Robert Benchley
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA — Sep 14 1889• Died Nov 21 1945
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Biography
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
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MGM Parade
Self
The Pixar Story
Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Foreign Correspondent
Stebbins
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
China Seas
Charlie McCaleb
Road to Utopia
Narrator
I Married a Witch
Dr. Dudley White
Hired Wife
Roger Van Horn
Week-End at the Waldorf
Randy Morton
The Major and the Minor
Mr. Osborne
Live, Love and Learn
Oscar
Flesh and Fantasy
Doakes
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Robert Benchley
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Dancing Lady
Ward King
Nice Girl?
Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
The Reluctant Dragon
Robert Benchley
The Sky's the Limit
Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Blind Adventure
Crew
Kiss and Tell
George Archer
Take a Letter, Darling
G.B. Atwater
Broadway Melody of 1938
Duffy
See Here, Private Hargrove
Mr. Holliday
Duffy's Tavern
Robert Benchley
Sky Devils
Writing
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Stork Club
Tom P. Curtis
Practically Yours
Judge Robert Simpson
Show-Business at War
Self
Song of Russia
Hank Higgins
A Night at the Movies
Husband
It's in the Bag!
Parker
Syncopation
Doakes (scenes deleted)
Rafter Romance
Hubbell
Murder on a Honeymoon
Writing
Snafu
Ben Stevens
Pan-Americana
Charlie Corker
The Bride Wore Boots
Uncle Todd Warren
Social Register
Robert Benchley
Second Youth
Art
Three Girls About Town
Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
Piccadilly Jim
Bill Macon
Young and Willing
Arthur Kenny
You'd Be Surprised
Writing
You'll Never Get Rich
Martin Cortland
Her Primitive Man
Martin Osborne
Bedtime Story
Eddie Turner
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Robert Benchley
The Ten-Year Lunch
Himself (archive footage)
Dark Magic
Joe Doakes
Janie
John Van Brunt
How to Be a Detective
Mr. Benchley
Janie Gets Married
John Van Brunt
The American Venus
Crew
Headline Shooter
Radio Announcer
How to Read
Lecturer
How to Sleep
Host / Narrator
How to Vote
Mr. Robert Benchley
Why Daddy?
Joseph A. Doakes
The National Barn Dance
J.B. Mitcham
Home Movies
Joe Doakes
Home Early
Joe Doakes
The Sport Parade
Radio Announcer
The Forgotten Man
Joe Doakes / Father
Opening Day
City Treasurer Benchley
How to Sub-Let
Joe Doakes
How to Behave
Mr. Benchley
An Hour for Lunch
Lecturer / Joe
Lesson No. 1
Lecturer
Nothing But Nerves
Mr. Benchley
How to Eat
Lecturer / Joe Doakes
Furnace Trouble
Robert Benchley
Mental Poise
Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
See Your Doctor
Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
How to Watch Football
Football Fan
That Inferior Feeling
Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
Music Made Simple
Robert Benchley
Boogie Woogie
Frederick Stumplefinger
The Sex Life of the Polyp
Lecturer
An Evening Alone
Joe Doakes
My Tomato
Joseph A. Doakes
No News Is Good News
Answer Man
How to Start the Day
Lecturer
The Courtship of the Newt
Zoology Lecturer
How to Raise a Baby
Lecturer Father
The Day of Rest
Joe Doakes
How to Figure Income Tax
Joe Doakes
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
Lecturer
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
Joe Doakes
The Trouble with Husbands
Joe Doakes
The Causes Of The Depression
Mr. Benchley
Important Business
Joseph A. Doakes
The Spellbinder
Robert Benchley
How to Train a Dog
Lecturer / Dog Owner
Crime Control
Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
Waiting for Baby
Joe Doakes
How to Take a Vacation
Husband
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
Master of Ceremonies
The Romance of Digestion
Joe Doakes
Keeping in Shape
Joe Doakes
The Witness
Joe Doakes
How to Break 90 at Croquet
Joe Doakes
The Treasurer's Report
Treasurer
Your Technocracy and Mine