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Robert Benchley

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Robert Benchley

Born September 14, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USADied November 21, 194592 films

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

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The Major and the Minor posterFirst watchThe Major and the Minor19427.1as Mr. OsborneLow on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Foreign Correspondent poster7.0Foreign Correspondent1940I Married a Witch poster6.9I Married a Witch1942The Reluctant Dragon poster6.6The Reluctant Dragon1941You'll Never Get Rich poster6.5You'll Never Get Rich1941Road to Utopia poster6.8Road to Utopia1946

Filmography

92 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Causes Of The DepressionMr. Benchley
  2. 2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  3. 1946Janie Gets MarriedJohn Van Brunt
  4. 1946The Bride Wore BootsUncle Todd Warren
  5. 1946Road to UtopiaNarrator (uncredited)
  6. 1945The Stork ClubTom P. Curtis
  7. 1945SnafuBen Stevens
  8. 1945Week-End at the WaldorfRandy Morton
  9. 1945Kiss and TellGeorge Archer
  10. 1945Hollywood Victory CaravanRobert Benchley
  11. 1945Duffy's TavernRobert Benchley
  12. 1945Boogie WoogieFrederick Stumplefinger
  13. 1945It's in the Bag!Parker
  14. 1945Pan-AmericanaCharlie Corker
  15. 1945I'm a Civilian Here MyselfJoe Doakes
  16. 1944Practically YoursJudge Robert Simpson
  17. 1944The National Barn DanceJ.B. Mitcham
  18. 1944JanieJohn Van Brunt
  19. 1944Her Primitive ManMartin Osborne
  20. 1944Why Daddy?Joseph A. Doakes
  21. 1944Important BusinessJoseph A. Doakes
  22. 1944See Here, Private HargroveMr. Holliday
  23. 1944Song of RussiaHank Higgins
  24. 1943No News Is Good NewsAnswer Man
  25. 1943My TomatoJoseph A. Doakes
  26. 1943Flesh and FantasyDoakes
  27. 1943The Sky's the LimitPhilip 'Phil' Harriman
  28. 1943Young and WillingArthur Kenny
  29. 1942I Married a WitchDr. Dudley White
  30. 1942The Major and the MinorMr. Osborne
  31. 1942Keeping in ShapeJoe Doakes
  32. 1942SyncopationDoakes (scenes deleted)
  33. 1942Take a Letter, DarlingG.B. Atwater
  34. 1942Nothing But NervesMr. Benchley
  35. 1942The WitnessJoe Doakes
  36. 1941Bedtime StoryEddie Turner
  37. 1941Three Girls About TownWilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
  38. 1941How to Take a VacationHusband
  39. 1941You'll Never Get RichMartin Cortland
  40. 1941The Reluctant DragonRobert Benchley
  41. 1941The Forgotten ManJoe Doakes / Father
  42. 1941Crime ControlSgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
  43. 1941Nice Girl?Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
  44. 1941Waiting for BabyJoe Doakes
  45. 1940The Trouble with HusbandsJoe Doakes
  46. 1940Hired WifeRoger Van Horn
  47. 1940Foreign CorrespondentStebbins
  48. 1940Home MoviesJoe Doakes
  49. 1940That Inferior FeelingJoseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
  50. 1939See Your DoctorLecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
  51. 1939The Day of RestJoe Doakes
  52. 1939How to EatLecturer / Joe Doakes
  53. 1939Home EarlyJoe Doakes
  54. 1939Dark MagicJoe Doakes
  55. 1939An Hour for LunchLecturer / Joe
  56. 1939How to Sub-LetJoe Doakes
  57. 1938Mental PoisePsychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
  58. 1938Opening DayCity Treasurer Benchley
  59. 1938How to Watch FootballFootball Fan
  60. 1938How to ReadLecturer
  61. 1938The Courtship of the NewtZoology Lecturer
  62. 1938How to Raise a BabyLecturer Father
  63. 1938An Evening AloneJoe Doakes
  64. 1938Music Made SimpleRobert Benchley
  65. 1938How to Figure Income TaxJoe Doakes
  66. 1937How to Start the DayLecturer
  67. 1937A Night at the MoviesHusband
  68. 1937Live, Love and LearnOscar
  69. 1937Sunday Night at the TrocaderoRobert Benchley
  70. 1937Broadway Melody of 1938Duffy
  71. 1937The Romance of DigestionJoe Doakes
  72. 1936How to Be a DetectiveMr. Benchley
  73. 1936How to VoteMr. Robert Benchley
  74. 1936Piccadilly JimBill Macon
  75. 1936How to Train a DogLecturer / Dog Owner
  76. 1936How to BehaveMr. Benchley
  77. 1936Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
  78. 1935How to SleepHost / Narrator
  79. 1935China SeasCharlie McCaleb
  80. 1935How to Break 90 at CroquetJoe Doakes
  81. 1934Social RegisterRobert Benchley
  82. 1933Dancing LadyWard King
  83. 1933Rafter RomanceHubbell
  84. 1933Headline ShooterRadio Announcer
  85. 1933Your Technocracy and Mine
  86. 1932The Sport ParadeRadio Announcer
  87. 1929Stewed, Fried and BoiledLecturer
  88. 1929Lesson No. 1Lecturer
  89. 1929Furnace TroubleRobert Benchley
  90. 1928The SpellbinderRobert Benchley
  91. 1928The Sex Life of the PolypLecturer
  92. 1928The Treasurer's ReportTreasurer