Robert Benchley

Born

September 14, 1889

Died

November 21, 1945 (56 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

IMDb

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

Known For

7.0

The Major and the Minor

The Pixar Story

Robert Benchley (archive footage)

7.6

2007

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Robert Benchley (archive sound)

8.8

2004

The Ten-Year Lunch

Himself (archive footage)

6.5

1987

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

10.0

1982

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

6.9

1976

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

6.3

1964

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

3.3

1961

Janie Gets Married

John Van Brunt

6.0

1946

The Bride Wore Boots

Uncle Todd Warren

5.9

1946

Road to Utopia

Narrator

6.6

1946

The Stork Club

Tom P. Curtis

5.0

1945

Snafu

Ben Stevens

6.0

1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

Randy Morton

6.0

1945

Kiss and Tell

George Archer

5.6

1945

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Robert Benchley

5.2

1945

Duffy's Tavern

Robert Benchley

6.1

1945

Boogie Woogie

Frederick Stumplefinger

0.0

1945

It's in the Bag!

Parker

5.0

1945

Pan-Americana

Charlie Corker

3.6

1945

Practically Yours

Judge Robert Simpson

0.0

1944

The National Barn Dance

J.B. Mitcham

0.0

1944

Janie

John Van Brunt

5.5

1944

Her Primitive Man

Martin Osborne

6.0

1944

Why Daddy?

Joseph A. Doakes

5.2

1944

Important Business

Joseph A. Doakes

0.0

1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

Mr. Holliday

6.0

1944

Song of Russia

Hank Higgins

8.0

1944

No News Is Good News

Answer Man

4.0

1943

My Tomato

Joseph A. Doakes

7.0

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

Doakes

6.8

1943

The Sky's the Limit

Philip 'Phil' Harriman

6.2

1943

Show-Business at War

Self

7.0

1943

Young and Willing

Arthur Kenny

4.7

1943

I Married a Witch

Dr. Dudley White

6.8

1942

The Major and the Minor

Albert Osborne

7.0

1942

Keeping in Shape

Joe Doakes

2.0

1942

Syncopation

Doakes (scenes deleted)

6.8

1942

Take a Letter, Darling

G.B. Atwater

6.4

1942

Nothing But Nerves

Mr. Benchley

1.0

1942

The Witness

Joe Doakes

6.5

1942

Bedtime Story

Eddie Turner

5.9

1941

Three Girls About Town

Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

5.3

1941

How to Take a Vacation

Husband

7.5

1941

You'll Never Get Rich

Martin Cortland

6.5

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

Robert Benchley

6.6

1941

The Forgotten Man

Joe Doakes / Father

9.0

1941

Crime Control

Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

4.8

1941

Nice Girl?

Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

5.3

1941

Waiting for Baby

Joe Doakes

0.0

1941

The Trouble with Husbands

Joe Doakes

6.2

1940

Hired Wife

Roger Van Horn

6.8

1940

Foreign Correspondent

Stebbins

7.0

1940

Home Movies

Joe Doakes

6.0

1940

That Inferior Feeling

Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

5.4

1940

See Your Doctor

Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

5.8

1939

The Day of Rest

Joe Doakes

4.5

1939

How to Eat

Lecturer / Joe Doakes

6.0

1939

Home Early

Joe Doakes

0.0

1939

Dark Magic

Joe Doakes

6.0

1939

An Hour for Lunch

Lecturer / Joe

4.5

1939

How to Sub-Let

Joe Doakes

3.5

1939

Mental Poise

Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

5.5

1938

Opening Day

City Treasurer Benchley

6.0

1938

How to Watch Football

Football Fan

4.8

1938

How to Read

Lecturer

5.2

1938

The Courtship of the Newt

Zoology Lecturer

0.0

1938

How to Raise a Baby

Lecturer Father

5.0

1938

An Evening Alone

Joe Doakes

6.5

1938

Music Made Simple

Robert Benchley

0.0

1938

How to Figure Income Tax

Joe Doakes

6.0

1938

How to Start the Day

Lecturer

6.0

1937

A Night at the Movies

Husband

5.5

1937

Live, Love and Learn

Oscar

5.8

1937

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Robert Benchley

3.8

1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

Duffy

6.2

1937

The Romance of Digestion

Joe Doakes

8.0

1937

How to Be a Detective

Mr. Benchley

6.5

1936

How to Vote

Mr. Robert Benchley

7.0

1936

Piccadilly Jim

Bill Macon

6.5

1936

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1.0

1936

How to Train a Dog

Lecturer / Dog Owner

7.0

1936

How to Behave

Mr. Benchley

7.5

1936

How to Sleep

Host / Narrator

6.6

1935

China Seas

Charlie McCaleb

6.3

1935

How to Break 90 at Croquet

Joe Doakes

0.0

1935

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

Master of Ceremonies

0.0

1935

Social Register

Robert Benchley

4.5

1934

Dancing Lady

Ward King

6.9

1933

Rafter Romance

Hubbell

6.5

1933

Headline Shooter

Radio Announcer

5.8

1933

Your Technocracy and Mine

0.0

1933

The Sport Parade

Radio Announcer

5.3

1932

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

Lecturer

0.0

1929

Lesson No. 1

Lecturer

0.0

1929

Furnace Trouble

Robert Benchley

0.0

1929

The Spellbinder

Robert Benchley

0.0

1928

The Sex Life of the Polyp

Lecturer

4.8

1928

The Treasurer's Report

Treasurer

3.0

1928