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Robert Benchley1889 - 1945

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Actor

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Biography

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

Credits

The Pixar Story

2007

Documentary

as Robert Benchley (archive footage)

7.6(230)

1.6

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Robert Benchley (archive sound)

8.8(6)

0.5

The Ten-Year Lunch

1987

Documentary • TV Movie

as Himself (archive footage)

6.5(10)

0.8

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

Documentary • TV Movie

as (archive footage)

10(1)

0.3

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

Documentary • Music

as (archive footage)

6.9(37)

0.5

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

Comedy • Documentary

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

6.3(3)

0.4

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

3.3(3)

0.4

Janie Gets Married

1946

Comedy

as John Van Brunt

6(2)

0.2

The Bride Wore Boots

1946

Comedy • Romance

as Uncle Todd Warren

5.9(7)

0.3

Road to Utopia

1946

Adventure • Comedy • Family • Music

as Narrator

6.6(43)

0.6

The Stork Club

1945

Comedy • Music

as Tom P. Curtis

5(9)

0.2

Snafu

1945

Comedy

as Ben Stevens

6(1)

0.2

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Randy Morton

6(9)

0.3

Kiss and Tell

1945

Comedy

as George Archer

5.6(5)

0.1

Hollywood Victory Caravan

1945

Comedy • Music

as Robert Benchley

5.2(9)

0.2

Duffy's Tavern

1945

Comedy • Music

as Robert Benchley

6.1(7)

0.3

Boogie Woogie

1945

Comedy • Music

as Frederick Stumplefinger

0(0)

0.1

It's in the Bag!

1945

Comedy

as Parker

5(5)

0.3

Pan-Americana

1945

Music

as Charlie Corker

3.6(5)

0.2

Practically Yours

1944

Comedy • Romance

as Judge Robert Simpson

0(0)

0.2

The National Barn Dance

1944

Comedy • Music

as J.B. Mitcham

0(0)

0.1

Janie

1944

Comedy • Romance

as John Van Brunt

5.5(4)

0.2

Her Primitive Man

1944

Comedy

as Martin Osborne

6(1)

0.1

Why Daddy?

1944

Comedy

as Joseph A. Doakes

5.2(6)

0.2

Important Business

1944

Comedy

as Joseph A. Doakes

0(0)

0.3

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944

Comedy • Romance • War

as Mr. Holliday

6(1)

0.3

Song of Russia

1944

Drama • Music • Romance • War

as Hank Higgins

8(3)

0.3

No News Is Good News

1943

Comedy

as Answer Man

4(1)

My Tomato

1943

Comedy

as Joseph A. Doakes

7(2)

0.1

Flesh and Fantasy

1943

Horror • Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Doakes

6.8(16)

0.3

The Sky's the Limit

1943

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Philip 'Phil' Harriman

6.2(19)

0.3

Show-Business at War

1943

Documentary

as Self

7(3)

0.3

Young and Willing

1943

Drama

as Arthur Kenny

4.7(3)

0.6

I Married a Witch

1942

Comedy • Fantasy • Horror • Romance

as Dr. Dudley White

6.8(209)

0.6

The Major and the Minor

1942

Comedy • Romance

as Albert Osborne

7(137)

0.5

Keeping in Shape

1942

as Joe Doakes

2(1)

Syncopation

1942

Drama • Music • Romance

as Doakes (scenes deleted)

6.8(4)

0.3

Take a Letter, Darling

1942

Comedy • Romance

as G.B. Atwater

6.4(12)

0.3

Nothing But Nerves

1942

as Mr. Benchley

1(1)

0.2

The Witness

1942

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

6.5(4)

Bedtime Story

1941

Comedy • Romance

as Eddie Turner

5.9(6)

0.2

Three Girls About Town

1941

Adventure • Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

5.3(3)

0.4

How to Take a Vacation

1941

Comedy

as Husband

7.5(2)

0.2

You'll Never Get Rich

1941

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Martin Cortland

6.6(54)

0.9

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Robert Benchley

6.6(151)

The Forgotten Man

1941

Comedy

as Joe Doakes / Father

9(1)

0.1

Crime Control

1941

Comedy

as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

4.8(5)

Nice Girl?

