Jack Benny
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
1961
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host
1956
Series
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Jack Benny (uncredited)
1950
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Self
1963
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The Lucy Show
Harry Tuttle
1962
Series
The Lucy Show
Jack Benny
1962
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Series
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
Series
Kraft Music Hall
Self - Host
1958
Series
Here's Lucy
Jack Benny
1968
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self - Cameo
1950
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self - Guest hosts
1950
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Jack Benny
1950
Series
Omnibus
Athanael
1952
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Series
Checkmate
Jack Bowen
1960
Series
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Series
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
Series
Startime
Self
1959
Series
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
1969
Film
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
1963
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Series
The Julie Andrews Hour
Self
1972
Film
To Be or Not to Be
Joseph Tura
1942
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Series
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self
1961
Series
General Electric Theater
Tom Jones
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Sheldon Weeks
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Harold Fenton
1953
Film
Gypsy
Jack Benny (uncredited)
1962
Film
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Adviser
1967
Film
The Honey Pot
Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
1967
Film
The Best of Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Beatles: Big Beat Box
Self (archive footage)
2001
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Self
1969
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
The Rounder
Mr. Bartlett
1930
Film
Vaudeville
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Film
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
1968
Film
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
2015
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
1958
Film
Lord Byron of Broadway
Voice on Radio
1930
The George Burns Show
Jack Benny
1958
Film
Hollywood Canteen
Self
1944
Film
Who Was That Lady?
Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
1960
Film
Who Was That Lady?
Mr. Cosgrove
1960
Film
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self - Master of Ceremonies
1929
Film
George Washington Slept Here
Bill Fuller
1942
Film
Without Reservations
Jack Benny (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Man
Jack Benny
1972
Film
You Can Change The World
Self
1950
The Liberace Show
Self
1952
Film
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958
Film
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Chad Denby
1934
Film
The Slowest Gun in the West
Chicken Finsterwald
1960
Film
The Song Writers' Revue
Himself
1929
Film
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
Film
Mike Wallace Is Here
(archive footage)
2019
Film
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1938
Remembering Marilyn
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
Broadway Melody of 1936
Bert Keeler
1935
Film
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
College Holiday
J. Davis Bowster
1936
Film
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Film
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
1970
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Self (archive)
2004
Film
It's in the Air
Calvin Churchill
1935
Film
Artists and Models Abroad
Buck Boswell
1938
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
The Meanest Man in the World
Richard Clarke
1943
Film
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Film
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Self
1986
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
Self (Archived footage)
1995
Film
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Athanael
1945
Film
The Automat
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Artists & Models
Mac Brewster
1937
Film
Honor America Day
Self
1970
Film
Love Thy Neighbor
Jack Benny
1940
Film
Beatles Stories
Self
2011
Film
Buck Benny Rides Again
Jack Benny
1940
Film
Somebody Loves Me
Jack Benny
1952
The Great Radio Comedians
Self
1971
Film
The Great Lover
Jack Benny (uncredited)
1949
Bob Hope Christmas Show
Self
1965
Film
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self (archive footage)
2002
General Foods Opening Night
1963
Film
Beau James
Jack Benny
1957
Film
Charley's Aunt
Babbs Babberley
1941
Film
It's in the Bag!
Jack Benny
1945
Film
The Mouse That Jack Built
Jack (voice)
1959
Film
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Jack Carson
1936
Film
The Jack Benny Hour
Jack Benny / Rosano
1965
Film
The Medicine Man
Dr. John H. Harvey
1930
Film
Carnival Nights
Self
1968
Film
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
Himself
1992
Film
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Self (voice)
1970
Film
Man About Town
Bob Temple
1939
Jack Benny's Bag
Self
1968
Film
Children of Pleasure
Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2001
Is Everybody Listening?
Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
1947
Film
Chasing Rainbows
Eddie Rock
1930
Stars in the Eye
Himself
1952
Film
A Broadway Romeo
Jack
1931
Jack Benny Christmas Show
Jack Benny
1960
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13
Self
1930
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Self
1970
Film
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
Self
1938
Film
Three Of A Kind
Himself
1941
Taxi Tangle
Man in taxi
1931
Film
The Bing Crosby Show
Self
1954
Film
Mr. Broadway
Jack Benny
1933
Film
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Jack Benny
1957
Film
The Perry Como Christmas Show
Santa Claus (uncredited)
1974
Film
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
Self - Narrator
1952
Bright Moments
1928