Robert Benchley

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

Known For: Acting

Born: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, 1889-09-14

Died: 1945-11-21

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1928	The Treasurer's Report	Treasurer	30
2	1928	The Sex Life of the Polyp	Lecturer	46
3	1928	The Spellbinder	Robert Benchley	0
4	1929	Furnace Trouble	Robert Benchley	0
5	1929	Lesson No. 1	Lecturer	0
6	1929	Stewed, Fried and Boiled	Lecturer	0
7	1932	The Sport Parade	Radio Announcer	53
8	1933	Your Technocracy and Mine		0
9	1933	Headline Shooter	Radio Announcer	58
10	1933	Rafter Romance	Hubbell	65
11	1933	Dancing Lady	Ward King	70
12	1934	Social Register	Robert Benchley	45
13	1935	David O. Selznick: Your New Producer	Master of Ceremonies	0
14	1935	How to Break 90 at Croquet	Joe Doakes	0
15	1935	China Seas	Charlie McCaleb	63
16	1935	How to Sleep	Host / Narrator	64
17	1936	How to Behave	Mr. Benchley	75
18	1936	How to Train a Dog	Lecturer / Dog Owner	70
19	1936	Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs		10
20	1936	Piccadilly Jim	Bill Macon	65
21	1936	How to Vote	Mr. Robert Benchley	70
22	1936	How to Be a Detective	Mr. Benchley	66
23	1937	The Romance of Digestion	Joe Doakes	80
24	1937	Broadway Melody of 1938	Duffy	62
25	1937	Sunday Night at the Trocadero	Robert Benchley	42
26	1937	Live, Love and Learn	Oscar	58
27	1937	A Night at the Movies	Husband	53
28	1937	How to Start the Day	Lecturer	60
29	1938	How to Figure Income Tax	Joe Doakes	60
30	1938	Music Made Simple	Robert Benchley	0
31	1938	An Evening Alone	Joe Doakes	65
32	1938	How to Raise a Baby	Lecturer Father	50
33	1938	The Courtship of the Newt	Zoology Lecturer	0
34	1938	How to Read	Lecturer	52
35	1938	How to Watch Football	Football Fan	48
36	1938	Opening Day	City Treasurer Benchley	60
37	1938	Mental Poise	Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf	55
38	1939	How to Sub-Let	Joe Doakes	35
39	1939	An Hour for Lunch	Lecturer / Joe	45
40	1939	Dark Magic	Joe Doakes	60
41	1939	Home Early	Joe Doakes	0
42	1939	How to Eat	Lecturer / Joe Doakes	50
43	1939	The Day of Rest	Joe Doakes	45
44	1939	See Your Doctor	Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes	58
45	1940	That Inferior Feeling	Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes	54
46	1940	Home Movies	Joe Doakes	60
47	1940	Foreign Correspondent	Stebbins	70
48	1940	Hired Wife	Roger Van Horn	68
49	1940	The Trouble with Husbands	Joe Doakes	62
50	1941	Waiting for Baby	Joe Doakes	0
51	1941	Nice Girl?	Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana	53
52	1941	Crime Control	Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes	48
53	1941	The Forgotten Man	Joe Doakes / Father	90
54	1941	The Reluctant Dragon	Robert Benchley	66
55	1941	You'll Never Get Rich	Martin Cortland	66
56	1941	How to Take a Vacation	Husband	75
57	1941	Three Girls About Town	Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager	53
58	1941	Bedtime Story	Eddie Turner	59
59	1942	The Witness	Joe Doakes	65
60	1942	Nothing But Nerves	Mr. Benchley	10
61	1942	Take a Letter, Darling	G.B. Atwater	65
62	1942	Syncopation	Doakes (scenes deleted)	68
63	1942	Keeping in Shape	Joe Doakes	20
64	1942	The Major and the Minor	Albert Osborne	70
65	1942	I Married a Witch	Dr. Dudley White	68
66	1943	Young and Willing	Arthur Kenny	0
67	1943	Show-Business at War	Self	70
68	1943	The Sky's the Limit	Philip 'Phil' Harriman	62
69	1943	Flesh and Fantasy	Doakes	67
70	1943	My Tomato	Joseph A. Doakes	70
71	1943	No News Is Good News	Answer Man	40
72	1944	Song of Russia	Hank Higgins	80
73	1944	See Here, Private Hargrove	Mr. Holliday	60
74	1944	Important Business	Joseph A. Doakes	0
75	1944	Why Daddy?	Joseph A. Doakes	52
76	1944	Her Primitive Man	Martin Osborne	60
77	1944	Janie	John Van Brunt	55
78	1944	The National Barn Dance	J.B. Mitcham	0
79	1944	Practically Yours	Judge Robert Simpson	0
80	1945	Pan-Americana	Charlie Corker	36
81	1945	It's in the Bag!	Parker	50
82	1945	Boogie Woogie	Frederick Stumplefinger	0
83	1945	Duffy's Tavern	Robert Benchley	61
84	1945	Hollywood Victory Caravan	Robert Benchley	52
85	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Randy Morton	60
86	1945	Kiss and Tell	George Archer	56
87	1945	Snafu	Ben Stevens	60
88	1945	The Stork Club	Tom P. Curtis	55
89	1946	Road to Utopia	Narrator	66
90	1946	The Bride Wore Boots	Uncle Todd Warren	59
91	1946	Janie Gets Married	John Van Brunt	60
92	1961	Hollywood: The Selznick Years	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	33
93	1964	The Big Parade of Comedy	Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)	63
94	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	68
95	1982	Showbiz Goes to War	(archive footage)	100
96	1987	The Ten-Year Lunch	Himself (archive footage)	64
97	2004	Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6	Robert Benchley (archive sound)	88
98	2007	The Pixar Story	Robert Benchley (archive footage)	75

Television

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