Robert Benchley

Personal Info

Birthday

September 14, 1889

Day of Death

1945-11-21

(56 years old)

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Роберт Бенчли

Robert Charles Benchley

Robert Benchley

Biography

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

Known For

Foreign Correspondent

The Major and the Minor

The Pixar Story

The Reluctant Dragon

I Married a Witch

Road to Utopia

Broadway Melody of 1938

Kiss and Tell

Filmography

2007
The Pixar Story
as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
as Robert Benchley (archive sound)
1987
The Ten-Year Lunch
as Himself (archive footage)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1946
Janie Gets Married
as John Van Brunt
The Bride Wore Boots
as Uncle Todd Warren
Road to Utopia
as Narrator
1945
The Stork Club
as Tom P. Curtis
Snafu
as Ben Stevens
Kiss and Tell
as George Archer
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Randy Morton
Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Robert Benchley
Duffy's Tavern
as Robert Benchley
Boogie Woogie
as Frederick Stumplefinger
It's in the Bag!
as Parker
Pan-Americana
as Charlie Corker
1944
Practically Yours
as Judge Robert Simpson
The National Barn Dance
as J.B. Mitcham
Janie
as John Van Brunt
Her Primitive Man
as Martin Osborne
Why Daddy?
as Joseph A. Doakes
Important Business
as Joseph A. Doakes
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Mr. Holliday
Song of Russia
as Hank Higgins
1943
No News Is Good News
as Answer Man
My Tomato
as Joseph A. Doakes
Flesh and Fantasy
as Doakes
The Sky's the Limit
as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Show-Business at War
as Self
Young and Willing
as Arthur Kenny
1942
I Married a Witch
as Dr. Dudley White
The Major and the Minor
as Albert Osborne
Keeping in Shape
as Joe Doakes
Syncopation
as Doakes (scenes deleted)
Take a Letter, Darling
as G.B. Atwater
Nothing But Nerves
as Mr. Benchley
The Witness
as Joe Doakes
1941
Bedtime Story
as Eddie Turner
Three Girls About Town
as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
How to Take a Vacation
as Husband
You'll Never Get Rich
as Martin Cortland
The Reluctant Dragon
as Robert Benchley
The Forgotten Man
as Joe Doakes / Father
Crime Control
as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
Nice Girl?
as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
Waiting for Baby
as Joe Doakes
1940
The Trouble with Husbands
as Joe Doakes
Hired Wife
as Roger Van Horn
Foreign Correspondent
as Stebbins
Home Movies
as Joe Doakes
That Inferior Feeling
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
1939
See Your Doctor
as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
The Day of Rest
as Joe Doakes
How to Eat
as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
Home Early
as Joe Doakes
Dark Magic
as Joe Doakes
An Hour for Lunch
as Lecturer / Joe
How to Sub-Let
as Joe Doakes
1938
Mental Poise
as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
Opening Day
as City Treasurer Benchley
How to Watch Football
as Football Fan
How to Read
as Lecturer
The Courtship of the Newt
as Zoology Lecturer
How to Raise a Baby
as Lecturer Father
An Evening Alone
as Joe Doakes
Music Made Simple
as Robert Benchley
How to Figure Income Tax
as Joe Doakes
1937
How to Start the Day
as Lecturer
A Night at the Movies
as Husband
Live, Love and Learn
as Oscar
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Robert Benchley
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Duffy
The Romance of Digestion
as Joe Doakes
1936
How to Be a Detective
as Mr. Benchley
How to Vote
as Mr. Robert Benchley
Piccadilly Jim
as Bill Macon
How to Train a Dog
as Lecturer / Dog Owner
How to Behave
as Mr. Benchley
1935
How to Sleep
as Host / Narrator
China Seas
as Charlie McCaleb
How to Break 90 at Croquet
as Joe Doakes
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
as Master of Ceremonies
1934
Social Register
as Robert Benchley
1933
Dancing Lady
as Ward King
Rafter Romance
as Hubbell
Headline Shooter
as Radio Announcer
1932
The Sport Parade
as Radio Announcer
1929
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
as Lecturer
Lesson No. 1
as Lecturer
Furnace Trouble
as Robert Benchley
1928
The Spellbinder
as Robert Benchley
The Sex Life of the Polyp
as Lecturer
The Treasurer's Report
as Treasurer