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Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born September 14, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died November 21, 1945

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

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The Sky's the Limit (Preview Clip)

I Married a Witch - Trailer

The Reluctant Dragon 1941 Trailer | Disney

Forgotten Disney Classic Movie - Reluctant Dragon Original Trailer

You'll Never Get Rich 1941 Trailer

You'll Never Get Rich (1941) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Preview Clip | Live, Love, Learn | Warner Archive

Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin Poster

Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin Video1998

Texaco Star Theatre Presents Bob Hope in 'Who Makes the World Laugh?' TV Special1983Self

Showbiz Goes to War Poster

Showbiz Goes to War Documentary1982

Bob Hope's World of Comedy Poster

Bob Hope's World of Comedy TV Special1976Tribute Montage

That's Entertainment, Part II Poster

That's Entertainment, Part II Documentary1976Film Clip

Hollywood: The Selznick Years Poster

Hollywood: The Selznick Years Documentary1969Self

The Big Parade of Comedy Poster

The Big Parade of Comedy Documentary1964Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling'

Light's Diamond Jubilee Documentary1954Self

Janie Gets Married Poster

Janie Gets Married Feature Film1946John Van Brunt

The Bride Wore Boots Poster

The Bride Wore Boots Feature Film1946Uncle Todd Warren

Boogie Woogie Poster

Boogie Woogie Short Film1945Frederick Stumplefinger, Father

Duffy's Tavern Poster

Duffy's Tavern Feature Film1945Robert Benchley

Hollywood Victory Caravan Poster

Hollywood Victory Caravan Short Film1945Robert Benchley

I'm a Civilian Here Myself Short Film1945Joe Doakes

It's in the Bag! Poster

It's in the Bag! Feature Film1945Parker

Kiss and Tell Poster

Kiss and Tell Feature Film1945Uncle George Archer

Pan-Americana Poster

Pan-Americana Feature Film1945Charlie Corker

Road to Utopia Poster

Road to Utopia Feature Film1945Narrator

Snafu Feature Film1945Ben Stevens

The Stork Club Poster

The Stork Club Feature Film1945Tom P. Curtis

Week-End at the Waldorf Poster

Week-End at the Waldorf Feature Film1945Randy Morton

Her Primitive Man Poster

Her Primitive Man Feature Film1944Martin Osborne

Important Business Poster

Important Business Short Film1944Joseph A. Doakes

Janie Feature Film1944John Van Brunt

National Barn Dance Poster

National Barn Dance Feature Film1944J.B. Mitcham

Practically Yours Poster

Practically Yours Feature Film1944Judge Robert Simpson

See Here, Private Hargrove Poster

See Here, Private Hargrove Feature Film1944Mr. Holliday

Song of Russia Poster

Song of Russia Feature Film1944Hank Higgins

Why Daddy? Poster

Why Daddy? Short Film1944Joseph A. Doakes

Flesh and Fantasy Poster

Flesh and Fantasy Feature Film1943Doakes

My Tomato Poster

My Tomato Short Film1943Joseph A. Doakes

No News Is Good News Poster

No News Is Good News Short Film1943Answer Man

Show-Business at War Poster

Show-Business at War Short Film1943Robert Benchley

The Sky's the Limit Poster

The Sky's the Limit Feature Film1943Phil Harriman

Young and Willing Poster

Young and Willing Feature Film1943Arthur Kenny

I Married a Witch Poster

I Married a Witch Feature Film1942Dr. Dudley White

Keeping in Shape Poster

Keeping in Shape Short Film1942Lecturer

Nothing But Nerves Poster

Nothing But Nerves Short Film1942Mr. Benchley

Syncopation Poster

Syncopation Feature Film1942Doakes

Take a Letter, Darling Poster

Take a Letter, Darling Feature Film1942G.B. Atwater

The Major and the Minor Poster

The Major and the Minor Feature Film1942Albert Osborne

The Man's Angle Poster

The Man's Angle Short Film1942Joe Doakes

The Witness Poster

The Witness Short Film1942Joe Doakes

Bedtime Story Poster

Bedtime Story Feature Film1941Eddie Turner

Crime Control Poster

Crime Control Short Film1941Sgt. Benchley

How to Take a Vacation Poster

How to Take a Vacation Short Film1941The Husband

Nice Girl? Poster

Nice Girl? Feature Film1941Prof. Oliver Wendall Holmes Dana

The Forgotten Man Poster

The Forgotten Man Short Film1941Joe Doakes

The Reluctant Dragon Poster

The Reluctant Dragon Feature Film1941Robert Benchley

Three Girls About Town Poster

Three Girls About Town Feature Film1941Wilburforce Puddle

Waiting for Baby Poster

Waiting for Baby Short Film1941Joseph Doakes

You'll Never Get Rich Poster

You'll Never Get Rich Feature Film1941Martin Cortland

Foreign Correspondent Poster

Foreign Correspondent Feature Film1940Stebbins

Hired Wife Poster

Hired Wife Feature Film1940Roger Van Horn

Home Movies Poster

Home Movies Short Film1940Joe Doakes

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood Documentary1940Golf Fan

That Inferior Feeling Poster

That Inferior Feeling Short Film1940Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

