Robert Benchley

Acting

Born: 1889-09-14 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1945-11-21

Biography

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

Acting

The Reluctant Dragon

Robert Benchley

I Married a Witch

Dr. Dudley White

Nice Girl?

Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

You'll Never Get Rich

Martin Cortland

Road to Utopia

Narrator

The Sky's the Limit

Philip 'Phil' Harriman

Dancing Lady

Ward King

Broadway Melody of 1938

Duffy

The Major and the Minor

Mr. Osborne

Bedtime Story

Eddie Turner

China Seas

Charlie McCaleb

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

See Here, Private Hargrove

Mr. Holliday

Week-End at the Waldorf

Randy Morton

Three Girls About Town

Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

Syncopation

Doakes (scenes deleted)

Hired Wife

Roger Van Horn

Take a Letter, Darling

G.B. Atwater

Young and Willing

Arthur Kenny

The Spellbinder

Robert Benchley

Lesson No. 1

Lecturer

Furnace Trouble

Robert Benchley

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Lecturer

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Joe Doakes

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Robert Benchley

Rafter Romance

Hubbell

The Stork Club

Tom P. Curtis

Flesh and Fantasy

Doakes

The Sex Life of the Polyp

Lecturer

Piccadilly Jim

Bill Macon

How to Be a Detective

Mr. Benchley

Headline Shooter

Radio Announcer

Practically Yours

Judge Robert Simpson

Live, Love and Learn

Oscar

How to Sleep

Host / Narrator

A Night at the Movies

Husband

The Bride Wore Boots

Uncle Todd Warren

The Treasurer's Report

Treasurer

Janie

John Van Brunt

Janie Gets Married

John Van Brunt

How to Start the Day

Lecturer

Foreign Correspondent

Stebbins

Kiss and Tell

George Archer

Pan-Americana

Charlie Corker

The Pixar Story

Robert Benchley (archive footage)

The Sport Parade

Radio Announcer

Social Register

Robert Benchley

How to Eat

Lecturer / Joe Doakes

Important Business

Joseph A. Doakes

How to Behave

Mr. Benchley

My Tomato

Joseph A. Doakes

How to Train a Dog

Lecturer / Dog Owner

Mental Poise

Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

The Romance of Digestion

Joe Doakes

Snafu

Ben Stevens

An Hour for Lunch

Lecturer / Joe

How to Figure Income Tax

Joe Doakes

How to Vote

Mr. Robert Benchley

Why Daddy?

Joseph A. Doakes

Her Primitive Man

Martin Osborne

See Your Doctor

Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

Home Movies

Joe Doakes

It's in the Bag!

Parker

Nothing But Nerves

Mr. Benchley

How to Read

Lecturer

The National Barn Dance

J.B. Mitcham

Song of Russia

Hank Higgins

Boogie Woogie

Frederick Stumplefinger

That Inferior Feeling

Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

How to Watch Football

Football Fan

Home Early

Joe Doakes

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Robert Benchley

Duffy's Tavern

Robert Benchley

Your Technocracy and Mine

How to Raise a Baby

Lecturer Father

The Forgotten Man

Joe Doakes / Father

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

Master of Ceremonies

Keeping in Shape

Joe Doakes

How to Take a Vacation

Husband

Waiting for Baby

Joe Doakes

The Courtship of the Newt

Zoology Lecturer

An Evening Alone

Joe Doakes

Opening Day

City Treasurer Benchley

The Day of Rest

Joe Doakes

No News Is Good News

Answer Man

How to Sub-Let

Joe Doakes

Dark Magic

Joe Doakes

Show-Business at War

Self

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

The Witness

Joe Doakes

The Trouble with Husbands

Joe Doakes

Crime Control

Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

Music Made Simple

Robert Benchley

The Ten-Year Lunch

Himself (archive footage)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy

Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

The Causes Of The Depression

Mr. Benchley

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

Joe Doakes

The Reluctant Dragon

Robert Benchley

I Married a Witch

Dr. Dudley White

Nice Girl?

Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

You'll Never Get Rich

Martin Cortland

Road to Utopia

Narrator

The Sky's the Limit

Philip 'Phil' Harriman

Dancing Lady

Ward King

Broadway Melody of 1938

Duffy

The Major and the Minor

Mr. Osborne

Bedtime Story

Eddie Turner

China Seas

Charlie McCaleb

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

See Here, Private Hargrove

Mr. Holliday

Week-End at the Waldorf

Randy Morton

Three Girls About Town

Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

Syncopation

Doakes (scenes deleted)

Hired Wife

Roger Van Horn

Take a Letter, Darling

G.B. Atwater

Young and Willing

Arthur Kenny

The Spellbinder

Robert Benchley

Lesson No. 1

Lecturer

Furnace Trouble

Robert Benchley

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Lecturer

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Joe Doakes

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Robert Benchley

Rafter Romance

Hubbell

The Stork Club

Tom P. Curtis

Flesh and Fantasy

Doakes

The Sex Life of the Polyp

Lecturer

Piccadilly Jim

Bill Macon

How to Be a Detective

Mr. Benchley

Headline Shooter

Radio Announcer

Practically Yours

Judge Robert Simpson

Live, Love and Learn

Oscar

How to Sleep

Host / Narrator

A Night at the Movies

Husband

The Bride Wore Boots

Uncle Todd Warren

The Treasurer's Report

Treasurer

Janie

John Van Brunt

Janie Gets Married

John Van Brunt

How to Start the Day

Lecturer

Foreign Correspondent

Stebbins

Kiss and Tell

George Archer

Pan-Americana

Charlie Corker

The Pixar Story

Robert Benchley (archive footage)

