Robert Benchley
Born: 1889-09-14 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1945-11-21
Known For: Acting
Biography
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Filmography
2007
- The Pixar Story as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
2004
- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1987
- The Ten-Year Lunch as Himself (archive footage)
1982
- Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1976
- That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1964
- The Big Parade of Comedy as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
1946
- The Bride Wore Boots as Uncle Todd Warren
- Road to Utopia as Narrator
- Janie Gets Married as John Van Brunt
1945
- Snafu as Ben Stevens
- Pan-Americana as Charlie Corker
- Duffy's Tavern as Robert Benchley
- Kiss and Tell as George Archer
- Boogie Woogie as Frederick Stumplefinger
- The Stork Club as Tom P. Curtis
- Hollywood Victory Caravan as Robert Benchley
- Week-End at the Waldorf as Randy Morton
- It's in the Bag! as Parker
1944
- Why Daddy? as Joseph A. Doakes
- Practically Yours as Judge Robert Simpson
- Janie as John Van Brunt
- Song of Russia as Hank Higgins
- The National Barn Dance as J.B. Mitcham
- See Here, Private Hargrove as Mr. Holliday
- Her Primitive Man as Martin Osborne
- Important Business as Joseph A. Doakes
1943
- Flesh and Fantasy as Doakes
- The Sky's the Limit as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
- My Tomato as Joseph A. Doakes
- Young and Willing as Arthur Kenny
- Show-Business at War as Self
- No News Is Good News as Answer Man
1942
- Syncopation as Doakes (scenes deleted)
- I Married a Witch as Dr. Dudley White
- The Major and the Minor as Mr. Osborne
- Take a Letter, Darling as G.B. Atwater
- Nothing But Nerves as Mr. Benchley
- The Witness as Joe Doakes
- Keeping in Shape as Joe Doakes
1941
- The Reluctant Dragon as Robert Benchley
- Nice Girl? as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
- You'll Never Get Rich as Martin Cortland
- Three Girls About Town as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
- Bedtime Story as Eddie Turner
- The Forgotten Man as Joe Doakes / Father
- Waiting for Baby as Joe Doakes
- Crime Control as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
- How to Take a Vacation as Husband
1940
- Foreign Correspondent as Stebbins
- Hired Wife as Roger Van Horn
- That Inferior Feeling as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
- Home Movies as Joe Doakes
- The Trouble with Husbands as Joe Doakes
1939
- Home Early as Joe Doakes
- See Your Doctor as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
- An Hour for Lunch as Lecturer / Joe
- How to Sub-Let as Joe Doakes
- How to Eat as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
- The Day of Rest as Joe Doakes
- Dark Magic as Joe Doakes
1938
- Opening Day as City Treasurer Benchley
- Mental Poise as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
- How to Read as Lecturer
- How to Watch Football as Football Fan
- How to Figure Income Tax as Joe Doakes
- Music Made Simple as Robert Benchley
- An Evening Alone as Joe Doakes
- How to Raise a Baby as Lecturer Father
- The Courtship of the Newt as Zoology Lecturer
1937
- Broadway Melody of 1938 as Duffy
- Live, Love and Learn as Oscar
- Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Robert Benchley
- How to Start the Day as Lecturer
- A Night at the Movies as Husband
- The Romance of Digestion as Joe Doakes
1936
- Piccadilly Jim as Bill Macon
- Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
- How to Vote as Mr. Robert Benchley
- How to Train a Dog as Lecturer / Dog Owner
- How to Behave as Mr. Benchley
- How to Be a Detective as Mr. Benchley
1935
- China Seas as Charlie McCaleb
- Murder on a Honeymoon ... (Screenplay)
- How to Break 90 at Croquet as Joe Doakes
- How to Sleep as Host / Narrator
- David O. Selznick: Your New Producer as Master of Ceremonies
1934
- Social Register as Robert Benchley
1933
- Blind Adventure ... (Additional Dialogue)
- Headline Shooter as Radio Announcer
- Rafter Romance as Hubbell
- Dancing Lady as Ward King
- Your Technocracy and Mine
1932
- Sky Devils ... (Writer)
- The Sport Parade as Radio Announcer
1929
- Stewed, Fried and Boiled as Lecturer
- Lesson No. 1 as Lecturer
- Furnace Trouble as Robert Benchley
1928
- The Spellbinder as Robert Benchley
- The Sex Life of the Polyp as Lecturer
- The Treasurer's Report as Treasurer
1926
- You'd Be Surprised ... (Dialogue)
- The American Venus ... (Title Graphics)
1924
- Second Youth ... (Title Designer)