Robert Benchley
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Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Known for
Credits
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Stebbins
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
as Robert Benchley
I Married a Witch (1942)
as Dr. Dudley White
The Major and the Minor (1942)
as Mr. Osborne
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
as Martin Cortland
Nice Girl? (1941)
as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)
as Himself (archive footage)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
as Doakes
China Seas (1935)
as Charlie McCaleb
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Narrator (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004)
as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
The National Barn Dance (1944)
as J.B. Mitcham
Opening Day (1938)
as City Treasurer Benchley
Young and Willing (1943)
as Arthur Kenny
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Randy Morton
See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
as Mr. Holliday
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
Hired Wife (1940)
as Roger Van Horn
Song of Russia (1944)
as Hank Higgins
Dancing Lady (1933)
as Ward King
Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)
as Robert Benchley
The Stork Club (1945)
as Tom P. Curtis
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
as Duffy
Her Primitive Man (1944)
as Martin Osborne
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Parker
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
as G.B. Atwater
Kiss and Tell (1945)
as George Archer
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
as Oscar
Syncopation (1942)
as Doakes (scenes deleted)
Janie (1944)
as John Van Brunt
Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
How to Be a Detective (1936)
as Mr. Benchley
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
as Uncle Todd Warren
Bedtime Story (1941)
as Eddie Turner
Headline Shooter (1933)
as Radio Announcer
Dark Magic (1939)
as Joe Doakes
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Actor
Janie Gets Married (1946)
as John Van Brunt
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
as Bill Macon
Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
as Robert Benchley
Mental Poise (1938)
as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
as Robert Benchley
Practically Yours (1944)
as Judge Robert Simpson
Rafter Romance (1933)
as Hubbell
Home Movies (1940)
as Joe Doakes
A Night at the Movies (1937)
as Husband
The Sport Parade (1932)
as Radio Announcer
Boogie Woogie (1945)
as Frederick Stumplefinger
I'm a Civilian Here Myself (1945)
as Joe Doakes
Snafu (1945)
as Ben Stevens
That Inferior Feeling (1940)
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
Music Made Simple (1938)
as Robert Benchley
How to Eat (1939)
as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
Pan-Americana (1945)
as Charlie Corker
An Hour for Lunch (1939)
as Lecturer / Joe
Lesson No. 1 (1929)
as Lecturer
See Your Doctor (1939)
as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
How to Sleep (1935)
as Host / Narrator
The Courtship of the Newt (1938)
as Zoology Lecturer
How to Sub-Let (1939)
as Joe Doakes
My Tomato (1943)
as Joseph A. Doakes
An Evening Alone (1938)
as Joe Doakes
Home Early (1939)
as Joe Doakes
How to Read (1938)
as Lecturer
How to Watch Football (1938)
as Football Fan
How to Raise a Baby (1938)
as Lecturer Father
Waiting for Baby (1941)
as Joe Doakes
How to Vote (1936)
as Mr. Robert Benchley
The Spellbinder (1928)
as Robert Benchley
The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
as Lecturer
The Day of Rest (1939)
as Joe Doakes
How to Behave (1936)
as Mr. Benchley
Social Register (1934)
as Robert Benchley
The Forgotten Man (1941)
as Joe Doakes / Father
Why Daddy? (1944)
as Joseph A. Doakes
How to Train a Dog (1936)
as Lecturer / Dog Owner
Important Business (1944)
as Joseph A. Doakes
The Romance of Digestion (1937)
as Joe Doakes
Stewed, Fried and Boiled (1929)
as Lecturer
How to Start the Day (1937)
as Lecturer
Nothing But Nerves (1942)
as Mr. Benchley
How to Figure Income Tax (1938)
as Joe Doakes
Crime Control (1941)
as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
The Causes Of The Depression (—)
as Mr. Benchley
The Witness (1942)
as Joe Doakes
The Trouble with Husbands (1940)
as Joe Doakes
How to Break 90 at Croquet (1935)
as Joe Doakes
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer (1935)
as Master of Ceremonies
No News Is Good News (1943)
as Answer Man
Furnace Trouble (1929)
as Robert Benchley
Your Technocracy and Mine (1933)
Actor
How to Take a Vacation (1941)
as Husband
Keeping in Shape (1942)
as Joe Doakes
The Treasurer's Report (1928)
as Treasurer