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