The Sport Parade

Radio Announcer

Social Register

Robert Benchley

How to Eat

Lecturer / Joe Doakes

Important Business

Joseph A. Doakes

How to Behave

Mr. Benchley

My Tomato

Joseph A. Doakes

How to Train a Dog

Lecturer / Dog Owner

Mental Poise

Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

The Romance of Digestion

Joe Doakes

Snafu

Ben Stevens

An Hour for Lunch

Lecturer / Joe

How to Figure Income Tax

Joe Doakes

How to Vote

Mr. Robert Benchley

Why Daddy?

Joseph A. Doakes

Her Primitive Man

Martin Osborne

See Your Doctor

Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

Home Movies

Joe Doakes

It's in the Bag!

Parker

Nothing But Nerves

Mr. Benchley

How to Read

Lecturer

The National Barn Dance

J.B. Mitcham

Song of Russia

Hank Higgins

Boogie Woogie

Frederick Stumplefinger

That Inferior Feeling

Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

How to Watch Football

Football Fan

Home Early

Joe Doakes

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Robert Benchley

Duffy's Tavern

Robert Benchley

Your Technocracy and Mine

How to Raise a Baby

Lecturer Father

The Forgotten Man

Joe Doakes / Father

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

Master of Ceremonies

Keeping in Shape

Joe Doakes

How to Take a Vacation

Husband

Waiting for Baby

Joe Doakes

The Courtship of the Newt

Zoology Lecturer

An Evening Alone

Joe Doakes

Opening Day

City Treasurer Benchley

The Day of Rest

Joe Doakes

No News Is Good News

Answer Man

How to Sub-Let

Joe Doakes

Dark Magic

Joe Doakes

Show-Business at War

Self

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

The Witness

Joe Doakes

The Trouble with Husbands

Joe Doakes

Crime Control

Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

Music Made Simple

Robert Benchley

The Ten-Year Lunch

Himself (archive footage)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy

Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

The Causes Of The Depression

Mr. Benchley

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

Joe Doakes

Other Credits

The Witness

Writer

How to Behave

Writer

How to Vote

Writer

Furnace Trouble

Writer

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Writer

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Writer

The Treasurer's Report

Writer

Lesson No. 1

Writer

The Spellbinder

Writer

An Evening Alone

Writer

Music Made Simple

Writer

Dark Magic

Writer

Home Movies

Writer

That Inferior Feeling

Writer

A Night at the Movies

Writer

Waiting for Baby

Writer

The Courtship of the Newt

Writer

How to Raise a Baby

Writer

Crime Control

Writer

The Trouble with Husbands

Writer

Murder on a Honeymoon

Screenplay

How to Be a Detective

Writer

Sky Devils

Writer

The Sport Parade

Additional Dialogue

The Romance of Digestion

Writer

Why Daddy?

Story

Why Daddy?

Writer

How to Figure Income Tax

Writer

Foreign Correspondent

Dialogue

How to Read

Writer

Blind Adventure

Additional Dialogue

The Sex Life of the Polyp

Writer

Home Early

Screenplay

How to Sub-Let

Writer

The American Venus

Title Graphics

Your Technocracy and Mine

Writer

How to Watch Football

Writer

Boogie Woogie

Writer

See Your Doctor

Producer

See Your Doctor

Screenplay

Mental Poise

Writer

Second Youth

Title Designer

You'd Be Surprised

Dialogue

Important Business

Original Story

Important Business

Screenplay

No News Is Good News

Original Story

No News Is Good News

Screenplay

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

Writer

The Witness

Writer

How to Behave

Writer

How to Vote

Writer

Furnace Trouble

Writer

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Writer

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Writer

The Treasurer's Report

Writer

Lesson No. 1

Writer

The Spellbinder

Writer

An Evening Alone

Writer

Music Made Simple

Writer

Dark Magic

Writer

Home Movies

Writer

That Inferior Feeling

Writer

A Night at the Movies

Writer

Waiting for Baby

Writer

The Courtship of the Newt

Writer

How to Raise a Baby

Writer

Crime Control

Writer

The Trouble with Husbands

Writer

Murder on a Honeymoon

Screenplay

How to Be a Detective

Writer

Sky Devils

Writer

The Sport Parade

Additional Dialogue

The Romance of Digestion

Writer

Why Daddy?

Story

Why Daddy?

Writer

How to Figure Income Tax

Writer

Foreign Correspondent

Dialogue

How to Read

Writer

Blind Adventure

Additional Dialogue

The Sex Life of the Polyp

Writer

Home Early

Screenplay

How to Sub-Let

Writer

The American Venus

Title Graphics

Your Technocracy and Mine

Writer

How to Watch Football

Writer

Boogie Woogie

Writer

See Your Doctor

Producer

See Your Doctor

Screenplay

Mental Poise

Writer

Second Youth

Title Designer

You'd Be Surprised

Dialogue

Important Business

Original Story

Important Business

Screenplay

No News Is Good News

Original Story

No News Is Good News

Screenplay

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

Writer