
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

I Married a Witch (1942)
as Dr. Dudley White

The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
as Robert Benchley

China Seas (1935)
as Charlie McCaleb

Opening Day (1938)
as City Treasurer Benchley

The Major and the Minor (1942)
as Mr. Osborne

Dancing Lady (1933)
as Ward King

Nice Girl? (1941)
as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

Road to Utopia (1946)
as Narrator (uncredited)

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Randy Morton

Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
as Robert Benchley

An Hour for Lunch (1939)
as Lecturer / Joe

Hired Wife (1940)
as Roger Van Horn

See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
as Mr. Holliday

You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
as Martin Cortland
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

How to Sleep (1935)
as Host / Narrator

Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
as G.B. Atwater

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
as Doakes

Mental Poise (1938)
as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

Rafter Romance (1933)
as Hubbell

Young and Willing (1943)
as Arthur Kenny

The Stork Club (1945)
as Tom P. Curtis

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
as Duffy

Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self

Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)
as Robert Benchley

Home Early (1939)
as Joe Doakes

See Your Doctor (1939)
as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004)
as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Bedtime Story (1941)
as Eddie Turner

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Actor

The Sky's the Limit (1943)
as Philip 'Phil' Harriman

How to Behave (1936)
as Mr. Benchley

How to Read (1938)
as Lecturer

Live, Love and Learn (1937)
as Oscar

How to Be a Detective (1936)
as Mr. Benchley

Important Business (1944)
as Joseph A. Doakes

Her Primitive Man (1944)
as Martin Osborne

How to Vote (1936)
as Mr. Robert Benchley

Dark Magic (1939)
as Joe Doakes

Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

A Night at the Movies (1937)
as Husband

It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Parker

Music Made Simple (1938)
as Robert Benchley

Duffy's Tavern (1945)
as Robert Benchley

The Romance of Digestion (1937)
as Joe Doakes

The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
as Uncle Todd Warren

Song of Russia (1944)
as Hank Higgins

Home Movies (1940)
as Joe Doakes
The National Barn Dance (1944)
as J.B. Mitcham

Kiss and Tell (1945)
as George Archer

How to Sub-Let (1939)
as Joe Doakes

The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)
as Himself (archive footage)

Practically Yours (1944)
as Judge Robert Simpson

Pan-Americana (1945)
as Charlie Corker

That Inferior Feeling (1940)
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

Janie (1944)
as John Van Brunt

Headline Shooter (1933)
as Radio Announcer

Syncopation (1942)
as Doakes (scenes deleted)

Piccadilly Jim (1936)
as Bill Macon

How to Figure Income Tax (1938)
as Joe Doakes
Why Daddy? (1944)
as Joseph A. Doakes

The Courtship of the Newt (1938)
as Zoology Lecturer

My Tomato (1943)
as Joseph A. Doakes

How to Start the Day (1937)
as Lecturer

The Sport Parade (1932)
as Radio Announcer

The Day of Rest (1939)
as Joe Doakes

How to Train a Dog (1936)
as Lecturer / Dog Owner

How to Watch Football (1938)
as Football Fan

An Evening Alone (1938)
as Joe Doakes

Janie Gets Married (1946)
as John Van Brunt

Social Register (1934)
as Robert Benchley

Snafu (1945)
as Ben Stevens
No News Is Good News (1943)
as Answer Man

How to Eat (1939)
as Lecturer / Joe Doakes

How to Raise a Baby (1938)
as Lecturer Father
Stewed, Fried and Boiled (1929)
as Lecturer
The Spellbinder (1928)
as Robert Benchley
Lesson No. 1 (1929)
as Lecturer

I'm a Civilian Here Myself (1945)
as Joe Doakes

The Forgotten Man (1941)
as Joe Doakes / Father
Furnace Trouble (1929)
as Robert Benchley
How to Take a Vacation (1941)
as Husband

The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
as Lecturer
Keeping in Shape (1942)
as Joe Doakes

Boogie Woogie (1945)
as Frederick Stumplefinger
The Treasurer's Report (1928)
as Treasurer
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer (1935)
as Master of Ceremonies

Nothing But Nerves (1942)
as Mr. Benchley
Your Technocracy and Mine (1933)
Actor

Waiting for Baby (1941)
as Joe Doakes

The Trouble with Husbands (1940)
as Joe Doakes
The Causes Of The Depression (—)
as Mr. Benchley

Crime Control (1941)
as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

The Witness (1942)
as Joe Doakes
How to Break 90 at Croquet (1935)
as Joe Doakes





