Robert Benchley

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
September 14, 1889 (56 years old)
Died
November 21, 1945
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Romance Music
Career Span
1928 – 2007

Robert Benchley

14 nominations
98 credits

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

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Personal Info

Born
Sep 14, 1889
From
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1928 – 2007

Award Recognition

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14
Nominations

Complete Filmography

2007

The Pixar Story as Robert Benchley (archive footage) Award

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) Award

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage) Award

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage) Award

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1946

Road to Utopia as Narrator
The Bride Wore Boots as Uncle Todd Warren
Janie Gets Married as John Van Brunt

1945

The Stork Club as Tom P. Curtis Award
Week-End at the Waldorf as Randy Morton Award
It's in the Bag! as Parker
Duffy's Tavern as Robert Benchley
Hollywood Victory Caravan as Robert Benchley
Kiss and Tell as George Archer
Pan-Americana as Charlie Corker
Snafu as Ben Stevens
Boogie Woogie as Frederick Stumplefinger

1944

Song of Russia as Hank Higgins
See Here, Private Hargrove as Mr. Holliday
Practically Yours as Judge Robert Simpson
Janie as John Van Brunt
Her Primitive Man as Martin Osborne
Why Daddy? as Joseph A. Doakes
The National Barn Dance as J.B. Mitcham
Important Business as Joseph A. Doakes

1943

Show-Business at War as Self Award
The Sky's the Limit as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Flesh and Fantasy as Doakes
Young and Willing as Arthur Kenny
No News Is Good News as Answer Man
My Tomato as Joseph A. Doakes

1942

I Married a Witch as Dr. Dudley White Award
The Major and the Minor as Albert Osborne Award
Syncopation as Doakes (scenes deleted) Award
Take a Letter, Darling as G.B. Atwater
The Witness as Joe Doakes
Keeping in Shape as Joe Doakes
Nothing But Nerves as Mr. Benchley

1941

You'll Never Get Rich as Martin Cortland Award
The Reluctant Dragon as Robert Benchley Award
Three Girls About Town as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
Nice Girl? as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
Bedtime Story as Eddie Turner
The Forgotten Man as Joe Doakes / Father
Waiting for Baby as Joe Doakes
Crime Control as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
How to Take a Vacation as Husband

1940

Foreign Correspondent as Stebbins Award
Hired Wife as Roger Van Horn Award
Home Movies as Joe Doakes
That Inferior Feeling as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
The Trouble with Husbands as Joe Doakes

1939

The Day of Rest as Joe Doakes
Home Early as Joe Doakes
How to Eat as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
See Your Doctor as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
An Hour for Lunch as Lecturer / Joe
Dark Magic as Joe Doakes
How to Sub-Let as Joe Doakes

1938

How to Read as Lecturer
How to Figure Income Tax as Joe Doakes
Mental Poise as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
Opening Day as City Treasurer Benchley
How to Raise a Baby as Lecturer Father
The Courtship of the Newt as Zoology Lecturer
How to Watch Football as Football Fan
Music Made Simple as Robert Benchley
An Evening Alone as Joe Doakes

1937

Broadway Melody of 1938 as Duffy Award
Live, Love and Learn as Oscar Award
Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Robert Benchley
A Night at the Movies as Husband
How to Start the Day as Lecturer
The Romance of Digestion as Joe Doakes

1936

Piccadilly Jim as Bill Macon Award
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
How to Be a Detective as Mr. Benchley
How to Behave as Mr. Benchley
How to Train a Dog as Lecturer / Dog Owner
How to Vote as Mr. Robert Benchley

1935

China Seas as Charlie McCaleb
How to Sleep as Host / Narrator
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer as Master of Ceremonies
How to Break 90 at Croquet as Joe Doakes

1934

Social Register as Robert Benchley

1933

Dancing Lady as Ward King Award
Rafter Romance as Hubbell
Headline Shooter as Radio Announcer
Your Technocracy and Mine

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 Sex Life of the Polyp as Lecturer
The Spellbinder as Robert Benchley
The Treasurer's Report as Treasurer

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Foreign Correspondent
I Married a Witch
The Stork Club
That's Entertainment, Part II
Road to Utopia
The Major and the Minor
You'll Never Get Rich
Broadway Melody of 1938
The Reluctant Dragon

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