Actor

Robert Benchley

Birthday: September 14, 1889

Born in: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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

Movie Credits

The Pixar Story (2007) as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Age: 117
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004) as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Age: 114
The Ten-Year Lunch (1987) as Himself (archive footage)
Age: 98
Showbiz Goes to War (1982) as (archive footage)
Age: 93
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
Age: 86
The Causes Of The Depression (Unknown) as Mr. Benchley
Age: Unknown
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
Age: 74
Janie Gets Married (1946) as John Van Brunt
Age: 56
The Bride Wore Boots (1946) as Uncle Todd Warren
Age: 56
Road to Utopia (1946) as Narrator
Age: 56
The Stork Club (1945) as Tom P. Curtis
Age: 56
Snafu (1945) as Ben Stevens
Age: 56
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) as Randy Morton
Age: 56
Kiss and Tell (1945) as George Archer
Age: 56
Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945) as Robert Benchley
Age: 56
Duffy's Tavern (1945) as Robert Benchley
Age: 56
Boogie Woogie (1945) as Frederick Stumplefinger
Age: 55
It's in the Bag! (1945) as Parker
Age: 55
Pan-Americana (1945) as Charlie Corker
Age: 55
I'm a Civilian Here Myself (1945) as Joe Doakes
Age: 55
Practically Yours (1944) as Judge Robert Simpson
Age: 55
The National Barn Dance (1944) as J.B. Mitcham
Age: 55
Janie (1944) as John Van Brunt
Age: 54
Her Primitive Man (1944) as Martin Osborne
Age: 54
Why Daddy? (1944) as Joseph A. Doakes
Age: 54
Important Business (1944) as Joseph A. Doakes
Age: 54
See Here, Private Hargrove (1944) as Mr. Holliday
Age: 54
Song of Russia (1944) as Hank Higgins
Age: 54
No News Is Good News (1943) as Answer Man
Age: 54
My Tomato (1943) as Joseph A. Doakes
Age: 54
Flesh and Fantasy (1943) as Doakes
Age: 54
The Sky's the Limit (1943) as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Age: 53
Show-Business at War (1943) as Self
Age: 53
Young and Willing (1943) as Arthur Kenny
Age: 53
I Married a Witch (1942) as Dr. Dudley White
Age: 53
The Major and the Minor (1942) as Mr. Osborne
Age: 53
Keeping in Shape (1942) as Joe Doakes
Age: 52
Syncopation (1942) as Doakes (scenes deleted)
Age: 52
Take a Letter, Darling (1942) as G.B. Atwater
Age: 52
Nothing But Nerves (1942) as Mr. Benchley
Age: 52
The Witness (1942) as Joe Doakes
Age: 52
Bedtime Story (1941) as Eddie Turner
Age: 52
Three Girls About Town (1941) as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
Age: 52
How to Take a Vacation (1941) as Husband
Age: 52
You'll Never Get Rich (1941) as Martin Cortland
Age: 52
The Reluctant Dragon (1941) as Robert Benchley
Age: 51
The Forgotten Man (1941) as Joe Doakes / Father
Age: 51
Crime Control (1941) as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
Age: 51
Nice Girl? (1941) as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
Age: 51
Waiting for Baby (1941) as Joe Doakes
Age: 51
The Trouble with Husbands (1940) as Joe Doakes
Age: 51
Hired Wife (1940) as Roger Van Horn
Age: 50
Foreign Correspondent (1940) as Stebbins
Age: 50
Home Movies (1940) as Joe Doakes
Age: 50
That Inferior Feeling (1940) as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
Age: 50
See Your Doctor (1939) as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
Age: 50
The Day of Rest (1939) as Joe Doakes
Age: 49
How to Eat (1939) as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
Age: 49
Home Early (1939) as Joe Doakes
Age: 49
Dark Magic (1939) as Joe Doakes
Age: 49
An Hour for Lunch (1939) as Lecturer / Joe
Age: 49
How to Sub-Let (1939) as Joe Doakes
Age: 49
Mental Poise (1938) as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
Age: 49
Opening Day (1938) as City Treasurer Benchley
Age: 49
How to Watch Football (1938) as Football Fan
Age: 49
How to Read (1938) as Lecturer
Age: 48
The Courtship of the Newt (1938) as Zoology Lecturer
Age: 48
How to Raise a Baby (1938) as Lecturer Father
Age: 48
An Evening Alone (1938) as Joe Doakes
Age: 48
Music Made Simple (1938) as Robert Benchley
Age: 48
How to Figure Income Tax (1938) as Joe Doakes
Age: 48
How to Start the Day (1937) as Lecturer
Age: 48
A Night at the Movies (1937) as Husband
Age: 48
Live, Love and Learn (1937) as Oscar
Age: 48
Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937) as Robert Benchley
Age: 48
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) as Duffy
Age: 47
The Romance of Digestion (1937) as Joe Doakes
Age: 47
How to Be a Detective (1936) as Mr. Benchley
Age: 47
How to Vote (1936) as Mr. Robert Benchley
Age: 46
Piccadilly Jim (1936) as Bill Macon
Age: 46
How to Train a Dog (1936) as Lecturer / Dog Owner
Age: 46
How to Behave (1936) as Mr. Benchley
Age: 46
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Age: 46
How to Sleep (1935) as Host / Narrator
Age: 46
China Seas (1935) as Charlie McCaleb
Age: 45
How to Break 90 at Croquet (1935) as Joe Doakes
Age: 45
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer (1935) as Master of Ceremonies
Age: 45
Social Register (1934) as Robert Benchley
Age: 44
Dancing Lady (1933) as Ward King
Age: 44
Rafter Romance (1933) as Hubbell
Age: 43
Headline Shooter (1933) as Radio Announcer
Age: 43
Your Technocracy and Mine (1933)
Age: 43
The Sport Parade (1932) as Radio Announcer
Age: 43
Stewed, Fried and Boiled (1929) as Lecturer
Age: 39
Lesson No. 1 (1929) as Lecturer
Age: 39
Furnace Trouble (1929) as Robert Benchley
Age: 39
The Spellbinder (1928) as Robert Benchley
Age: 39
The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928) as Lecturer
Age: 38
The Treasurer's Report (1928) as Treasurer
Age: 38