Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

Acting

Birthday

1889/09/14

Day of death

1945/11/21 (56 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Also know as

Роберт Бенчли, Robert Charles Benchley

Biography

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

Acting
The Reluctant Dragon
6.6

(1941) The Reluctant Dragon

as Robert Benchley

I Married a Witch
6.8

(1942) I Married a Witch

as Dr. Dudley White

Nice Girl?
5.3

(1941) Nice Girl?

as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

You'll Never Get Rich
6.6

(1941) You'll Never Get Rich

as Martin Cortland

Road to Utopia
6.6

(1946) Road to Utopia

as Narrator

The Sky's the Limit
6.2

(1943) The Sky's the Limit

as Philip 'Phil' Harriman

Dancing Lady
7.0

(1933) Dancing Lady

as Ward King

Broadway Melody of 1938
6.2

(1937) Broadway Melody of 1938

as Duffy

The Major and the Minor
7.0

(1942) The Major and the Minor

as Albert Osborne

Bedtime Story
5.9

(1941) Bedtime Story

as Eddie Turner

China Seas
6.3

(1935) China Seas

as Charlie McCaleb

Showbiz Goes to War
10.0

(1982) Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

See Here, Private Hargrove
6.0

(1944) See Here, Private Hargrove

as Mr. Holliday

Week-End at the Waldorf
6.0

(1945) Week-End at the Waldorf

as Randy Morton

Three Girls About Town
5.3

(1941) Three Girls About Town

as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

Syncopation
6.8

(1942) Syncopation

as Doakes (scenes deleted)

Hired Wife
6.8

(1940) Hired Wife

as Roger Van Horn

Take a Letter, Darling
6.5

(1942) Take a Letter, Darling

as G.B. Atwater

Young and Willing
0.0

(1943) Young and Willing

as Arthur Kenny

0.0

(1928) The Spellbinder

as Robert Benchley

0.0

(1929) Lesson No. 1

as Lecturer

0.0

(1929) Furnace Trouble

as Robert Benchley

0.0

(1929) Stewed, Fried and Boiled

as Lecturer

0.0

(1935) How to Break 90 at Croquet

as Joe Doakes

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
4.2

(1937) Sunday Night at the Trocadero

as Robert Benchley

Rafter Romance
6.5

(1933) Rafter Romance

as Hubbell

The Stork Club
5.5

(1945) The Stork Club

as Tom P. Curtis

Flesh and Fantasy
6.7

(1943) Flesh and Fantasy

as Doakes

The Sex Life of the Polyp
4.6

(1928) The Sex Life of the Polyp

as Lecturer

Piccadilly Jim
6.5

(1936) Piccadilly Jim

as Bill Macon

How to Be a Detective
6.6

(1936) How to Be a Detective

as Mr. Benchley

Headline Shooter
5.8

(1933) Headline Shooter

as Radio Announcer

Practically Yours
0.0

(1944) Practically Yours

as Judge Robert Simpson

Live, Love and Learn
5.8

(1937) Live, Love and Learn

as Oscar

How to Sleep
6.4

(1935) How to Sleep

as Host / Narrator

A Night at the Movies
5.2

(1937) A Night at the Movies

as Husband

The Bride Wore Boots
5.9

(1946) The Bride Wore Boots

as Uncle Todd Warren

3.0

(1928) The Treasurer's Report

as Treasurer

Janie
5.5

(1944) Janie

as John Van Brunt

Janie Gets Married
6.0

(1946) Janie Gets Married

as John Van Brunt

How to Start the Day
6.0

(1937) How to Start the Day

as Lecturer

Foreign Correspondent
7.0

(1940) Foreign Correspondent

as Stebbins

Kiss and Tell
5.6

(1945) Kiss and Tell

as George Archer

Pan-Americana
3.6

(1945) Pan-Americana

as Charlie Corker

The Pixar Story
7.5

(2007) The Pixar Story

as Robert Benchley (archive footage)

