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
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
Studio 54 (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
as Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')
Gypsy (1962)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
Vaudeville (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Honey Pot (1967)
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
The Automat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man (1972)
as Jack Benny
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
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
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
Remembering Marilyn (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Without Reservations (1946)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
as Chad Denby
Beau James (1957)
as Jack Benny
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
as Jack Carson
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
It's in the Air (1935)
as Calvin Churchill
You Can Change The World (1950)
as Self
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Buck Boswell
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
as Jack Benny
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Bert Keeler
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Mr. Broadway (1933)
as Jack Benny
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carnival Nights (1968)
as Self
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
as Athanael
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
as Chicken Finsterwald
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
as Richard Clarke
Artists & Models (1937)
as Mac Brewster
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Jack Benny
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)
as Self (voice)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970)
as Self
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Bill Fuller
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Jack Benny
Man About Town (1939)
as Bob Temple
The Best of Johnny Carson (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
College Holiday (1936)
as J. Davis Bowster
Charley's Aunt (1941)
as Babbs Babberley
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
The Great Lover (1949)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines (1986)
as Self
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
as Voice on Radio
Beatles: Big Beat Box (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Medicine Man (1930)
as Dr. John H. Harvey
Bob Hope Christmas Show (1965)
as Self
The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
as Jack (voice)
Children of Pleasure (1930)
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
Beatles Stories (2011)
as Self
General Foods Opening Night (1963)
Actor
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930)
as Self
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Jack Benny
The Great Radio Comedians (1971)
as Self
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Benny's Bag (1968)
as Self
Honor America Day (1970)
as Self
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
as Eddie Rock
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992)
as Himself
The Jack Benny Hour (1965)
as Jack Benny / Rosano
The Bing Crosby Show (1954)
as Self
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
as Self
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995)
as Self (Archived footage)
Jack Benny Christmas Show (1960)
as Jack Benny
The Song Writers' Revue (1929)
as Himself
Stars in the Eye (1952)
as Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938)
as Self
Taxi Tangle (1931)
as Man in taxi
Three Of A Kind (1941)
as Himself
Pioneers of Primetime (2005)
Actor
Is Everybody Listening? (1947)
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show (1957)
as Jack Benny
The Perry Como Christmas Show (1974)
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952)
as Self - Narrator
A Broadway Romeo (1931)
as Jack
Bright Moments (1928)
Actor