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
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
as Technical Adviser
Gypsy (1962)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Without Reservations (1946)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
Remembering Marilyn (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
as Self
Studio 54 (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as (archive footage)
The Honey Pot (1967)
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
The Rounder (1930)
as Mr. Bartlett
The Man (1972)
as Jack Benny
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
as Self
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Bert Keeler
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
as Voice on Radio
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Bill Fuller
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Automat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Jack Benny
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Pioneers of Primetime (2005)
Actor
The Great Lover (1949)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Jack Benny
Charley's Aunt (1941)
as Babbs Babberley
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines (1986)
as Self
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Children of Pleasure (1930)
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
as Chicken Finsterwald
Is Everybody Listening? (1947)
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
It's in the Air (1935)
as Calvin Churchill
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
as Jack Benny
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
You Can Change The World (1950)
as Self
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
as Athanael
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown (2004)
as Self (archive)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)
as Self (voice)
Beau James (1957)
as Jack Benny
The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
as Jack (voice)
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
as Richard Clarke
The Song Writers' Revue (1929)
as Himself
Man About Town (1939)
as Bob Temple
Mr. Broadway (1933)
as Jack Benny
Carnival Nights (1968)
as Self
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995)
as Self (Archived footage)
Artists & Models (1937)
as Mac Brewster
Honor America Day (1970)
as Self
The Medicine Man (1930)
as Dr. John H. Harvey
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Jack Benny
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970)
as Self
The Great Radio Comedians (1971)
as Self
Jack Benny Christmas Show (1960)
as Jack Benny
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
as Eddie Rock
The Jack Benny Hour (1965)
as Jack Benny / Rosano
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Buck Boswell
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
as Chad Denby
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
as Jack Carson
The Best of Johnny Carson (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles Stories (2011)
as Self
The Bing Crosby Show (1954)
as Self
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930)
as Self
General Foods Opening Night (1963)
Actor
Bob Hope Christmas Show (1965)
as Self
College Holiday (1936)
as J. Davis Bowster
Stars in the Eye (1952)
as Himself
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show (1957)
as Jack Benny
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938)
as Self
A Broadway Romeo (1931)
as Jack
Jack Benny's Bag (1968)
as Self
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992)
as Himself
Taxi Tangle (1931)
as Man in taxi
Three Of A Kind (1941)
as Himself
The Perry Como Christmas Show (1974)
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952)
as Self - Narrator
Bright Moments (1928)
Actor