Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 14, 1889
Died
Nov 21, 1945
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
107 titles
Robert Benchley
Biography
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Known For
Filmography
The Pixar Story
Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Ten-Year Lunch
Himself (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
MGM Parade
Self
Janie Gets Married
John Van Brunt
The Bride Wore Boots
Uncle Todd Warren
Road to Utopia
Narrator (uncredited)
The Stork Club
Tom P. Curtis
Snafu
Ben Stevens
Week-End at the Waldorf
Randy Morton
Kiss and Tell
George Archer
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Robert Benchley
Duffy's Tavern
Robert Benchley
Boogie Woogie
Frederick Stumplefinger
It's in the Bag!
Parker
Pan-Americana
Charlie Corker
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
Joe Doakes
Practically Yours
Judge Robert Simpson
The National Barn Dance
J.B. Mitcham
Janie
John Van Brunt
Her Primitive Man
Martin Osborne
Why Daddy?
Joseph A. Doakes
Important Business
Joseph A. Doakes
See Here, Private Hargrove
Mr. Holliday
Song of Russia
Hank Higgins
No News Is Good News
Answer Man
My Tomato
Joseph A. Doakes
Flesh and Fantasy
Doakes
The Sky's the Limit
Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Show-Business at War
Self
Young and Willing
Arthur Kenny
I Married a Witch
Dr. Dudley White
The Major and the Minor
Mr. Osborne
Keeping in Shape
Joe Doakes
Syncopation
Doakes (scenes deleted)
Take a Letter, Darling
G.B. Atwater
Nothing But Nerves
Mr. Benchley
The Witness
Joe Doakes
Bedtime Story
Eddie Turner
Three Girls About Town
Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
How to Take a Vacation
Husband
You'll Never Get Rich
Martin Cortland
The Reluctant Dragon
Robert Benchley
The Forgotten Man
Joe Doakes / Father
Crime Control
Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
Nice Girl?
Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana