Jack Benny

Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly. Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Benny, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1894-02-14

Died: 1974-12-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1928	Bright Moments		0
2	1929	The Hollywood Revue of 1929	Self - Master of Ceremonies	57
3	1929	The Song Writers' Revue	Himself	10
4	1930	Chasing Rainbows	Eddie Rock	40
5	1930	The Rounder	Mr. Bartlett	55
6	1930	Lord Byron of Broadway	Voice on Radio	47
7	1930	Children of Pleasure	Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)	47
8	1930	The Medicine Man	Dr. John H. Harvey	50
9	1931	Taxi Tangle	Man in taxi	10
10	1933	Mr. Broadway	Jack Benny	0
11	1934	Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round	Chad Denby	42
12	1935	Broadway Melody of 1936	Bert Keeler	64
13	1935	It's in the Air	Calvin Churchill	50
14	1936	The Big Broadcast of 1937	Jack Carson	52
15	1936	College Holiday	J. Davis Bowster	52
16	1937	Artists & Models	Mac Brewster	60
17	1938	Hollywood Goes to Town	Self	70
18	1938	Artists and Models Abroad	Buck Boswell	40
19	1939	Man About Town	Bob Temple	45
20	1940	Buck Benny Rides Again	Jack Benny	0
21	1940	Love Thy Neighbor	Jack Benny	65
22	1941	Charley's Aunt	Babbs Babberley	58
23	1941	Three Of A Kind	Himself	0
24	1942	To Be or Not to Be	Joseph Tura	78
25	1942	George Washington Slept Here	Bill Fuller	63
26	1943	The Meanest Man in the World	Richard Clarke	64
27	1943	Show-Business at War	Self	70
28	1944	Hollywood Canteen	Self	73
29	1945	It's in the Bag!	Jack Benny	50
30	1945	The Horn Blows at Midnight	Athanael	58
31	1946	Without Reservations	Jack Benny (uncredited)	62
32	1947	Is Everybody Listening?	Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program	50
33	1950	You Can Change The World	Self	58
34	1952	Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson	Self - Narrator	0
35	1952	Somebody Loves Me	Jack Benny	85
36	1952	Stars in the Eye	Himself	0
37	1954	The Bing Crosby Show	Self	0
38	1957	Beau James	Jack Benny	57
39	1957	Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show	Jack Benny	0
40	1959	The Mouse That Jack Built	Jack (voice)	67
41	1960	Who Was That Lady?	Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)	62
42	1960	Who Was That Lady?	Mr. Cosgrove	62
43	1960	The Slowest Gun in the West	Chicken Finsterwald	20
44	1960	Jack Benny Christmas Show	Jack Benny	0
45	1962	Gypsy	Jack Benny (uncredited)	64
46	1963	General Foods Opening Night		0
47	1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)	70
48	1965	The Jack Benny Hour	Jack Benny / Rosano	0
49	1965	Bob Hope Christmas Show	Self	0
50	1967	The Honey Pot	Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)	65
51	1967	A Guide for the Married Man	Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')	59
52	1968	Jack Benny's Bag	Self	0
53	1968	The Dean Martin Christmas Show	Self (uncredited)	76
54	1969	The Jack Benny Birthday Special	Self	0
55	1970	Swing Out, Sweet Land	Man Who Finds Silver Dollar	57
56	1970	The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians	Self (voice)	60
57	1970	Honor America Day	Self	0
58	1970	Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special	Self	0
59	1971	The Great Radio Comedians	Self	80
60	1972	The Man	Jack Benny	63
61	1974	The Perry Como Christmas Show	Santa Claus (uncredited)	60
62	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
63	1975	Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television	Self (archive footage)	0
64	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	69
65	1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!	Self (archive footage)	60
66	1982	Showbiz Goes to War	(archive footage)	100
67	1986	TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines	Self	0
68	1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self (archive footage)	60
69	1988	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)	60
70	1992	Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom	Himself	0
71	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70
72	1995	Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny	Self (Archived footage)	0
73	1998	The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self - Roastee (archive footage)	50
74	2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1	Self (archive footage)	0
75	2001	The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2	Self (archive footage)	0
76	2001	Beatles: Big Beat Box	Self (archive footage)	0
77	2002	Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	Self (archive footage)	20
78	2011	Beatles Stories	Self	76
79	2015	Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration	Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)	100
80	2016	The Last Laugh	Self	69
81	2018	Studio 54	Self (archive footage)	64
82	2019	Mike Wallace Is Here	(archive footage)	65

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self	68
3	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
4	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self - Cameo	70
5	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self - Guest hosts	70
6	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
7	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Jack Benny (uncredited)	68
8	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Jack Benny	77
9	1952	The Liberace Show		0
10	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	63
11	1952	Omnibus	Athanael	60
12	1953	General Electric Theater	Tom Jones	60
13	1953	General Electric Theater	Sheldon Weeks	60
14	1954	The George Gobel Show	Self	70
15	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Co-Host	46
16	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Host	46
17	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self	44
18	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self - Host	44
19	1958	The George Burns Show	Jack Benny	0
20	1959	Startime		60
21	1960	Checkmate	Jack Bowen	41
22	1961	The DuPont Show of the Week	Self	60
23	1962	The Lucy Show	Harry Tuttle	70
24	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	56
25	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
26	1962	The Lucy Show	Jack Benny	70
27	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
28	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		55
29	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Self	55
30	1966	Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show		0
31	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
32	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	66
33	1968	Here's Lucy	Jack Benny	67
34	1969	The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour	Self	58
35	1972	The Julie Andrews Hour	Self	60
36	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	54