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Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

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

Born

Sep 14, 1889

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died

Nov 21, 1945

Known For

Acting

Movies

99 acting

48 crew

Popularity

0.5

movie

Known For

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940

as Stebbins
I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942

as Dr. Dudley White
The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

as Robert Benchley
The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

2007

as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

1942

as Mr. Osborne
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
1940 • as Stebbins
★ 7.0
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch
1942 • as Dr. Dudley White
★ 6.9
Nice Girl?
Nice Girl?
1941 • as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
★ 6.4
The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 • as Robert Benchley
★ 6.6
The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story
2007 • as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
★ 7.6
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 • as Doakes
★ 7.1
Opening Day
Opening Day
1938 • as City Treasurer Benchley
★ 6.5
See Here, Private Hargrove
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944 • as Mr. Holliday
★ 6.5
Young and Willing
Young and Willing
1943 • as Arthur Kenny
★ 5.2
The Ten-Year Lunch
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 6.5
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
You'll Never Get Rich
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 • as Martin Cortland
★ 6.5
The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor
1942 • as Mr. Osborne
★ 7.1
Mental Poise
Mental Poise
1938 • as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
★ 6.5
Broadway Melody of 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 • as Duffy
★ 6.6
How to Be a Detective
How to Be a Detective
1936 • as Mr. Benchley
★ 6.9
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
★ 7.2
China Seas
China Seas
1935 • as Charlie McCaleb
★ 6.3
Week-End at the Waldorf
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 • as Randy Morton
★ 6.5
Dark Magic
Dark Magic
1939 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.8
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 • as Robert Benchley
★ 5.6
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
★ 4.7
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 • as Robert Benchley
★ 4.5
Home Movies
Home Movies
1940 • as Joe Doakes
★ 7.0
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945 • as Joe Doakes
★ 10.0
Road to Utopia
Road to Utopia
1946 • as Narrator (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Her Primitive Man
Her Primitive Man
1944 • as Martin Osborne
★ 7.5
Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie
1945 • as Frederick Stumplefinger
★ 10.0
Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady
1933 • as Ward King
★ 6.9
Song of Russia
Song of Russia
1944 • as Hank Higgins
★ 6.2
Take a Letter, Darling
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 • as G.B. Atwater
★ 6.6
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004 • as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
★ 8.8
Three Girls About Town
Three Girls About Town
1941 • as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
★ 6.5
Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War
1943 • as Self
★ 7.0
The Stork Club
The Stork Club
1945 • as Tom P. Curtis
★ 5.2
Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 • as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
An Hour for Lunch
An Hour for Lunch
1939 • as Lecturer / Joe
★ 6.2
It's in the Bag!
It's in the Bag!
1945 • as Parker
★ 6.3
Duffy's Tavern
Duffy's Tavern
1945 • as Robert Benchley
★ 6.4
An Evening Alone
An Evening Alone
1938 • as Joe Doakes
★ 7.3