The Trouble with Husbands Poster

The Trouble with Husbands Short Film1940Joe Doakes

An Hour for Lunch Poster

An Hour for Lunch Short Film1939Lecturer

Dark Magic Poster

Dark Magic Short Film1939Joseph A. Doakes

Home Early Poster

Home Early Short Film1939Joe Doakes

How to Eat Poster

How to Eat Short Film1939Lecturer

How to Sub-Let Poster

How to Sub-Let Short Film1939Joseph A. Doakes

See Your Doctor Poster

See Your Doctor Short Film1939Lecturer

The Day of Rest Poster

The Day of Rest Short Film1939Joe Doakes

An Evening Alone Poster

An Evening Alone Short Film1938Doakes

How to Figure Income Tax Poster

How to Figure Income Tax Short Film1938Joe Doakes

How to Raise a Baby Poster

How to Raise a Baby Short Film1938Lecturer Father

How to Read Poster

How to Read Short Film1938Lecturer

How to Watch Football Poster

How to Watch Football Short Film1938Football fan

Mental Poise Poster

Mental Poise Short Film1938Psychoanalyst

Music Made Simple Poster

Music Made Simple Short Film1938Robert Benchley

Opening Day Poster

Opening Day Short Film1938City Treasurer Benchley

The Courtship of the Newt Poster

The Courtship of the Newt Short Film1938Zoology professor

A Night at the Movies Poster

A Night at the Movies Short Film1937Husband

Broadway Melody of 1938 Poster

Broadway Melody of 1938 Feature Film1937Duffy

How to Start the Day Poster

How to Start the Day Short Film1937Lecturer

Live, Love and Learn Poster

Live, Love and Learn Feature Film1937Oscar

Sunday Night at the Trocadero Poster

Sunday Night at the Trocadero Short Film1937Robert Benchley

The Romance of Digestion Poster

The Romance of Digestion Short Film1937Joe Doakes

How to Be a Detective Poster

How to Be a Detective Short Film1936Lecturer

How to Behave Poster

How to Behave Short Film1936Mr. Benchley

How to Train a Dog Poster

How to Train a Dog Short Film1936Lecturer

How to Vote Poster

How to Vote Short Film1936Mr. Robert Benchley

NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press Poster

NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press TV Short1936Self

Piccadilly Jim Poster

Piccadilly Jim Feature Film1936Bill Macon

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs Poster

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs Short Film1936Self

China Seas Poster

China Seas Feature Film1935McCaleb

David O. Selznick: 'Your New Producer' Short Film1935Master of Ceremonies

How to Break 90 at Croquet Short Film1935Joe Doakes

How to Sleep Poster

How to Sleep Short Film1935Lecturer

Social Register Poster

Social Register Feature Film1934Robert Benchley

Dancing Lady Poster

Dancing Lady Feature Film1933Ward King

Headline Shooter Poster

Headline Shooter Feature Film1933Radio Announcer

Rafter Romance Poster

Rafter Romance Feature Film1933H. Harrington Hubbell

Your Technocracy and Mine Short Film1933Robert Benchley

The Sport Parade Poster

The Sport Parade Feature Film1932Radio Announcer

Furnace Trouble Short Film1929Robert Benchley

Lesson No. 1 Short Film1929Lecturer

Stewed, Fried and Boiled Short Film1929Lecturer

The Sex Life of the Polyp Poster

The Sex Life of the Polyp Short Film1928Lecturer

The Spellbinder Short Film1928Robert Benchley

The Treasurer's Report Short Film1928Treasurer

Writer

58

Type

Year

Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin Poster

Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin Video1998

Omnibus TV Series1952

Boogie Woogie Poster

Boogie Woogie Short Film1945

I'm a Civilian Here Myself Short Film1945

Important Business Poster

Important Business Short Film1944

Why Daddy? Poster

Why Daddy? Short Film1944

No News Is Good News Poster

No News Is Good News Short Film1943

Keeping in Shape Poster

Keeping in Shape Short Film1942

Nothing But Nerves Poster

Nothing But Nerves Short Film1942

The Man's Angle Poster

The Man's Angle Short Film1942

The Witness Poster

The Witness Short Film1942

Crime Control Poster

Crime Control Short Film1941

How to Take a Vacation Poster

How to Take a Vacation Short Film1941

The Forgotten Man Poster

The Forgotten Man Short Film1941

The Reluctant Dragon Poster

The Reluctant Dragon Feature Film1941

Waiting for Baby Poster

Waiting for Baby Short Film1941

Foreign Correspondent Poster

Foreign Correspondent Feature Film1940

Home Movies Poster

Home Movies Short Film1940

That Inferior Feeling Poster

That Inferior Feeling Short Film1940

The Trouble with Husbands Poster

The Trouble with Husbands Short Film1940

Dark Magic Poster

Dark Magic Short Film1939

Home Early Poster

Home Early Short Film1939

How to Eat Poster

How to Eat Short Film1939

How to Sub-Let Poster

How to Sub-Let Short Film1939

See Your Doctor Poster

See Your Doctor Short Film1939

An Evening Alone Poster

An Evening Alone Short Film1938

How to Figure Income Tax Poster

How to Figure Income Tax Short Film1938

How to Read Poster

How to Read Short Film1938

How to Watch Football Poster

How to Watch Football Short Film1938

Mental Poise Poster

Mental Poise Short Film1938

Music Made Simple Poster

Music Made Simple Short Film1938

The Courtship of the Newt Poster

The Courtship of the Newt Short Film1938

A Night at the Movies Poster

A Night at the Movies Short Film1937

The Romance of Digestion Poster

The Romance of Digestion Short Film1937

Top of the Town Poster

Top of the Town Feature Film1937

How to Be a Detective Poster

How to Be a Detective Short Film1936

How to Behave Poster

How to Behave Short Film1936

How to Vote Poster

How to Vote Short Film1936

How to Break 90 at Croquet Short Film1935

How to Sleep Poster

How to Sleep Short Film1935

Murder on a Honeymoon Poster

Murder on a Honeymoon Feature Film1935

Pursuit Feature Film1935

The Gay Divorcee Poster

The Gay Divorcee Feature Film1934

After Tonight Poster

After Tonight Feature Film1933

Blind Adventure Poster

Blind Adventure Feature Film1933

Dancing Lady Poster

Dancing Lady Feature Film1933

Your Technocracy and Mine Short Film1933

Sky Devils Poster

Sky Devils Feature Film1932

The Sport Parade Poster

The Sport Parade Feature Film1932

Furnace Trouble Short Film1929

Lesson No. 1 Short Film1929

Stewed, Fried and Boiled Short Film1929

The Sex Life of the Polyp Poster

The Sex Life of the Polyp Short Film1928

The Spellbinder Short Film1928

The Treasurer's Report Short Film1928

A Social Celebrity Poster

A Social Celebrity Feature Film1926

The American Venus Poster

The American Venus Feature Film1926

You'd Be Surprised Poster

You'd Be Surprised Feature Film1926

Producer

1

NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press Poster

NBC/RCA Experimental Television Demonstration for the Press TV Short1936

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