Robert Benchley

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

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

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

14 September 1889, 136 years old

Known For

Foreign Correspondent

The Pixar Story

I Married a Witch

The Reluctant Dragon

The Major and the Minor

You'll Never Get Rich

Road to Utopia

Dancing Lady

That's Entertainment, Part II

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

The Pixar Story

Robert Benchley (archive footage)

2007

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

2004

The Ten-Year Lunch

Himself (archive footage)

1987

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

1982

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

1976

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

1964

Janie Gets Married

John Van Brunt

1946

The Bride Wore Boots

Uncle Todd Warren

1946

Road to Utopia

Narrator

1946

The Stork Club

Tom P. Curtis

1945

Snafu

Ben Stevens

1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

Randy Morton

1945

Kiss and Tell

George Archer

1945

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Robert Benchley

1945

Duffy's Tavern

Robert Benchley

1945

Boogie Woogie

Frederick Stumplefinger

1945

It's in the Bag!

Parker

1945

Pan-Americana

Charlie Corker

1945

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

Joe Doakes

1945

Practically Yours

Judge Robert Simpson

1944

The National Barn Dance

J.B. Mitcham

1944

Janie

John Van Brunt

1944

Her Primitive Man

Martin Osborne

1944

Why Daddy?

Joseph A. Doakes

1944

Important Business

Joseph A. Doakes

1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

Mr. Holliday

1944

Song of Russia

Hank Higgins

1944

No News Is Good News

Answer Man

1943

My Tomato

Joseph A. Doakes

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

Doakes

1943

The Sky's the Limit

Philip 'Phil' Harriman

1943

Show-Business at War

Self

1943

Young and Willing

Arthur Kenny

1943

I Married a Witch

Dr. Dudley White

1942

The Major and the Minor

Mr. Osborne

1942

Keeping in Shape

Joe Doakes

1942

Syncopation

Doakes (scenes deleted)

1942

Take a Letter, Darling

G.B. Atwater

1942

Nothing But Nerves

Mr. Benchley

1942

The Witness

Joe Doakes

1942

Bedtime Story

Eddie Turner

1941

Three Girls About Town

Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

1941

How to Take a Vacation

Husband

1941

You'll Never Get Rich

Martin Cortland

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

Robert Benchley

1941

The Forgotten Man

Joe Doakes / Father

1941

Crime Control

Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

1941

Nice Girl?

Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

1941

Waiting for Baby

Joe Doakes

1941

The Trouble with Husbands

Joe Doakes

1940

Hired Wife

Roger Van Horn

1940

Foreign Correspondent

Stebbins

1940

Home Movies

Joe Doakes

1940

That Inferior Feeling

Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

1940

See Your Doctor

Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

1939

The Day of Rest

Joe Doakes

1939

How to Eat

Lecturer / Joe Doakes

1939

Home Early

Joe Doakes

1939

Dark Magic

Joe Doakes

1939

An Hour for Lunch

Lecturer / Joe

1939

How to Sub-Let

Joe Doakes

1939

Mental Poise

Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

1938

Opening Day

City Treasurer Benchley

1938

How to Watch Football

Football Fan

1938

How to Read

Lecturer

1938

The Courtship of the Newt

Zoology Lecturer

1938

How to Raise a Baby

Lecturer Father

1938

An Evening Alone

Joe Doakes

1938

Music Made Simple

Robert Benchley

1938

How to Figure Income Tax

Joe Doakes

1938

How to Start the Day

Lecturer

1937

A Night at the Movies

Husband

1937

Live, Love and Learn

Oscar

1937

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Robert Benchley

1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

Duffy

1937

The Romance of Digestion

Joe Doakes

1937

How to Be a Detective

Mr. Benchley

1936

How to Vote

Mr. Robert Benchley

1936

Piccadilly Jim

Bill Macon

1936

How to Train a Dog

Lecturer / Dog Owner

1936

How to Behave

Mr. Benchley

1936

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936

How to Sleep

Host / Narrator

1935

China Seas

Charlie McCaleb

1935

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Joe Doakes

1935

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

Master of Ceremonies

1935

Social Register

Robert Benchley

1934

Dancing Lady

Ward King

1933

Rafter Romance

Hubbell

1933

Headline Shooter

Radio Announcer

1933

Your Technocracy and Mine

1933

The Sport Parade

Radio Announcer

1932

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Lecturer

1929

Lesson No. 1

Lecturer

1929

Furnace Trouble

Robert Benchley

1929

The Spellbinder

Robert Benchley

1928

The Sex Life of the Polyp

Lecturer

1928

The Treasurer's Report

Treasurer

1928

The Causes Of The Depression

Mr. Benchley

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