Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley
September 14, 1889 (56 years old at death)
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Known for Acting

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

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The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

Robert Benchley (archive footage)

2007

7.6
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

2004

8.8
The Ten-Year Lunch

The Ten-Year Lunch

Himself (archive footage)

1987

6.5
Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

1982

10.0
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

1976

6.9
No Image

The Causes Of The Depression

Mr. Benchley

N/A

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

1964

6.6
MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Self

1955

Janie Gets Married

Janie Gets Married

John Van Brunt

1946

6.0
The Bride Wore Boots

The Bride Wore Boots

Uncle Todd Warren

1946

5.9
Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia

Narrator

1946

6.7
The Stork Club

The Stork Club

Tom P. Curtis

1945

4.7
Snafu

Snafu

Ben Stevens

1945

6.0
Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf

Randy Morton

1945

6.0
Kiss and Tell

Kiss and Tell

George Archer

1945

5.6
Hollywood Victory Caravan

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Robert Benchley

1945

5.2
Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern

Robert Benchley

1945

6.1
Boogie Woogie

Boogie Woogie

Frederick Stumplefinger

1945

It's in the Bag!

It's in the Bag!

Parker

1945

5.7
Pan-Americana

Pan-Americana

Charlie Corker

1945

3.2
I'm a Civilian Here Myself

I'm a Civilian Here Myself

Joe Doakes

1945

Practically Yours

Practically Yours

Judge Robert Simpson

1944

No Image

The National Barn Dance

J.B. Mitcham

1944

Janie

Janie

John Van Brunt

1944

5.5
Her Primitive Man

Her Primitive Man

Martin Osborne

1944

6.0
No Image

Why Daddy?

Joseph A. Doakes

1944

5.2
Important Business

Important Business

Joseph A. Doakes

1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

See Here, Private Hargrove

Mr. Holliday

1944

6.0
Song of Russia

Song of Russia

Hank Higgins

1944

8.0
No Image

No News Is Good News

Answer Man

1943

4.0
My Tomato

My Tomato

Joseph A. Doakes

1943

7.0
Flesh and Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy

Doakes

1943

7.0
The Sky's the Limit

The Sky's the Limit

Philip 'Phil' Harriman

1943

6.2
Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War

Self

1943

7.0
Young and Willing

Young and Willing

Arthur Kenny

1943

4.8
I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

Dr. Dudley White

1942

6.8
The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

Mr. Osborne

1942

7.0
No Image

Keeping in Shape

Joe Doakes

1942

2.0
Syncopation

Syncopation

Doakes (scenes deleted)

1942

6.2
Take a Letter, Darling

Take a Letter, Darling

G.B. Atwater

1942

6.5
Nothing But Nerves

Nothing But Nerves

Mr. Benchley

1942

1.0
The Witness

The Witness

Joe Doakes

1942

6.5
Bedtime Story

Bedtime Story

Eddie Turner

1941

5.5
Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town

Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

1941

5.3
No Image

How to Take a Vacation

Husband

1941

7.5
You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich

Martin Cortland

1941

6.4
The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

Robert Benchley

1941

6.6
The Forgotten Man

The Forgotten Man

Joe Doakes / Father

1941

9.0
Crime Control

Crime Control

Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

1941

4.8
Nice Girl?

Nice Girl?

Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

1941

5.3