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