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