1941

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

5.3(3)

0.2

Waiting for Baby

1941

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

0(0)

The Trouble with Husbands

1940

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

6.2(5)

0.1

Hired Wife

1940

Comedy

as Roger Van Horn

6.8(4)

0.4

Foreign Correspondent

1940

Action • Mystery • Thriller

as Stebbins

7(401)

1.2

Home Movies

1940

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

6(1)

0.2

That Inferior Feeling

1940

Comedy

as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

5.4(5)

0.1

See Your Doctor

1939

Comedy

as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

5.8(4)

0.1

The Day of Rest

1939

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

4.5(2)

0.1

How to Eat

1939

Comedy

as Lecturer / Joe Doakes

6(2)

Home Early

1939

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

0(0)

0.1

Dark Magic

1939

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

6(2)

0.1

An Hour for Lunch

1939

Comedy

as Lecturer / Joe

4.5(2)

How to Sub-Let

1939

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

3.5(2)

0.1

Mental Poise

1938

Comedy

as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

5.5(2)

0.1

Opening Day

1938

Comedy

as City Treasurer Benchley

6(2)

0.3

How to Watch Football

1938

Comedy

as Football Fan

4.8(4)

0.1

How to Read

1938

Comedy

as Lecturer

5.2(11)

0.2

The Courtship of the Newt

1938

Comedy

as Zoology Lecturer

0(0)

0.1

How to Raise a Baby

1938

Comedy

as Lecturer Father

5(1)

0.2

An Evening Alone

1938

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

6.5(2)

Music Made Simple

1938

Comedy

as Robert Benchley

0(0)

How to Figure Income Tax

1938

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

6(1)

0.2

How to Start the Day

1937

Comedy

as Lecturer

6(3)

0.1

A Night at the Movies

1937

Comedy

as Husband

5.5(14)

0.1

Live, Love and Learn

1937

Comedy • Romance

as Oscar

5.8(6)

0.2

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937

Comedy • Music

as Robert Benchley

3.8(6)

0.3

Broadway Melody of 1938

1937

Music • Romance

as Duffy

6.2(13)

0.5

The Romance of Digestion

1937

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

8(1)

How to Be a Detective

1936

Comedy • Crime

as Mr. Benchley

6.5(6)

0.1

How to Vote

1936

Comedy

as Mr. Robert Benchley

7(2)

0.1

Piccadilly Jim

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Bill Macon

6.5(1)

0.3

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936

1(1)

0.2

How to Train a Dog

1936

Comedy

as Lecturer / Dog Owner

7(2)

0.1

How to Behave

1936

Comedy

as Mr. Benchley

7.5(2)

0.1

How to Sleep

1935

Comedy

as Host / Narrator

6.6(15)

0.1

China Seas

1935

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Charlie McCaleb

6.3(33)

0.5

How to Break 90 at Croquet

1935

Comedy

as Joe Doakes

0(0)

0.1

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

1935

Documentary

as Master of Ceremonies

0(0)

Social Register

1934

Comedy • Drama • Music • Romance

as Robert Benchley

4.5(2)

0.1

Dancing Lady

1933

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Ward King

6.9(39)

0.6

Rafter Romance

1933

Comedy • Romance

as Hubbell

6.5(11)

0.2

Headline Shooter

1933

Adventure • Drama

as Radio Announcer

5.8(4)

0.2

Your Technocracy and Mine

1933

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

The Sport Parade

1932

Drama • Romance

as Radio Announcer

5.3(7)

0.2

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

1929

Comedy

as Lecturer

0(0)

0.1

Lesson No. 1

1929

Comedy

as Lecturer

0(0)

0.1

Furnace Trouble

1929

Comedy

as Robert Benchley

0(0)

0.1

The Spellbinder

1928

Comedy

as Robert Benchley

0(0)

0.1

The Sex Life of the Polyp

1928

Comedy

as Lecturer

4.8(13)

0.1

The Treasurer's Report

1928

Comedy

as Treasurer

3(1)

0.2