

1942

Syncopation

as Doakes (scenes deleted)

1940

Hired Wife

as Roger Van Horn

1942

Take a Letter, Darling

as G.B. Atwater

1943

Young and Willing

as Arthur Kenny

1928

The Spellbinder

as Robert Benchley

1929

Lesson No. 1

as Lecturer

1929

Furnace Trouble

as Robert Benchley

1937

1933

Rafter Romance

as Hubbell

1945

The Stork Club

as Tom P. Curtis

1943

1936

Piccadilly Jim

as Bill Macon

1936

How to Be a Detective

as Mr. Benchley

1933

Headline Shooter

as Radio Announcer

1944

Practically Yours

as Judge Robert Simpson

1935

How to Sleep

as Host / Narrator

1937

1946

The Bride Wore Boots

as Uncle Todd Warren

1928

1944

Janie

as John Van Brunt

1946

Janie Gets Married

as John Van Brunt

1937

1940

1945

Kiss and Tell

as George Archer

1945

Pan-Americana

as Charlie Corker

2007

The Pixar Story

as Robert Benchley (archive footage)

1932

The Sport Parade

as Radio Announcer

1934

Social Register

as Robert Benchley

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1939

How to Eat

as Lecturer / Joe Doakes

1944

Important Business

as Joseph A. Doakes

1936

How to Behave

as Mr. Benchley

1943

My Tomato

as Joseph A. Doakes

1936

How to Train a Dog

as Lecturer / Dog Owner

1938

Mental Poise

as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

1937

1945

Snafu

as Ben Stevens

1939

An Hour for Lunch

as Lecturer / Joe

1938

1936

How to Vote

as Mr. Robert Benchley

1944

Why Daddy?

as Joseph A. Doakes

1944

Her Primitive Man

as Martin Osborne

1939

See Your Doctor

as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

1940

Home Movies

as Joe Doakes

1945

1942

Nothing But Nerves

as Mr. Benchley

1938

How to Read

as Lecturer

1944

1944

Song of Russia

as Hank Higgins

1945

Boogie Woogie

as Frederick Stumplefinger

1940

That Inferior Feeling

as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

1938

How to Watch Football

as Football Fan

1939

Home Early

as Joe Doakes

1945

Hollywood Victory Caravan

as Robert Benchley

1945

Duffy's Tavern

as Robert Benchley

1938

How to Raise a Baby

as Lecturer Father

1941

The Forgotten Man

as Joe Doakes / Father

1935

1942

Keeping in Shape

as Joe Doakes

1941

Waiting for Baby

as Joe Doakes

1938

The Courtship of the Newt

as Zoology Lecturer

1938

An Evening Alone

as Joe Doakes

1938

Opening Day

as City Treasurer Benchley

1939

The Day of Rest

as Joe Doakes

1943

1939

How to Sub-Let

as Joe Doakes

1939

Dark Magic

as Joe Doakes

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1942

The Witness

as Joe Doakes

1940

1941

Crime Control

as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

1938

Music Made Simple

as Robert Benchley

1987

The Ten-Year Lunch

as Himself (archive footage)

2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as Robert Benchley (archive sound)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

Production

1942

The Witness

as Writer

1936

How to Behave

as Writer

1936

How to Vote

as Writer

1929

1929

Lesson No. 1

as Writer

1928

1938

1938

1939

Dark Magic

as Writer

1940

Home Movies

as Writer

1941

1938

1941

Crime Control

as Writer

1935

1932

Sky Devils

as Writer

1932

The Sport Parade

as Additional Dialogue

1944

Why Daddy?

as Story

1944

Why Daddy?

as Writer

1940

1938

How to Read

as Writer

1933

Blind Adventure

as Additional Dialogue

1939

Home Early

as Screenplay

1939

1926

The American Venus

as Title Graphics

1945

Boogie Woogie

as Writer

1939

See Your Doctor

as Producer

1939

See Your Doctor

as Screenplay

1938

Mental Poise

as Writer

1924

Second Youth

as Title Designer

1926

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