The Sport Parade
5.3

(1932) The Sport Parade

as Radio Announcer

Social Register
4.5

(1934) Social Register

as Robert Benchley

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
3.3

(1961) Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

How to Eat
5.0

(1939) How to Eat

as Lecturer / Joe Doakes

Important Business
0.0

(1944) Important Business

as Joseph A. Doakes

How to Behave
7.5

(1936) How to Behave

as Mr. Benchley

My Tomato
7.0

(1943) My Tomato

as Joseph A. Doakes

How to Train a Dog
7.0

(1936) How to Train a Dog

as Lecturer / Dog Owner

Mental Poise
5.5

(1938) Mental Poise

as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

The Romance of Digestion
8.0

(1937) The Romance of Digestion

as Joe Doakes

Snafu
6.0

(1945) Snafu

as Ben Stevens

An Hour for Lunch
4.5

(1939) An Hour for Lunch

as Lecturer / Joe

How to Figure Income Tax
6.0

(1938) How to Figure Income Tax

as Joe Doakes

How to Vote
7.0

(1936) How to Vote

as Mr. Robert Benchley

Why Daddy?
4.8

(1944) Why Daddy?

as Joseph A. Doakes

Her Primitive Man
6.0

(1944) Her Primitive Man

as Martin Osborne

See Your Doctor
5.8

(1939) See Your Doctor

as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

Home Movies
6.0

(1940) Home Movies

as Joe Doakes

It's in the Bag!
5.0

(1945) It's in the Bag!

as Parker

Nothing But Nerves
1.0

(1942) Nothing But Nerves

as Mr. Benchley

How to Read
5.2

(1938) How to Read

as Lecturer

0.0

(1944) The National Barn Dance

as J.B. Mitcham

Song of Russia
8.0

(1944) Song of Russia

as Hank Higgins

Boogie Woogie
0.0

(1945) Boogie Woogie

as Frederick Stumplefinger

That Inferior Feeling
5.4

(1940) That Inferior Feeling

as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

How to Watch Football
4.8

(1938) How to Watch Football

as Football Fan

Home Early
0.0

(1939) Home Early

as Joe Doakes

Hollywood Victory Caravan
5.2

(1945) Hollywood Victory Caravan

as Robert Benchley

Duffy's Tavern
6.1

(1945) Duffy's Tavern

as Robert Benchley

0.0

(1933) Your Technocracy and Mine

as ---

How to Raise a Baby
5.0

(1938) How to Raise a Baby

as Lecturer Father

The Forgotten Man
9.0

(1941) The Forgotten Man

as Joe Doakes / Father

0.0

(1935) David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

as Master of Ceremonies

2.0

(1942) Keeping in Shape

as Joe Doakes

7.5

(1941) How to Take a Vacation

as Husband

Waiting for Baby
0.0

(1941) Waiting for Baby

as Joe Doakes

The Courtship of the Newt
0.0

(1938) The Courtship of the Newt

as Zoology Lecturer

An Evening Alone
6.5

(1938) An Evening Alone

as Joe Doakes

Opening Day
6.0

(1938) Opening Day

as City Treasurer Benchley

The Day of Rest
4.5

(1939) The Day of Rest

as Joe Doakes

4.0

(1943) No News Is Good News

as Answer Man

How to Sub-Let
3.5

(1939) How to Sub-Let

as Joe Doakes

Dark Magic
6.0

(1939) Dark Magic

as Joe Doakes

Show-Business at War
7.0

(1943) Show-Business at War

as Self

That's Entertainment, Part II
6.8

(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

The Witness
6.5

(1942) The Witness

as Joe Doakes

The Trouble with Husbands
6.2

(1940) The Trouble with Husbands

as Joe Doakes

Crime Control
4.8

(1941) Crime Control

as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

Music Made Simple
0.0

(1938) Music Made Simple

as Robert Benchley

The Ten-Year Lunch
6.4

(1987) The Ten-Year Lunch

as Himself (archive footage)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
8.8

(2004) Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as Robert Benchley (archive sound)

The Big Parade of Comedy
6.3

(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy

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

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1.0

(1936) Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

as ---