Robert Benchley
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Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Known for
Credits
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Stebbins
Mental Poise (1938)
as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)
as Robert Benchley
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
as Doakes
The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)
as Himself (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
as Robert Benchley
Boogie Woogie (1945)
as Frederick Stumplefinger
Opening Day (1938)
as City Treasurer Benchley
I Married a Witch (1942)
as Dr. Dudley White
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Home Movies (1940)
as Joe Doakes
Nice Girl? (1941)
as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
The Major and the Minor (1942)
as Mr. Osborne
Dark Magic (1939)
as Joe Doakes
China Seas (1935)
as Charlie McCaleb
Song of Russia (1944)
as Hank Higgins
The Stork Club (1945)
as Tom P. Curtis
Young and Willing (1943)
as Arthur Kenny
Dancing Lady (1933)
as Ward King
Her Primitive Man (1944)
as Martin Osborne
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Actor
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Randy Morton
See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
as Mr. Holliday
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
as Duffy
It's in the Bag! (1945)
as Parker
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004)
as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
as Robert Benchley
How to Be a Detective (1936)
as Mr. Benchley
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
as Martin Cortland
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
An Hour for Lunch (1939)
as Lecturer / Joe
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
as Uncle Todd Warren
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
The National Barn Dance (1944)
as J.B. Mitcham
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
as Oscar
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
The Spellbinder (1928)
as Robert Benchley
Hired Wife (1940)
as Roger Van Horn
Rafter Romance (1933)
as Hubbell
How to Vote (1936)
as Mr. Robert Benchley
Headline Shooter (1933)
as Radio Announcer
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
as Robert Benchley
Show-Business at War (1943)
as Self
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Narrator (uncredited)
I'm a Civilian Here Myself (1945)
as Joe Doakes
Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
Music Made Simple (1938)
as Robert Benchley
Kiss and Tell (1945)
as George Archer
Practically Yours (1944)
as Judge Robert Simpson
An Evening Alone (1938)
as Joe Doakes
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
as Bill Macon
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
as G.B. Atwater
Janie (1944)
as John Van Brunt
Bedtime Story (1941)
as Eddie Turner
The Courtship of the Newt (1938)
as Zoology Lecturer
The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
as Lecturer
Stewed, Fried and Boiled (1929)
as Lecturer
Syncopation (1942)
as Doakes (scenes deleted)
See Your Doctor (1939)
as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
Waiting for Baby (1941)
as Joe Doakes
How to Sleep (1935)
as Host / Narrator
The Sport Parade (1932)
as Radio Announcer
Pan-Americana (1945)
as Charlie Corker
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer (1935)
as Master of Ceremonies
Nothing But Nerves (1942)
as Mr. Benchley
Social Register (1934)
as Robert Benchley
How to Watch Football (1938)
as Football Fan
Lesson No. 1 (1929)
as Lecturer
How to Sub-Let (1939)
as Joe Doakes
That Inferior Feeling (1940)
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
Janie Gets Married (1946)
as John Van Brunt
The Romance of Digestion (1937)
as Joe Doakes
How to Behave (1936)
as Mr. Benchley
How to Start the Day (1937)
as Lecturer
How to Eat (1939)
as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
The Forgotten Man (1941)
as Joe Doakes / Father
How to Figure Income Tax (1938)
as Joe Doakes
Snafu (1945)
as Ben Stevens
Home Early (1939)
as Joe Doakes
The Witness (1942)
as Joe Doakes
Furnace Trouble (1929)
as Robert Benchley
How to Read (1938)
as Lecturer
Your Technocracy and Mine (1933)
Actor
How to Train a Dog (1936)
as Lecturer / Dog Owner
The Causes Of The Depression (—)
as Mr. Benchley
The Day of Rest (1939)
as Joe Doakes
The Trouble with Husbands (1940)
as Joe Doakes
A Night at the Movies (1937)
as Husband
My Tomato (1943)
as Joseph A. Doakes
No News Is Good News (1943)
as Answer Man
How to Raise a Baby (1938)
as Lecturer Father
Why Daddy? (1944)
as Joseph A. Doakes
Keeping in Shape (1942)
as Joe Doakes
Important Business (1944)
as Joseph A. Doakes
How to Break 90 at Croquet (1935)
as Joe Doakes
The Treasurer's Report (1928)
as Treasurer
Crime Control (1941)
as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
How to Take a Vacation (1941)
as Husband