Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Acted in
The Pixar Story
2007
as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
as Robert Benchley (archive sound)
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987
as Himself (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Janie Gets Married
1946
as John Van Brunt
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Uncle Todd Warren
Road to Utopia
1946
as Narrator
The Stork Club
1945
as Tom P. Curtis
Snafu
1945
as Ben Stevens
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Randy Morton
Kiss and Tell
1945
as George Archer
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
as Robert Benchley
Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Robert Benchley
Boogie Woogie
1945
as Frederick Stumplefinger
It's in the Bag!
1945
as Parker
Pan-Americana
1945
as Charlie Corker
Practically Yours
1944
as Judge Robert Simpson
The National Barn Dance
1944
as J.B. Mitcham
Janie
1944
as John Van Brunt
Her Primitive Man
1944
as Martin Osborne
Why Daddy?
1944
as Joseph A. Doakes
Important Business
1944
as Joseph A. Doakes
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as Mr. Holliday
Song of Russia
1944
as Hank Higgins
No News Is Good News
1943
as Answer Man
My Tomato
1943
as Joseph A. Doakes
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Doakes
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Young and Willing
1943
as Arthur Kenny
I Married a Witch
1942
as Dr. Dudley White
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Albert Osborne
Keeping in Shape
1942
as Joe Doakes
Syncopation
1942
as Doakes (scenes deleted)
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
as G.B. Atwater
Nothing But Nerves
1942
as Mr. Benchley
The Witness
1942
as Joe Doakes
Bedtime Story
1941
as Eddie Turner
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
How to Take a Vacation
1941
as Husband
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
as Martin Cortland
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
as Robert Benchley
The Forgotten Man
1941
as Joe Doakes / Father
Crime Control
1941
as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
Nice Girl?
1941
as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
Waiting for Baby
1941
as Joe Doakes
The Trouble with Husbands
1940
as Joe Doakes
Hired Wife
1940
as Roger Van Horn
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Stebbins
Home Movies
1940
as Joe Doakes
That Inferior Feeling
1940
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
See Your Doctor
1939
as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
The Day of Rest
1939
as Joe Doakes
How to Eat
1939
as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
Home Early
1939
as Joe Doakes
Dark Magic
1939
as Joe Doakes
An Hour for Lunch
1939
as Lecturer / Joe
How to Sub-Let
1939
as Joe Doakes
Mental Poise
1938
as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
Opening Day
1938
as City Treasurer Benchley
How to Watch Football
1938
as Football Fan
How to Read
1938
as Lecturer
The Courtship of the Newt
1938
as Zoology Lecturer
How to Raise a Baby
1938
as Lecturer Father
An Evening Alone
1938
as Joe Doakes
Music Made Simple
1938
as Robert Benchley
How to Figure Income Tax
1938
as Joe Doakes
How to Start the Day
1937
as Lecturer
A Night at the Movies
1937
as Husband
Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Oscar
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
as Robert Benchley
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
as Duffy
The Romance of Digestion
1937
as Joe Doakes
How to Be a Detective
1936
as Mr. Benchley
How to Vote
1936
as Mr. Robert Benchley
Piccadilly Jim
1936
as Bill Macon
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
How to Train a Dog
1936
as Lecturer / Dog Owner
How to Behave
1936
as Mr. Benchley
How to Sleep
1935
as Host / Narrator
China Seas
1935
as Charlie McCaleb
How to Break 90 at Croquet
1935
as Joe Doakes
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
1935
as Master of Ceremonies
Social Register
1934
as Robert Benchley
Dancing Lady
1933
as Ward King
Rafter Romance
1933
as Hubbell
Headline Shooter
1933
as Radio Announcer
Your Technocracy and Mine
1933
The Sport Parade
1932
as Radio Announcer
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929
as Lecturer
Lesson No. 1
1929
as Lecturer
Furnace Trouble
1929
as Robert Benchley
The Spellbinder
1928
as Robert Benchley
The Sex Life of the Polyp
1928
as Lecturer
The Treasurer's Report
1928
as Treasurer