Actor
Robert Benchley
Biography

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

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