Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Acting
Born Sep 14, 1889
From Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died Nov 21, 1945

Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

The Pixar Story
7.6
2007

The Pixar Story

Robert Benchley (archive footage)

Foreign Correspondent
7.0
1940

Foreign Correspondent

Stebbins

I Married a Witch
6.8
1942

I Married a Witch

Dr. Dudley White

The Reluctant Dragon
6.6
1941

The Reluctant Dragon

Robert Benchley

The Major and the Minor
7.1
1942

The Major and the Minor

Mr. Osborne

Broadway Melody of 1938
6.4
1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

Duffy

That's Entertainment, Part II
6.9
1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

China Seas
6.2
1935

China Seas

Charlie McCaleb

Dancing Lady
6.8
1933

Dancing Lady

Ward King

Road to Utopia
6.7
1946

Road to Utopia

Narrator

Piccadilly Jim
6.5
1936

Piccadilly Jim

Bill Macon

Showbiz Goes to War
10.0
1982

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

Bedtime Story
5.5
1941

Bedtime Story

Eddie Turner

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
8.8
2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Three Girls About Town
5.3
1941

Three Girls About Town

Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

The Big Parade of Comedy
6.6
1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

The Sky's the Limit
6.2
1943

The Sky's the Limit

Philip 'Phil' Harriman

You'll Never Get Rich
6.4
1941

You'll Never Get Rich

Martin Cortland

It's in the Bag!
5.7
1945

It's in the Bag!

Parker

Nice Girl?
5.3
1941

Nice Girl?

Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
3.8
1937

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Robert Benchley

Live, Love and Learn
5.1
1937

Live, Love and Learn

Oscar

Take a Letter, Darling
6.5
1942

Take a Letter, Darling

G.B. Atwater

Syncopation
6.2
1942

Syncopation

Doakes (scenes deleted)

Show-Business at War
7.0
1943

Show-Business at War

Self

Home Early
1939

Home Early

Joe Doakes

Flesh and Fantasy
7.0
1943

Flesh and Fantasy

Doakes

Kiss and Tell
5.6
1945

Kiss and Tell

George Archer

Song of Russia
8.0
1944

Song of Russia

Hank Higgins

Week-End at the Waldorf
6.2
1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

Randy Morton

See Here, Private Hargrove
6.0
1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

Mr. Holliday

Hired Wife
6.8
1940

Hired Wife

Roger Van Horn

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1.0
1936

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Duffy's Tavern
6.1
1945

Duffy's Tavern

Robert Benchley

The Bride Wore Boots
5.9
1946

The Bride Wore Boots

Uncle Todd Warren

How to Be a Detective
6.5
1936

How to Be a Detective

Mr. Benchley

Janie
5.6
1944

Janie

John Van Brunt

The Ten-Year Lunch
6.5
1987

The Ten-Year Lunch

Himself (archive footage)

The Stork Club
4.7
1945

The Stork Club

Tom P. Curtis

The Sport Parade
4.8
1932

The Sport Parade

Radio Announcer

Practically Yours
1944

Practically Yours

Judge Robert Simpson

A Night at the Movies
5.7
1937

A Night at the Movies

Husband

Rafter Romance
6.5
1933

Rafter Romance

Hubbell

Young and Willing
4.8
1943

Young and Willing

Arthur Kenny

Snafu
6.0
1945

Snafu

Ben Stevens

Social Register
4.0
1934

Social Register

Robert Benchley

Hollywood Victory Caravan
5.2
1945

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Robert Benchley

1944

The National Barn Dance

J.B. Mitcham

Her Primitive Man
6.0
1944

Her Primitive Man

Martin Osborne

How to Watch Football
4.8
1938

How to Watch Football

Football Fan

Headline Shooter
6.2
1933

Headline Shooter

Radio Announcer

An Hour for Lunch
4.5
1939

An Hour for Lunch

Lecturer / Joe

How to Sleep
6.5
1935

How to Sleep

Host / Narrator

How to Behave
7.5
1936

How to Behave

Mr. Benchley

Janie Gets Married
6.0
1946

Janie Gets Married

John Van Brunt

How to Read
5.2
1938

How to Read

Lecturer

How to Vote
7.0
1936

How to Vote

Mr. Robert Benchley

1929

Furnace Trouble

Robert Benchley

How to Figure Income Tax
6.0
1938

How to Figure Income Tax

Joe Doakes

How to Sub-Let
3.5
1939

How to Sub-Let

Joe Doakes

5.2
1944

Why Daddy?

Joseph A. Doakes

How to Eat
6.0
1939

How to Eat

Lecturer / Joe Doakes

Home Movies
6.0
1940

Home Movies

Joe Doakes

Pan-Americana
3.2
1945

Pan-Americana

Charlie Corker

The Forgotten Man
9.0
1941

The Forgotten Man

Joe Doakes / Father

How to Raise a Baby
5.0
1938

How to Raise a Baby

Lecturer Father

1929

Lesson No. 1

Lecturer

How to Start the Day
6.0
1937

How to Start the Day

Lecturer

Dark Magic
6.0
1939

Dark Magic

Joe Doakes

Boogie Woogie
1945

Boogie Woogie

Frederick Stumplefinger

My Tomato
7.0
1943

My Tomato

Joseph A. Doakes

1976

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Opening Day
6.0
1938

Opening Day

City Treasurer Benchley

The Courtship of the Newt
1938

The Courtship of the Newt

Zoology Lecturer

See Your Doctor
5.8
1939

See Your Doctor

Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

How to Train a Dog
7.0
1936

How to Train a Dog

Lecturer / Dog Owner

Music Made Simple
1938

Music Made Simple

Robert Benchley

That Inferior Feeling
5.5
1940

That Inferior Feeling

Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

The Day of Rest
4.5
1939

The Day of Rest

Joe Doakes

I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

Joe Doakes

An Evening Alone
6.5
1938

An Evening Alone

Joe Doakes

4.0
1943

No News Is Good News

Answer Man

The Causes Of The Depression

Mr. Benchley

Crime Control
4.8
1941

Crime Control

Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

3.0
1928

The Treasurer's Report

Treasurer

The Romance of Digestion
8.0
1937

The Romance of Digestion

Joe Doakes

Mental Poise
5.5
1938

Mental Poise

Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

7.5
1941

How to Take a Vacation

Husband

1929

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Lecturer

Waiting for Baby
1941

Waiting for Baby

Joe Doakes

The Witness
6.5
1942

The Witness

Joe Doakes

The Sex Life of the Polyp
4.9
1928

The Sex Life of the Polyp

Lecturer

The Trouble with Husbands
6.2
1940

The Trouble with Husbands

Joe Doakes

1935

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Joe Doakes

1935

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

Master of Ceremonies

Nothing But Nerves
1.0
1942

Nothing But Nerves

Mr. Benchley

1933

Your Technocracy and Mine

2.0
1942

Keeping in Shape

Joe Doakes

1928

The Spellbinder

Robert Benchley

Important Business
1944

Important Business

Joseph A. Doakes

Filmography — Crew