
Robert Benchley
Acting • Born 1889-09-14 – Died 1945-11-21
Biography
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Filmography
100 credits
The Reluctant Dragon
Movie • 1941
Robert Benchley

I Married a Witch
Movie • 1942
Dr. Dudley White

Nice Girl?
Movie • 1941
Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

You'll Never Get Rich
Movie • 1941
Martin Cortland

Road to Utopia
Movie • 1946
Narrator

The Sky's the Limit
Movie • 1943
Philip 'Phil' Harriman

Dancing Lady
Movie • 1933
Ward King

Broadway Melody of 1938
Movie • 1937
Duffy

The Major and the Minor
Movie • 1942
Mr. Osborne

Bedtime Story
Movie • 1941
Eddie Turner

China Seas
Movie • 1935
Charlie McCaleb

Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)

See Here, Private Hargrove
Movie • 1944
Mr. Holliday

Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie • 1945
Randy Morton

Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

Syncopation
Movie • 1942
Doakes (scenes deleted)

Hired Wife
Movie • 1940
Roger Van Horn

Take a Letter, Darling
Movie • 1942
G.B. Atwater

Young and Willing
Movie • 1943
Arthur Kenny

The Spellbinder
Movie • 1928
Robert Benchley

Furnace Trouble
Movie • 1929
Robert Benchley

Lesson No. 1
Movie • 1929
Lecturer

Stewed, Fried and Boiled
Movie • 1929
Lecturer

How to Break 90 at Croquet
Movie • 1935
Joe Doakes

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Movie • 1937
Robert Benchley

Rafter Romance
Movie • 1933
Hubbell

The Stork Club
Movie • 1945
Tom P. Curtis

Flesh and Fantasy
Movie • 1943
Doakes

The Sex Life of the Polyp
Movie • 1928
Lecturer

Piccadilly Jim
Movie • 1936
Bill Macon

How to Be a Detective
Movie • 1936
Mr. Benchley

Headline Shooter
Movie • 1933
Radio Announcer

Practically Yours
Movie • 1944
Judge Robert Simpson

Live, Love and Learn
Movie • 1937
Oscar

How to Sleep
Movie • 1935
Host / Narrator

A Night at the Movies
Movie • 1937
Husband

The Bride Wore Boots
Movie • 1946
Uncle Todd Warren

The Treasurer's Report
Movie • 1928
Treasurer

Janie
Movie • 1944
John Van Brunt

Janie Gets Married
Movie • 1946
John Van Brunt

How to Start the Day
Movie • 1937
Lecturer

Foreign Correspondent
Movie • 1940
Stebbins

Kiss and Tell
Movie • 1945
George Archer

Pan-Americana
Movie • 1945
Charlie Corker

The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Robert Benchley (archive footage)

The Sport Parade
Movie • 1932
Radio Announcer

Social Register
Movie • 1934
Robert Benchley

How to Eat
Movie • 1939
Lecturer / Joe Doakes

Important Business
Movie • 1944
Joseph A. Doakes

How to Behave
Movie • 1936
Mr. Benchley

My Tomato
Movie • 1943
Joseph A. Doakes

How to Train a Dog
Movie • 1936
Lecturer / Dog Owner

Mental Poise
Movie • 1938
Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

The Romance of Digestion
Movie • 1937
Joe Doakes

Snafu
Movie • 1945
Ben Stevens

An Hour for Lunch
Movie • 1939
Lecturer / Joe

How to Figure Income Tax
Movie • 1938
Joe Doakes

How to Vote
Movie • 1936
Mr. Robert Benchley

Why Daddy?
Movie • 1944
Joseph A. Doakes

Her Primitive Man
Movie • 1944
Martin Osborne

See Your Doctor
Movie • 1939
Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

Home Movies
Movie • 1940
Joe Doakes

It's in the Bag!
Movie • 1945
Parker

Nothing But Nerves
Movie • 1942
Mr. Benchley

How to Read
Movie • 1938
Lecturer

The National Barn Dance
Movie • 1944
J.B. Mitcham

Song of Russia
Movie • 1944
Hank Higgins

Boogie Woogie
Movie • 1945
Frederick Stumplefinger

That Inferior Feeling
Movie • 1940
Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

How to Watch Football
Movie • 1938
Football Fan

Home Early
Movie • 1939
Joe Doakes

Hollywood Victory Caravan
Movie • 1945
Robert Benchley

Duffy's Tavern
Movie • 1945
Robert Benchley

Your Technocracy and Mine
Movie • 1933

How to Raise a Baby
Movie • 1938
Lecturer Father

How to Take a Vacation
Movie • 1941
Husband

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
Movie • 1935
Master of Ceremonies

The Forgotten Man
Movie • 1941
Joe Doakes / Father

Waiting for Baby
Movie • 1941
Joe Doakes

Keeping in Shape
Movie • 1942
Joe Doakes

The Courtship of the Newt
Movie • 1938
Zoology Lecturer

Dark Magic
Movie • 1939
Joe Doakes

An Evening Alone
Movie • 1938
Joe Doakes

How to Sub-Let
Movie • 1939
Joe Doakes

Opening Day
Movie • 1938
City Treasurer Benchley

The Day of Rest
Movie • 1939
Joe Doakes

No News Is Good News
Movie • 1943
Answer Man

Show-Business at War
Movie • 1943
Self

That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)

The Trouble with Husbands
Movie • 1940
Joe Doakes

Crime Control
Movie • 1941
Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

The Witness
Movie • 1942
Joe Doakes

Music Made Simple
Movie • 1938
Robert Benchley

The Ten-Year Lunch
Movie • 1987
Himself (archive footage)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Movie • 2004
Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Movie • 1936

The Causes Of The Depression
Movie
Mr. Benchley

I'm a Civilian Here Myself
Movie • 1945
Joe Doakes

MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self