Birthday:
Sep 14, 1889
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Reluctant Dragon | Robert Benchley | 1941 |
| I Married a Witch | Dr. Dudley White | 1942 |
| Nice Girl? | Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana | 1941 |
| You'll Never Get Rich | Martin Cortland | 1941 |
| Road to Utopia | Narrator | 1946 |
| The Sky's the Limit | Philip 'Phil' Harriman | 1943 |
| Dancing Lady | Ward King | 1933 |
| Broadway Melody of 1938 | Duffy | 1937 |
| The Major and the Minor | Albert Osborne | 1942 |
| Bedtime Story | Eddie Turner | 1941 |
| China Seas | Charlie McCaleb | 1935 |
| Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982 |
| See Here, Private Hargrove | Mr. Holliday | 1944 |
| Week-End at the Waldorf | Randy Morton | 1945 |
| Three Girls About Town | Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager | 1941 |
| Syncopation | Doakes (scenes deleted) | 1942 |
| Hired Wife | Roger Van Horn | 1940 |
| Take a Letter, Darling | G.B. Atwater | 1942 |
| Young and Willing | Arthur Kenny | 1943 |
| Stewed, Fried and Boiled | Lecturer | 1929 |
| How to Break 90 at Croquet | Joe Doakes | 1935 |
| Furnace Trouble | Robert Benchley | 1929 |
| Lesson No. 1 | Lecturer | 1929 |
| The Spellbinder | Robert Benchley | 1928 |
| Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Robert Benchley | 1937 |
| Rafter Romance | Hubbell | 1933 |
| The Stork Club | Tom P. Curtis | 1945 |
| Flesh and Fantasy | Doakes | 1943 |
| The Sex Life of the Polyp | Lecturer | 1928 |
| Piccadilly Jim | Bill Macon | 1936 |
| Headline Shooter | Radio Announcer | 1933 |
| How to Be a Detective | Mr. Benchley | 1936 |
| Practically Yours | Judge Robert Simpson | 1944 |
| Live, Love and Learn | Oscar | 1937 |
| How to Sleep | Host / Narrator | 1935 |
| A Night at the Movies | Husband | 1937 |
| The Bride Wore Boots | Uncle Todd Warren | 1946 |
| The Treasurer's Report | Treasurer | 1928 |
| Janie | John Van Brunt | 1944 |
| Janie Gets Married | John Van Brunt | 1946 |
| How to Start the Day | Lecturer | 1937 |
| Foreign Correspondent | Stebbins | 1940 |
| Kiss and Tell | George Archer | 1945 |
| Pan-Americana | Charlie Corker | 1945 |
| The Pixar Story | Robert Benchley (archive footage) | 2007 |
| The Sport Parade | Radio Announcer | 1932 |
| Social Register | Robert Benchley | 1934 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961 |
| How to Eat | Lecturer / Joe Doakes | 1939 |
| Important Business | Joseph A. Doakes | 1944 |
| How to Behave | Mr. Benchley | 1936 |
| My Tomato | Joseph A. Doakes | 1943 |
| How to Train a Dog | Lecturer / Dog Owner | 1936 |
| Mental Poise | Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf | 1938 |
| The Romance of Digestion | Joe Doakes | 1937 |
| Snafu | Ben Stevens | 1945 |
| An Hour for Lunch | Lecturer / Joe | 1939 |
| How to Figure Income Tax | Joe Doakes | 1938 |
| How to Vote | Mr. Robert Benchley | 1936 |
| Why Daddy? | Joseph A. Doakes | 1944 |
| Her Primitive Man | Martin Osborne | 1944 |
| See Your Doctor | Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes | 1939 |
| Home Movies | Joe Doakes | 1940 |
| It's in the Bag! | Parker | 1945 |
| Nothing But Nerves | Mr. Benchley | 1942 |
| How to Read | Lecturer | 1938 |
| The National Barn Dance | J.B. Mitcham | 1944 |
| Song of Russia | Hank Higgins | 1944 |
| Boogie Woogie | Frederick Stumplefinger | 1945 |
| That Inferior Feeling | Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes | 1940 |
| How to Watch Football | Football Fan | 1938 |
| Home Early | Joe Doakes | 1939 |
| Hollywood Victory Caravan | Robert Benchley | 1945 |
| Duffy's Tavern | Robert Benchley | 1945 |
| Your Technocracy and Mine | 1933 | |
| How to Raise a Baby | Lecturer Father | 1938 |
| David O. Selznick: Your New Producer | Master of Ceremonies | 1935 |
| How to Take a Vacation | Husband | 1941 |
| Keeping in Shape | Joe Doakes | 1942 |
| The Forgotten Man | Joe Doakes / Father | 1941 |
| Waiting for Baby | Joe Doakes | 1941 |
| No News Is Good News | Answer Man | 1943 |
| The Day of Rest | Joe Doakes | 1939 |
| Opening Day | City Treasurer Benchley | 1938 |
| How to Sub-Let | Joe Doakes | 1939 |
| Dark Magic | Joe Doakes | 1939 |
| The Courtship of the Newt | Zoology Lecturer | 1938 |
| An Evening Alone | Joe Doakes | 1938 |
| Show-Business at War | Self | 1943 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976 |
| The Witness | Joe Doakes | 1942 |
| Crime Control | Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes | 1941 |
| The Trouble with Husbands | Joe Doakes | 1940 |
| Music Made Simple | Robert Benchley | 1938 |
| The Ten-Year Lunch | Himself (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 | Robert Benchley (archive sound) | 2004 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage) | 1964 |
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | 1936 | Series | Cast | Year |
