Jack Benny
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Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly. Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Benny, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
as Joseph Tura
The Rounder (1930)
as Mr. Bartlett
Remembering Marilyn (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
The Honey Pot (1967)
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Vaudeville (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Gypsy (1962)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
as Voice on Radio
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
as Technical Adviser
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
Studio 54 (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
as Self
The Great Lover (1949)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
as Jack Carson
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pioneers of Primetime (2005)
Actor
The Best of Johnny Carson (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Without Reservations (1946)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
as Jack Benny
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Bill Fuller
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Beau James (1957)
as Jack Benny
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown (2004)
as Self (archive)
You Can Change The World (1950)
as Self
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Jack Benny
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Jack Benny
The Man (1972)
as Jack Benny
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
as Athanael
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as (archive footage)
Honor America Day (1970)
as Self
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
Artists & Models (1937)
as Mac Brewster
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
A Broadway Romeo (1931)
as Jack
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
Jack Benny Christmas Show (1960)
as Jack Benny
The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
as Jack (voice)
The Song Writers' Revue (1929)
as Himself
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Bert Keeler
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
as Self
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
as Chicken Finsterwald
Charley's Aunt (1941)
as Babbs Babberley
Children of Pleasure (1930)
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930)
as Self
Mr. Broadway (1933)
as Jack Benny
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
as Richard Clarke
It's in the Air (1935)
as Calvin Churchill
Bob Hope Christmas Show (1965)
as Self
Beatles Stories (2011)
as Self
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Stars in the Eye (1952)
as Himself
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)
as Self (voice)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Jack Benny
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Benny's Bag (1968)
as Self
The Jack Benny Hour (1965)
as Jack Benny / Rosano
The Automat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Medicine Man (1930)
as Dr. John H. Harvey
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines (1986)
as Self
Taxi Tangle (1931)
as Man in taxi
Is Everybody Listening? (1947)
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
College Holiday (1936)
as J. Davis Bowster
The Bing Crosby Show (1954)
as Self
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show (1957)
as Jack Benny
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
as Eddie Rock
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Buck Boswell
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970)
as Self
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Man About Town (1939)
as Bob Temple
The Great Radio Comedians (1971)
as Self
Carnival Nights (1968)
as Self
General Foods Opening Night (1963)
Actor
Bright Moments (1928)
Actor
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992)
as Himself
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938)
as Self
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
as Chad Denby
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995)
as Self (Archived footage)
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952)
as Self - Narrator
The Perry Como Christmas Show (1974)
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
Three Of A Kind (1941)
as Himself