Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

b. 1889 — d. 1945 (aged 56) Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Actor Writer

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

Known For

Filmography

Light's Diamond Jubilee
🎞️
★ 7.1
Light's Diamond Jubilee
1954 Actor
Omnibus
📺
★ 8.2
Omnibus
1952 Writer
The Bride Wore Boots
🎞️
★ 6.0
The Bride Wore Boots
1946 Actor
Uncle Todd Warren
Janie Gets Married
🎞️
★ 6.0
Janie Gets Married
1946 Actor
John Van Brunt
Road to Utopia
🎞️
★ 7.1
Road to Utopia
1945 Actor
Narrator
Week-End at the Waldorf
🎞️
★ 6.6
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 Actor
Randy Morton
The Stork Club
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Stork Club
1945 Actor
Tom P. Curtis
It's in the Bag!
🎞️
★ 6.6
It's in the Bag!
1945 Actor
Parker
Kiss and Tell
🎞️
★ 6.5
Kiss and Tell
1945 Actor
Uncle George Archer
Hollywood Victory Caravan
🎞️
★ 6.0
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 Actor
Robert Benchley
Pan-Americana
🎞️
★ 5.1
Pan-Americana
1945 Actor
Charlie Corker
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
🎞️
★ 5.4
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
Snafu
🎞️
★ 7.3
Snafu
1945 Actor
Ben Stevens
🎬
🎞️
★ 8.6
Boogie Woogie
1945 Actor Writer
Frederick Stumplefinger, Father
Janie
🎞️
★ 5.9
Janie
1944 Actor
John Van Brunt
Song of Russia
🎞️
★ 5.9
Song of Russia
1944 Actor
Hank Higgins
Why Daddy?
🎞️
★ 5.7
Why Daddy?
1944 Actor Writer
Joseph A. Doakes
Practically Yours
🎞️
★ 6.1
Practically Yours
1944 Actor
Judge Robert Simpson
Important Business
🎞️
★ 6.3
Important Business
1944 Actor Writer
Joseph A. Doakes
Her Primitive Man
🎞️
★ 5.7
Her Primitive Man
1944 Actor
Martin Osborne
National Barn Dance
🎞️
★ 5.9
National Barn Dance
1944 Actor
J.B. Mitcham
The Sky's the Limit
🎞️
★ 6.3
The Sky's the Limit
1943 Actor
Phil Harriman
Young and Willing
🎞️
★ 5.7
Young and Willing
1943 Actor
Arthur Kenny
My Tomato
🎞️
★ 6.3
My Tomato
1943 Actor
Joseph A. Doakes
No News Is Good News
🎞️
★ 5.9
No News Is Good News
1943 Actor Writer
Newscaster
I Married a Witch
🎞️
★ 7.1
I Married a Witch
1942 Actor
Dr. Dudley White
The Major and the Minor
🎞️
★ 7.3
The Major and the Minor
1942 Actor
Albert Osborne
Take a Letter, Darling
🎞️
★ 6.8
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 Actor
G.B. Atwater
Nothing But Nerves
🎞️
★ 5.9
Nothing But Nerves
1942 Actor Writer
Mr. Benchley
The Man's Angle
🎞️
★ 7.0
The Man's Angle
1942 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
Keeping in Shape
🎞️
★ 6.5
Keeping in Shape
1942 Actor Writer
Lecturer
The Witness
🎞️
★ 6.9
The Witness
1942 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
The Reluctant Dragon
🎞️
★ 6.7
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 Actor Writer
Robert Benchley
You'll Never Get Rich
🎞️
★ 6.7
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 Actor
Martin Cortland
Bedtime Story
🎞️
★ 6.7
Bedtime Story
1941 Actor
Eddie Turner
Nice Girl?
🎞️
★ 6.5
Nice Girl?
1941 Actor
Prof. Oliver Wendall Holmes Dana
Three Girls About Town
🎞️
★ 6.4
Three Girls About Town
1941 Actor
Wilburforce Puddle
Crime Control
🎞️
★ 6.5
Crime Control
1941 Actor Writer
Sgt. Benchley
Waiting for Baby
🎞️
★ 6.0
Waiting for Baby
1941 Actor Writer
Joseph Doakes
How to Take a Vacation
🎞️
★ 7.2
How to Take a Vacation
1941 Actor Writer
The Husband
The Forgotten Man
🎞️
★ 7.0
The Forgotten Man
1941 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
Foreign Correspondent
🎞️
★ 7.4
Foreign Correspondent
1940 Actor Writer
Stebbins
Hired Wife
🎞️
★ 6.6
Hired Wife
1940 Actor
Roger Van Horn
That Inferior Feeling
🎞️
★ 6.4
That Inferior Feeling
1940 Actor Writer
Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
Home Movies
🎞️
★ 6.4
Home Movies
1940 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
The Trouble with Husbands
🎞️
★ 6.6
The Trouble with Husbands
1940 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.2
Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood
1940 Actor
Golf Fan
An Hour for Lunch
🎞️
★ 6.2
An Hour for Lunch
1939 Actor
Lecturer
Dark Magic
🎞️
★ 6.2
Dark Magic
1939 Actor Writer
Joseph A. Doakes
How to Eat
🎞️
★ 6.6
How to Eat
1939 Actor Writer
Lecturer
See Your Doctor
🎞️
★ 6.2
See Your Doctor
1939 Actor Writer
Lecturer
How to Sub-Let
🎞️
★ 6.1
How to Sub-Let
1939 Actor Writer
Joseph A. Doakes
The Day of Rest
🎞️
★ 6.1
The Day of Rest
1939 Actor
Joe Doakes
Home Early
🎞️
★ 6.1
Home Early
1939 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
How to Raise a Baby
🎞️
★ 6.3
How to Raise a Baby
1938 Actor
Lecturer Father
How to Watch Football
🎞️
★ 5.7
How to Watch Football
1938 Actor Writer
Football Fan
How to Read
🎞️
★ 6.5
How to Read
1938 Actor Writer
Lecturer
Opening Day
🎞️
★ 5.9
Opening Day
1938 Actor
City Treasurer Benchley
How to Figure Income Tax
🎞️
★ 6.3
How to Figure Income Tax
1938 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
Mental Poise
🎞️
★ 5.3
Mental Poise
1938 Actor Writer
Psychoanalyst
An Evening Alone
🎞️
★ 6.3
An Evening Alone
1938 Actor Writer
Doakes
The Courtship of the Newt
🎞️
★ 5.9
The Courtship of the Newt
1938 Actor Writer
Zoology professor
Music Made Simple
🎞️
★ 6.0
Music Made Simple
1938 Actor Writer
Robert Benchley
Broadway Melody of 1938
🎞️
★ 6.7
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 Actor
Duffy
A Night at the Movies
🎞️
★ 6.2
A Night at the Movies
1937 Actor Writer
Husband
Live, Love and Learn
🎞️
★ 5.9
Live, Love and Learn
1937 Actor
Oscar
How to Start the Day
🎞️
★ 6.5
How to Start the Day
1937 Actor
Lecturer
Top of the Town
🎞️
★ 5.9
Top of the Town
1937 Writer
The Romance of Digestion
🎞️
★ 5.5
The Romance of Digestion
1937 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
Piccadilly Jim
🎞️
★ 6.7
Piccadilly Jim
1936 Actor
Bill Macon
How to Be a Detective
🎞️
★ 5.5
How to Be a Detective
1936 Actor Writer
Lecturer
How to Train a Dog
🎞️
★ 6.6
How to Train a Dog
1936 Actor
Lecturer
How to Vote
🎞️
★ 6.0
How to Vote
1936 Actor Writer
Mr. Robert Benchley
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
🎞️
★ 5.3
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936 Self
How to Behave
🎞️
★ 6.1
How to Behave
1936 Actor Writer
Mr. Benchley
🎬
🎞️
Pathé Topics No. 5
1936 Writer
🎬
🎞️
NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press
1936 Self
China Seas
🎞️
★ 6.9
China Seas
1935 Actor
McCaleb
Murder on a Honeymoon
🎞️
★ 6.7
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935 Writer
How to Sleep
🎞️
★ 6.3
How to Sleep
1935 Actor Writer
Lecturer
Pursuit
🎞️
★ 5.9
Pursuit
1935 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.5
David O. Selznick: 'Your New Producer'
1935 Actor
Master of Ceremonies
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.0
How to Break 90 at Croquet
1935 Actor Writer
Joe Doakes
The Gay Divorcee
🎞️
★ 7.3
The Gay Divorcee
1934 Writer
Social Register
🎞️
★ 6.5
Social Register
1934 Actor
Robert Benchley
Dancing Lady
🎞️
★ 6.8
Dancing Lady
1933 Actor Writer
Ward King
Rafter Romance
🎞️
★ 6.7
Rafter Romance
1933 Actor
H. Harrington Hubbell
After Tonight
🎞️
★ 6.2
After Tonight
1933 Writer
Blind Adventure
🎞️
★ 6.2
Blind Adventure
1933 Writer
Headline Shooter
🎞️
★ 6.1
Headline Shooter
1933 Actor
Radio Announcer
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.4
Your Technocracy and Mine
1933 Actor Writer
Robert Benchley
The Sport Parade
🎞️
★ 5.7
The Sport Parade
1932 Actor Writer
Radio Announcer
Sky Devils
🎞️
★ 4.9
Sky Devils
1932 Writer
🎬
🎞️
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929 Actor Writer
Lecturer
🎬
🎞️
Lesson No. 1
1929 Actor Writer
Lecturer
🎬
🎞️
Furnace Trouble
1929 Actor Writer
Robert Benchley
The Sex Life of the Polyp
🎞️
★ 5.4
The Sex Life of the Polyp
1928 Actor Writer
Lecturer
The Treasurer's Report
🎞️
★ 7.1
The Treasurer's Report
1928 Actor Writer
Treasurer
🎬
🎞️
The Spellbinder
1928 Actor Writer
Robert Benchley
You'd Be Surprised
🎞️
★ 6.3
You'd Be Surprised
1926 Writer