Kiss and Tell
Kiss and Tell
1945 • as George Archer
★ 6.3
That Inferior Feeling
That Inferior Feeling
1940 • as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
★ 6.1
Live, Love and Learn
Live, Love and Learn
1937 • as Oscar
★ 5.6
Music Made Simple
Music Made Simple
1938 • as Robert Benchley
★ 6.5
The Bride Wore Boots
The Bride Wore Boots
1946 • as Uncle Todd Warren
★ 6.1
The Sky's the Limit
The Sky's the Limit
1943 • as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
★ 6.3
The Sport Parade
The Sport Parade
1932 • as Radio Announcer
★ 5.4
How to Vote
How to Vote
1936 • as Mr. Robert Benchley
★ 6.8
movie
The National Barn Dance
1944 • as J.B. Mitcham
★ 7.0
Janie
Janie
1944 • as John Van Brunt
★ 6.0
Rafter Romance
Rafter Romance
1933 • as Hubbell
★ 6.8
Headline Shooter
Headline Shooter
1933 • as Radio Announcer
★ 6.3
A Night at the Movies
A Night at the Movies
1937 • as Husband
★ 5.9
Bedtime Story
Bedtime Story
1941 • as Eddie Turner
★ 5.8
Syncopation
Syncopation
1942 • as Doakes (scenes deleted)
★ 6.8
How to Figure Income Tax
How to Figure Income Tax
1938 • as Joe Doakes
★ 7.0
The Day of Rest
The Day of Rest
1939 • as Joe Doakes
★ 5.8
How to Start the Day
How to Start the Day
1937 • as Lecturer
★ 6.6
Hired Wife
Hired Wife
1940 • as Roger Van Horn
★ 6.8
The Romance of Digestion
The Romance of Digestion
1937 • as Joe Doakes
★ 7.0
The Trouble with Husbands
The Trouble with Husbands
1940 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.3
Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim
1936 • as Bill Macon
★ 6.8
How to Watch Football
How to Watch Football
1938 • as Football Fan
★ 5.7
The Courtship of the Newt
The Courtship of the Newt
1938 • as Zoology Lecturer
★ 7.0
Important Business
Important Business
1944 • as Joseph A. Doakes
★ 8.0
Janie Gets Married
Janie Gets Married
1946 • as John Van Brunt
★ 7.3
movie
How to Take a Vacation
1941 • as Husband
★ 8.3
movie
Lesson No. 1
1929 • as Lecturer
★ 9.0
Why Daddy?
Why Daddy?
1944 • as Joseph A. Doakes
★ 5.5
How to Sub-Let
How to Sub-Let
1939 • as Joe Doakes
★ 5.4
movie
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929 • as Lecturer
★ 7.0
Practically Yours
Practically Yours
1944 • as Judge Robert Simpson
★ 7.0
Pan-Americana
Pan-Americana
1945 • as Charlie Corker
★ 4.1
See Your Doctor
See Your Doctor
1939 • as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
★ 6.5
movie
Keeping in Shape
1942 • as Joe Doakes
★ 4.5
movie
No News Is Good News
1943 • as Answer Man
★ 6.7
How to Read
How to Read
1938 • as Lecturer
★ 5.4
movie
Your Technocracy and Mine
1933
★ 10.0
movie
The Causes Of The Depression
• as Mr. Benchley
How to Train a Dog
How to Train a Dog
1936 • as Lecturer / Dog Owner
★ 7.5
movie
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
1935 • as Master of Ceremonies
★ 10.0
How to Raise a Baby
How to Raise a Baby
1938 • as Lecturer Father
★ 7.3
Waiting for Baby
Waiting for Baby
1941 • as Joe Doakes
My Tomato
My Tomato
1943 • as Joseph A. Doakes
★ 7.5
The Forgotten Man
The Forgotten Man
1941 • as Joe Doakes / Father
★ 9.0
Home Early
Home Early
1939 • as Joe Doakes
★ 8.0
How to Sleep
How to Sleep
1935 • as Host / Narrator
★ 6.6
The Sex Life of the Polyp
The Sex Life of the Polyp
1928 • as Lecturer
★ 5.1
How to Eat
How to Eat
1939 • as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
★ 6.2
Snafu
Snafu
1945 • as Ben Stevens
★ 7.0
How to Behave
How to Behave
1936 • as Mr. Benchley
★ 7.8
movie
How to Break 90 at Croquet
1935 • as Joe Doakes
★ 10.0
Crime Control
Crime Control
1941 • as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
★ 5.5
movie
The Treasurer's Report
1928 • as Treasurer
★ 5.5
movie
The Spellbinder
1928 • as Robert Benchley
★ 10.0
The Witness
The Witness
1942 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.6
Nothing But Nerves
Nothing But Nerves
1942 • as Mr. Benchley
★ 4.5
Social Register
Social Register
1934 • as Robert Benchley
★ 5.0
movie
Furnace Trouble
1929 • as Robert Benchley
★ 10.0