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Robert Benchley — Actor | Film Palace

Robert Benchley

Actor

Robert Benchley

1928–present1889–1945ComedyRomanceMusicDrama

Comic Visionary

Also wrote 40 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2007The Pixar StoryRobert Benchley (archive footage)7.6 2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)8.8 1987The Ten-Year LunchHimself (archive footage)6.5 1982Showbiz Goes to War(archive footage)10.0 1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)7.0 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy

About

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

As Screenwriter

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1942The Witness 1936How to Behave 1936How to Vote 1929Furnace Trouble 1929Stewed, Fried and Boiled 1935How to Break 90 at Croquet

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Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

1964The Big Parade of ComedyJoseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)7.2

1946Road to UtopiaNarrator6.7

1946The Bride Wore BootsUncle Todd Warren6.1

1946Janie Gets MarriedJohn Van Brunt7.3

1945Week-End at the WaldorfRandy Morton6.4

1945The Stork ClubTom P. Curtis5.2

1945Kiss and TellGeorge Archer6.3

1945Pan-AmericanaCharlie Corker4.1

1945SnafuBen Stevens7.0

1945It's in the Bag!Parker6.3

1945Boogie WoogieFrederick Stumplefinger10.0

1945Hollywood Victory CaravanRobert Benchley5.6

1945Duffy's TavernRobert Benchley6.4

1945I'm a Civilian Here MyselfJoe Doakes10.0

1944See Here, Private HargroveMr. Holliday6.5

1944Practically YoursJudge Robert Simpson7.0

1944JanieJohn Van Brunt6.0

1944Important BusinessJoseph A. Doakes

1944Why Daddy?Joseph A. Doakes5.4

1944Her Primitive ManMartin Osborne7.5

1944The National Barn DanceJ.B. Mitcham7.0

1944Song of RussiaHank Higgins8.5

1943The Sky's the LimitPhilip 'Phil' Harriman6.4

1943Young and WillingArthur Kenny5.8

1943Flesh and FantasyDoakes7.1

1943My TomatoJoseph A. Doakes8.0

1943No News Is Good NewsAnswer Man7.0

1943Show-Business at WarSelf7.0

1942I Married a WitchDr. Dudley White6.9

1942The Major and the MinorMr. Osborne7.1

1942SyncopationDoakes (scenes deleted)6.8

1942Take a Letter, DarlingG.B. Atwater6.6

1942Nothing But NervesMr. Benchley4.5

1942Keeping in ShapeJoe Doakes4.5

1942The WitnessJoe Doakes6.6

1941The Reluctant DragonRobert Benchley6.6

1941Nice Girl?Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana6.3

1941You'll Never Get RichMartin Cortland6.5

1941Bedtime StoryEddie Turner5.8

1941Three Girls About TownWilburforce Puddle, hotel manager6.5

1941The Forgotten ManJoe Doakes / Father9.0

1941How to Take a VacationHusband8.3

1941Waiting for BabyJoe Doakes

1941Crime ControlSgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes5.5

1940Hired WifeRoger Van Horn6.8

1940Foreign CorrespondentStebbins7.0

1940Home MoviesJoe Doakes7.0

1940That Inferior FeelingJoseph H. 'Joe' Doakes6.0

1940The Trouble with HusbandsJoe Doakes6.3

1939How to EatLecturer / Joe Doakes6.3

1939An Hour for LunchLecturer / Joe6.0

1939See Your DoctorLecturer / Joseph H. Doakes6.6

1939Home EarlyJoe Doakes10.0

1939The Day of RestJoe Doakes5.3

1939How to Sub-LetJoe Doakes5.7

1939Dark MagicJoe Doakes7.0

1938Mental PoisePsychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf7.0

1938How to Figure Income TaxJoe Doakes7.0

1938How to ReadLecturer5.3

1938How to Watch FootballFootball Fan5.4

1938How to Raise a BabyLecturer Father7.5

1938The Courtship of the NewtZoology Lecturer7.0

1938An Evening AloneJoe Doakes7.3

1938Opening DayCity Treasurer Benchley6.7

1938Music Made SimpleRobert Benchley7.0

1937Broadway Melody of 1938Duffy6.6

1937Sunday Night at the TrocaderoRobert Benchley4.4

1937Live, Love and LearnOscar5.6

1937A Night at the MoviesHusband5.9

1937How to Start the DayLecturer6.5

1937The Romance of DigestionJoe Doakes7.5

1936Piccadilly JimBill Macon6.8

1936How to Be a DetectiveMr. Benchley7.0

1936How to BehaveMr. Benchley8.3

1936How to Train a DogLecturer / Dog Owner7.7

1936How to VoteMr. Robert Benchley7.0

1936Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs4.5

1935China SeasCharlie McCaleb6.2

1935How to Break 90 at CroquetJoe Doakes10.0

1935How to SleepHost / Narrator6.7

1935David O. Selznick: Your New ProducerMaster of Ceremonies10.0

1934Social RegisterRobert Benchley5.0

1933Dancing LadyWard King6.9

1933Rafter RomanceHubbell6.8

1933Headline ShooterRadio Announcer6.3

1933Your Technocracy and Mine10.0

1932The Sport ParadeRadio Announcer5.3

1929Lesson No. 1Lecturer9.0

1929Furnace TroubleRobert Benchley10.0

1929Stewed, Fried and BoiledLecturer7.0

1928The SpellbinderRobert Benchley10.0

1928The Sex Life of the PolypLecturer5.1

1928The Treasurer's ReportTreasurer5.5

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