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