Jack Benny

Biography

Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly. Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Benny, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

The Merv Griffin Show

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show

All Movies (95)

• The Automat2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as (archive footage)
• Studio 542018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Last Laugh2016 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration2015 · as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
• Beatles Stories2011 · as Self
• The Best of Johnny Carson2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Pioneers of Primetime2005
• Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beatles: Big Beat Box2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 22001 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 12001 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1998 · as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
• Vaudeville1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny1995 · as Self (Archived footage)
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom1992 · as Himself
• Remembering Marilyn1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC1988 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines1986 · as Self
• Showbiz Goes to War1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!1982 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Perry Como Christmas Show1974 · as Santa Claus (uncredited)
• The Man1972 · as Jack Benny
• The Great Radio Comedians1971 · as Self
• Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special1970 · as Self
• Honor America Day1970 · as Self
• The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians1970 · as Self (voice)
• Swing Out, Sweet Land1970 · as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
• The Jack Benny Birthday Special1969 · as Self
• The Dean Martin Christmas Show1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• Jack Benny's Bag1968 · as Self
• Carnival Nights1968 · as Self
• A Guide for the Married Man1967 · as Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')
• The Honey Pot1967 · as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
• Bob Hope Christmas Show1965 · as Self
• The Jack Benny Hour1965 · as Jack Benny / Rosano
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
• General Foods Opening Night1963
• Gypsy1962 · as Jack Benny (uncredited)
• Jack Benny Christmas Show1960 · as Jack Benny
• The Slowest Gun in the West1960 · as Chicken Finsterwald
• Who Was That Lady?1960 · as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
• Who Was That Lady?1960 · as Mr. Cosgrove
• The Mouse That Jack Built1959 · as Jack (voice)
• The All-Star Christmas Show1958 · as Self
• Rock-a-Bye Baby1958 · as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
• Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show1957 · as Jack Benny
• Beau James1957 · as Jack Benny
• The Bing Crosby Show1954 · as Self
• Stars in the Eye1952 · as Himself
• Somebody Loves Me1952 · as Jack Benny
• Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson1952 · as Self - Narrator
• You Can Change The World1950 · as Self
• The Great Lover1949 · as Jack Benny (uncredited)
• Is Everybody Listening?1947 · as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
• Without Reservations1946 · as Jack Benny (uncredited)
• The Horn Blows at Midnight1945 · as Athanael
• It's in the Bag!1945 · as Jack Benny
• Hollywood Canteen1944 · as Self
• Show-Business at War1943 · as Self
• The Meanest Man in the World1943 · as Richard Clarke
• George Washington Slept Here1942 · as Bill Fuller
• To Be or Not to Be1942 · as Joseph Tura
• Charley's Aunt1941 · as Babbs Babberley
• Three Of A Kind1941 · as Himself
• Love Thy Neighbor1940 · as Jack Benny
• Buck Benny Rides Again1940 · as Jack Benny
• Man About Town1939 · as Bob Temple
• Artists and Models Abroad1938 · as Buck Boswell
• Hollywood Goes to Town1938 · as Self
• Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 61938 · as Self
• Artists & Models1937 · as Mac Brewster
• College Holiday1936 · as J. Davis Bowster
• The Big Broadcast of 19371936 · as Jack Carson
• It's in the Air1935 · as Calvin Churchill
• Broadway Melody of 19361935 · as Bert Keeler
• Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round1934 · as Chad Denby
• Mr. Broadway1933 · as Jack Benny
• Taxi Tangle1931 · as Man in taxi
• A Broadway Romeo1931 · as Jack
• The Voice of Hollywood No. 131930 · as Self
• The Medicine Man1930 · as Dr. John H. Harvey
• Children of Pleasure1930 · as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
• Lord Byron of Broadway1930 · as Voice on Radio
• The Rounder1930 · as Mr. Bartlett
• Chasing Rainbows1930 · as Eddie Rock
• The Song Writers' Revue1929 · as Himself
• The Hollywood Revue of 19291929 · as Self - Master of Ceremonies
• Bright Moments1928

All TV Shows (39)

• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973 · as Self
• The Julie Andrews Hour1972 · as Self
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969 · as Self
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Jack Benny
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Self
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Harry Tuttle
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Jack Benny
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
• The DuPont Show of the Week1961 · as Self
• Checkmate1960 · as Jack Bowen
• Startime1959 · as Self
• The George Burns Show1958 · as Jack Benny
• Kraft Music Hall1958 · as Self
• Kraft Music Hall1958 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Co-Host
• The George Gobel Show1954 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Tom Jones
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Sheldon Weeks
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Harold Fenton
• Omnibus1952 · as Athanael
• This Is Your Life1952 · as Self
• The Liberace Show1952
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Jack Benny
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show1950 · as Jack Benny (uncredited)
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self - Cameo
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self - Guest hosts
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self