Robert Benchley
Biography
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
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Acting History
2007
The Pixar Story as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1987The Ten-Year Lunch as Himself (archive footage)
1982Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
1946Janie Gets Married as John Van Brunt
1946The Bride Wore Boots as Uncle Todd Warren
1946Road to Utopia as Narrator
1945The Stork Club as Tom P. Curtis
1945Snafu as Ben Stevens
1945Kiss and Tell as George Archer
1945Week-End at the Waldorf as Randy Morton
1945Hollywood Victory Caravan as Robert Benchley
1945Duffy's Tavern as Robert Benchley
1945Boogie Woogie as Frederick Stumplefinger
1945It's in the Bag! as Parker
1945Pan-Americana as Charlie Corker
1944Practically Yours as Judge Robert Simpson
1944The National Barn Dance as J.B. Mitcham
1944Janie as John Van Brunt
1944Her Primitive Man as Martin Osborne
1944Why Daddy? as Joseph A. Doakes
1944Important Business as Joseph A. Doakes
1944See Here, Private Hargrove as Mr. Holliday
1944Song of Russia as Hank Higgins
1943No News Is Good News as Answer Man
1943My Tomato as Joseph A. Doakes
1943Flesh and Fantasy as Doakes
1943The Sky's the Limit as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
1943Show-Business at War as Self
1943Young and Willing as Arthur Kenny
1942I Married a Witch as Dr. Dudley White
1942The Major and the Minor as Mr. Osborne
1942Keeping in Shape as Joe Doakes
1942Syncopation as Doakes (scenes deleted)
1942Take a Letter, Darling as G.B. Atwater
1942Nothing But Nerves as Mr. Benchley
1942The Witness as Joe Doakes
1941Bedtime Story as Eddie Turner
1941Three Girls About Town as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
1941How to Take a Vacation as Husband
1941You'll Never Get Rich as Martin Cortland
1941The Reluctant Dragon as Robert Benchley
1941The Forgotten Man as Joe Doakes / Father
1941Crime Control as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
1941Nice Girl? as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
1941Waiting for Baby as Joe Doakes
1940The Trouble with Husbands as Joe Doakes
1940Hired Wife as Roger Van Horn
1940Foreign Correspondent as Stebbins
1940Home Movies as Joe Doakes
1940That Inferior Feeling as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
1939See Your Doctor as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
1939The Day of Rest as Joe Doakes
1939How to Eat as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
1939Home Early as Joe Doakes
1939Dark Magic as Joe Doakes
1939An Hour for Lunch as Lecturer / Joe
1939How to Sub-Let as Joe Doakes
1938Mental Poise as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
1938Opening Day as City Treasurer Benchley
1938How to Watch Football as Football Fan
1938How to Read as Lecturer
1938The Courtship of the Newt as Zoology Lecturer
1938How to Raise a Baby as Lecturer Father
1938An Evening Alone as Joe Doakes
1938Music Made Simple as Robert Benchley
1938How to Figure Income Tax as Joe Doakes
1937How to Start the Day as Lecturer
1937A Night at the Movies as Husband
1937Live, Love and Learn as Oscar
1937Sunday Night at the Trocadero as Robert Benchley
1937Broadway Melody of 1938 as Duffy
1937The Romance of Digestion as Joe Doakes
1936How to Be a Detective as Mr. Benchley
1936How to Vote as Mr. Robert Benchley
1936Piccadilly Jim as Bill Macon
1936Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936How to Train a Dog as Lecturer / Dog Owner
1936How to Behave as Mr. Benchley
1935How to Sleep as Host / Narrator
1935China Seas as Charlie McCaleb
1935How to Break 90 at Croquet as Joe Doakes
1935David O. Selznick: Your New Producer as Master of Ceremonies
1934Social Register as Robert Benchley
1933Dancing Lady as Ward King
1933Rafter Romance as Hubbell
1933Headline Shooter as Radio Announcer
1933Your Technocracy and Mine
1932The Sport Parade as Radio Announcer
1929Stewed, Fried and Boiled as Lecturer
1929Lesson No. 1 as Lecturer
1929Furnace Trouble as Robert Benchley
1928The Spellbinder as Robert Benchley
1928The Sex Life of the Polyp as Lecturer
1928The Treasurer's Report as Treasurer
—The Causes Of The Depression as Mr. Benchley