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
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
as Technical Adviser
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
Studio 54 (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969)
as Self
Without Reservations (1946)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
Gypsy (1962)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Bert Keeler
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Honey Pot (1967)
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
Beatles: Big Beat Box (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as (archive footage)
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Jack Benny
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Bill Fuller
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
You Can Change The World (1950)
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)
as Self (voice)
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Buck Boswell
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines (1986)
as Self
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
as Self
It's in the Air (1935)
as Calvin Churchill
Remembering Marilyn (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
as Chicken Finsterwald
Vaudeville (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
as Self
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
as Athanael
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
as Jack Carson
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Jack Benny
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Radio Comedians (1971)
as Self
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
as Voice on Radio
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
as Chad Denby
The Jack Benny Hour (1965)
as Jack Benny / Rosano
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
as Richard Clarke
General Foods Opening Night (1963)
as Self
The Best of Johnny Carson (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
The Automat (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Benny Christmas Show (1960)
as Jack Benny
The Rounder (1930)
as Mr. Bartlett
Jack Benny's Bag (1968)
as Self
Beau James (1957)
as Jack Benny
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
as Jack (voice)
Bob Hope Christmas Show (1965)
as Self
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970)
as Self
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995)
as Self (Archived footage)
Man About Town (1939)
as Bob Temple
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown (2004)
as Self (archive)
The Song Writers' Revue (1929)
as Himself
The Man (1972)
as Jack Benny
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938)
as Self
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930)
as Self
Pioneers of Primetime (2005)
Actor
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show (1957)
as Jack Benny
Stars in the Eye (1952)
as Himself
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992)
as Himself
The Medicine Man (1930)
as Dr. John H. Harvey
Three Of A Kind (1941)
as Himself
The Perry Como Christmas Show (1974)
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
as Jack Benny
The Bing Crosby Show (1954)
as Self
College Holiday (1936)
as J. Davis Bowster
Charley's Aunt (1941)
as Babbs Babberley
Artists & Models (1937)
as Mac Brewster
Beatles Stories (2011)
as Self
Carnival Nights (1968)
as Self
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (1952)
as Self - Narrator
Mr. Broadway (1933)
as Jack Benny
The Great Lover (1949)
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
Children of Pleasure (1930)
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
Is Everybody Listening? (1947)
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
as Eddie Rock
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Jack Benny
Honor America Day (1970)
as Self
A Broadway Romeo (1931)
as Jack
Taxi Tangle (1931)
as Man in taxi
Bright Moments (1928)
Actor