Jack Benny
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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 influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Benny, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Vaudeville (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Marilyn (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
as Joseph Tura
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown (2004)
as Self (archive)
You Can Change The World (1950)
as Self
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gypsy (1962)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
The Best of Johnny Carson (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Honor America Day (1970)
as Self
Pioneers of Primetime (2005)
Actor
Without Reservations (1946)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
General Foods Opening Night (1963)
as Self
The Honey Pot (1967)
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
as Technical Adviser
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
as Voice on Radio
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
as Self
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Bill Fuller
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
as Jack Benny
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Buck Boswell
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
Jack Benny Christmas Show (1960)
as Jack Benny
Studio 54 (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Bert Keeler
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Rounder (1930)
as Mr. Bartlett
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
as Jack (voice)
Beatles: Big Beat Box (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as (archive footage)
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930)
as Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Jack Benny
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
as Richard Clarke
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
as Athanael
Man About Town (1939)
as Bob Temple
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
as Jack Carson
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995)
as Self (Archived footage)
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
as Chicken Finsterwald
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)
as Self (voice)
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Charley's Aunt (1941)
as Babbs Babberley
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Perry Como Christmas Show (1974)
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
The Man (1972)
as Jack Benny
The Jack Benny Hour (1965)
as Jack Benny / Rosano
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
Stars in the Eye (1952)
as Himself
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
as Chad Denby
The Medicine Man (1930)
as Dr. John H. Harvey
A Broadway Romeo (1931)
as Jack
It's in the Air (1935)
as Calvin Churchill
Bob Hope Christmas Show (1965)
as Self
The Song Writers' Revue (1929)
as Himself
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992)
as Himself
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952)
as Self - Narrator
Three Of A Kind (1941)
as Himself
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines (1986)
as Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Jack Benny
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938)
as Self
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Jack Benny
The Great Lover (1949)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
The Automat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
as Eddie Rock
Beatles Stories (2011)
as Self
Jack Benny's Bag (1968)
as Self
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970)
as Self
Beau James (1957)
as Jack Benny
The Bing Crosby Show (1954)
as Self
Artists & Models (1937)
as Mac Brewster
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show (1957)
as Jack Benny
Carnival Nights (1968)
as Self
Taxi Tangle (1931)
as Man in taxi
Children of Pleasure (1930)
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
The Great Radio Comedians (1971)
as Self
College Holiday (1936)
as J. Davis Bowster
Mr. Broadway (1933)
as Jack Benny
Is Everybody Listening? (1947)
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
Bright Moments (1928)
Actor