Robert Benchley
Known for: Acting
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Filmography
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Film
Foreign Correspondent
Stebbins
1940
Film
The Pixar Story
Robert Benchley (archive footage)
2007
Film
China Seas
Charlie McCaleb
1935
Film
Piccadilly Jim
Bill Macon
1936
Film
I Married a Witch
Dr. Dudley White
1942
Film
The Reluctant Dragon
Robert Benchley
1941
Film
Song of Russia
Hank Higgins
1944
Film
Dancing Lady
Ward King
1933
Film
Three Girls About Town
Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
1941
Film
Bedtime Story
Eddie Turner
1941
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
You'll Never Get Rich
Martin Cortland
1941
Film
Live, Love and Learn
Oscar
1937
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
1964
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Film
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2004
Film
Flesh and Fantasy
Doakes
1943
Film
Pan-Americana
Charlie Corker
1945
Film
Road to Utopia
Narrator (uncredited)
1946
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
1976
Film
It's in the Bag!
Parker
1945
Film
Week-End at the Waldorf
Randy Morton
1945
Film
The Major and the Minor
Mr. Osborne
1942
Film
Headline Shooter
Radio Announcer
1933
Film
Syncopation
Doakes (scenes deleted)
1942
Film
Snafu
Ben Stevens
1945
Film
Kiss and Tell
George Archer
1945
Film
Young and Willing
Arthur Kenny
1943
Film
Social Register
Robert Benchley
1934
Film
Mental Poise
Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
1938
Film
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Robert Benchley
1945
Film
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Film
Broadway Melody of 1938
Duffy
1937
Film
Hired Wife
Roger Van Horn
1940
Film
Nice Girl?
Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
1941
Film
The Stork Club
Tom P. Curtis
1945
Film
See Here, Private Hargrove
Mr. Holliday
1944
Film
Take a Letter, Darling
G.B. Atwater
1942
Film
The Sky's the Limit
Philip 'Phil' Harriman
1943
Film
How to Vote
Mr. Robert Benchley
1936
Film
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
Film
The Witness
Joe Doakes
1942
Film
Rafter Romance
Hubbell
1933
Film
How to Be a Detective
Mr. Benchley
1936
Film
A Night at the Movies
Husband
1937
Film
The Bride Wore Boots
Uncle Todd Warren
1946
Film
Her Primitive Man
Martin Osborne
1944
Film
An Hour for Lunch
Lecturer / Joe
1939
Film
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Robert Benchley
1937
Film
The Ten-Year Lunch
Himself (archive footage)
1987
Film
Opening Day
City Treasurer Benchley
1938
Film
Duffy's Tavern
Robert Benchley
1945
Film
See Your Doctor
Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
1939
Film
Practically Yours
Judge Robert Simpson
1944
Film
Janie
John Van Brunt
1944
Film
Home Early
Joe Doakes
1939
Film
How to Sleep
Host / Narrator
1935
Film
How to Behave
Mr. Benchley
1936
Why Daddy?
Joseph A. Doakes
1944
Film
The Sport Parade
Radio Announcer
1932
Film
That Inferior Feeling
Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
1940
Film
The Romance of Digestion
Joe Doakes
1937
Film
How to Eat
Lecturer / Joe Doakes
1939
Film
How to Read
Lecturer
1938
Film
How to Start the Day
Lecturer
1937
Film
How to Sub-Let
Joe Doakes
1939
Film
How to Train a Dog
Lecturer / Dog Owner
1936
Film
Janie Gets Married
John Van Brunt
1946
Film
Dark Magic
Joe Doakes
1939
Lesson No. 1
Lecturer
1929
Film
How to Watch Football
Football Fan
1938
How to Break 90 at Croquet
Joe Doakes
1935
Film
Music Made Simple
Robert Benchley
1938
The Spellbinder
Robert Benchley
1928
The National Barn Dance
J.B. Mitcham
1944
Film
Home Movies
Joe Doakes
1940
The Treasurer's Report
Treasurer
1928
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
Lecturer
1929
Film
The Forgotten Man
Joe Doakes / Father
1941
Film
My Tomato
Joseph A. Doakes
1943
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
Master of Ceremonies
1935
Film
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
Joe Doakes
1945
Film
The Trouble with Husbands
Joe Doakes
1940
Film
Waiting for Baby
Joe Doakes
1941
Film
How to Raise a Baby
Lecturer Father
1938
Furnace Trouble
Robert Benchley
1929
Film
Boogie Woogie
Frederick Stumplefinger
1945
Film
The Day of Rest
Joe Doakes
1939
Film
Crime Control
Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
1941
Film
How to Figure Income Tax
Joe Doakes
1938
How to Take a Vacation
Husband
1941
Film
An Evening Alone
Joe Doakes
1938
Film
Important Business
Joseph A. Doakes
1944
Film
The Sex Life of the Polyp
Lecturer
1928
Film
The Courtship of the Newt
Zoology Lecturer
1938
Your Technocracy and Mine
1933
No News Is Good News
Answer Man
1943
Keeping in Shape
Joe Doakes
1942
Film
Nothing But Nerves
Mr. Benchley
1942
The Causes Of The Depression
Mr. Benchley