Robert Benchley

Biography

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

Known For

MGM Parade

I Married a Witch

The Reluctant Dragon

The Pixar Story

Foreign Correspondent

The Major and the Minor

That's Entertainment, Part II

Dancing Lady

All Movies (100)

• The Pixar Story2007 · as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
• Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.62004 · as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• The Ten-Year Lunch1987 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Showbiz Goes to War1982 · as (archive footage)
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
• Janie Gets Married1946 · as John Van Brunt
• The Bride Wore Boots1946 · as Uncle Todd Warren
• Road to Utopia1946 · as Narrator (uncredited)
• The Stork Club1945 · as Tom P. Curtis
• Snafu1945 · as Ben Stevens
• Week-End at the Waldorf1945 · as Randy Morton
• Kiss and Tell1945 · as George Archer
• Hollywood Victory Caravan1945 · as Robert Benchley
• Duffy's Tavern1945 · as Robert Benchley
• Boogie Woogie1945 · as Frederick Stumplefinger
• It's in the Bag!1945 · as Parker
• Pan-Americana1945 · as Charlie Corker
• I'm a Civilian Here Myself1945 · as Joe Doakes
• Practically Yours1944 · as Judge Robert Simpson
• The National Barn Dance1944 · as J.B. Mitcham
• Janie1944 · as John Van Brunt
• Her Primitive Man1944 · as Martin Osborne
• Why Daddy?1944 · as Joseph A. Doakes
• Important Business1944 · as Joseph A. Doakes
• See Here, Private Hargrove1944 · as Mr. Holliday
• Song of Russia1944 · as Hank Higgins
• No News Is Good News1943 · as Answer Man
• My Tomato1943 · as Joseph A. Doakes
• Flesh and Fantasy1943 · as Doakes
• The Sky's the Limit1943 · as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
• Show-Business at War1943 · as Self
• Young and Willing1943 · as Arthur Kenny
• I Married a Witch1942 · as Dr. Dudley White
• The Major and the Minor1942 · as Mr. Osborne
• Keeping in Shape1942 · as Joe Doakes
• Syncopation1942 · as Doakes (scenes deleted)
• Take a Letter, Darling1942 · as G.B. Atwater
• Nothing But Nerves1942 · as Mr. Benchley
• The Witness1942 · as Joe Doakes
• Bedtime Story1941 · as Eddie Turner
• Three Girls About Town1941 · as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
• How to Take a Vacation1941 · as Husband
• You'll Never Get Rich1941 · as Martin Cortland
• The Reluctant Dragon1941 · as Robert Benchley
• The Forgotten Man1941 · as Joe Doakes / Father
• Crime Control1941 · as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
• Nice Girl?1941 · as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
• Waiting for Baby1941 · as Joe Doakes
• The Trouble with Husbands1940 · as Joe Doakes
• Hired Wife1940 · as Roger Van Horn
• Foreign Correspondent1940 · as Stebbins
• Home Movies1940 · as Joe Doakes
• That Inferior Feeling1940 · as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
• See Your Doctor1939 · as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
• The Day of Rest1939 · as Joe Doakes
• How to Eat1939 · as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
• Home Early1939 · as Joe Doakes
• Dark Magic1939 · as Joe Doakes
• An Hour for Lunch1939 · as Lecturer / Joe
• How to Sub-Let1939 · as Joe Doakes
• Mental Poise1938 · as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
• Opening Day1938 · as City Treasurer Benchley
• How to Watch Football1938 · as Football Fan
• How to Read1938 · as Lecturer
• The Courtship of the Newt1938 · as Zoology Lecturer
• How to Raise a Baby1938 · as Lecturer Father
• An Evening Alone1938 · as Joe Doakes
• Music Made Simple1938 · as Robert Benchley
• How to Figure Income Tax1938 · as Joe Doakes
• How to Start the Day1937 · as Lecturer
• A Night at the Movies1937 · as Husband
• Live, Love and Learn1937 · as Oscar
• Sunday Night at the Trocadero1937 · as Robert Benchley
• Broadway Melody of 19381937 · as Duffy
• The Romance of Digestion1937 · as Joe Doakes
• How to Be a Detective1936 · as Mr. Benchley
• How to Vote1936 · as Mr. Robert Benchley
• Piccadilly Jim1936 · as Bill Macon
• How to Train a Dog1936 · as Lecturer / Dog Owner
• How to Behave1936 · as Mr. Benchley
• Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs1936
• How to Sleep1935 · as Host / Narrator
• China Seas1935 · as Charlie McCaleb
• How to Break 90 at Croquet1935 · as Joe Doakes
• David O. Selznick: Your New Producer1935 · as Master of Ceremonies
• Social Register1934 · as Robert Benchley
• Dancing Lady1933 · as Ward King
• Rafter Romance1933 · as Hubbell
• Headline Shooter1933 · as Radio Announcer
• Your Technocracy and Mine1933
• The Sport Parade1932 · as Radio Announcer
• Stewed, Fried and Boiled1929 · as Lecturer
• Lesson No. 11929 · as Lecturer
• Furnace Trouble1929 · as Robert Benchley
• The Spellbinder1928 · as Robert Benchley
• The Sex Life of the Polyp1928 · as Lecturer
• The Treasurer's Report1928 · as Treasurer
• The Causes Of The Depression— · as Mr. Benchley

All TV Shows (1)

• MGM Parade1955 · as Self