Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Known For
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Stebbins
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Robert Benchley
I Married a Witch
(1942)
Dr. Dudley White
The Pixar Story
(2007)
Robert Benchley (archive footage)
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Martin Cortland
The Major and the Minor
(1942)
Albert Osborne
See Here, Private Hargrove
(1944)
Mr. Holliday
Road to Utopia
(1946)
Narrator
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Sex Life of the Polyp
(1928)
Lecturer
The Treasurer's Report
(1928)
Treasurer
The Spellbinder
(1928)
Robert Benchley
Furnace Trouble
(1929)
Robert Benchley
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
(1929)
Lecturer
Lesson No. 1
(1929)
Lecturer
The Sport Parade
(1932)
Radio Announcer
Dancing Lady
(1933)
Ward King
Your Technocracy and Mine
(1933)
Headline Shooter
(1933)
Radio Announcer
Rafter Romance
(1933)
Hubbell
Social Register
(1934)
Robert Benchley
China Seas
(1935)
Charlie McCaleb
How to Break 90 at Croquet
(1935)
Joe Doakes
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
(1935)
Master of Ceremonies
How to Sleep
(1935)
Host / Narrator
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
(1936)
How to Train a Dog
(1936)
Lecturer / Dog Owner
How to Behave
(1936)
Mr. Benchley
How to Be a Detective
(1936)
Mr. Benchley
How to Vote
(1936)
Mr. Robert Benchley
Piccadilly Jim
(1936)
Bill Macon
How to Start the Day
(1937)
Lecturer
Live, Love and Learn
(1937)
Oscar
The Romance of Digestion
(1937)
Joe Doakes
Broadway Melody of 1938
(1937)
Duffy
A Night at the Movies
(1937)
Husband
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
(1937)
Robert Benchley
How to Watch Football
(1938)
Football Fan
How to Figure Income Tax
(1938)
Joe Doakes
How to Read
(1938)
Lecturer
Opening Day
(1938)
City Treasurer Benchley
Music Made Simple
(1938)
Robert Benchley
An Evening Alone
(1938)
Joe Doakes
Mental Poise
(1938)
Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
The Courtship of the Newt
(1938)
Zoology Lecturer
How to Raise a Baby
(1938)
Lecturer Father
Dark Magic
(1939)
Joe Doakes
The Day of Rest
(1939)
Joe Doakes
How to Eat
(1939)
Lecturer / Joe Doakes
How to Sub-Let
(1939)
Joe Doakes
An Hour for Lunch
(1939)
Lecturer / Joe
Home Early
(1939)
Joe Doakes
See Your Doctor
(1939)
Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Stebbins
Hired Wife
(1940)
Roger Van Horn
That Inferior Feeling
(1940)
Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
The Trouble with Husbands
(1940)
Joe Doakes
Home Movies
(1940)
Joe Doakes
Crime Control
(1941)
Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
The Forgotten Man
(1941)
Joe Doakes / Father
Three Girls About Town
(1941)
Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
Bedtime Story
(1941)
Eddie Turner
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Martin Cortland
Nice Girl?
(1941)
Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Robert Benchley
Waiting for Baby
(1941)
Joe Doakes
How to Take a Vacation
(1941)
Husband
The Witness
(1942)
Joe Doakes
Take a Letter, Darling
(1942)
G.B. Atwater
Syncopation
(1942)
Doakes (scenes deleted)
I Married a Witch
(1942)
Dr. Dudley White
The Major and the Minor
(1942)
Albert Osborne
Nothing But Nerves
(1942)
Mr. Benchley
Keeping in Shape
(1942)
Joe Doakes
No News Is Good News
(1943)
Answer Man
Show-Business at War
(1943)
Self
Flesh and Fantasy
(1943)
Doakes
Young and Willing
(1943)
Arthur Kenny
The Sky's the Limit
(1943)
Philip 'Phil' Harriman
My Tomato
(1943)
Joseph A. Doakes
Song of Russia
(1944)
Hank Higgins
Practically Yours
(1944)
Judge Robert Simpson
The National Barn Dance
(1944)
J.B. Mitcham
Why Daddy?
(1944)
Joseph A. Doakes
Her Primitive Man
(1944)
Martin Osborne
Janie
(1944)
John Van Brunt
Important Business
(1944)
Joseph A. Doakes
See Here, Private Hargrove
(1944)
Mr. Holliday
Hollywood Victory Caravan
(1945)
Robert Benchley
Duffy's Tavern
(1945)
Robert Benchley
It's in the Bag!
(1945)
Parker
Pan-Americana
(1945)
Charlie Corker
Kiss and Tell
(1945)
George Archer
The Stork Club
(1945)
Tom P. Curtis
Week-End at the Waldorf
(1945)
Randy Morton
Snafu
(1945)
Ben Stevens
The Bride Wore Boots
(1946)
Uncle Todd Warren
Janie Gets Married
(1946)
John Van Brunt
Road to Utopia
(1946)
Narrator
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
(1961)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
(1964)
Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(1982)
(archive footage)
The Ten-Year Lunch
(1987)
Himself (archive footage)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
(2004)
Robert Benchley (archive sound)
The Pixar Story
(2007)
Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Crew
The American Venus
(1926)
Title Graphics
The Sport Parade
(1932)
Additional Dialogue
Blind Adventure
(1933)
Additional Dialogue
Writing
The Treasurer's Report
(1928)
Writer
The Spellbinder
(1928)
Writer
The Sex Life of the Polyp
(1928)
Writer
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
(1929)
Writer
Lesson No. 1
(1929)
Writer
Furnace Trouble
(1929)
Writer
Sky Devils
(1932)
Writer
Your Technocracy and Mine
(1933)
Writer
How to Break 90 at Croquet
(1935)
Writer
Murder on a Honeymoon
(1935)
Screenplay
How to Vote
(1936)
Writer
How to Be a Detective
(1936)
Writer
How to Behave
(1936)
Writer
A Night at the Movies
(1937)
Writer
The Romance of Digestion
(1937)
Writer
How to Watch Football
(1938)
Writer
The Courtship of the Newt
(1938)
Writer
How to Raise a Baby
(1938)
Writer
Mental Poise
(1938)
Writer
An Evening Alone
(1938)
Writer
Music Made Simple
(1938)
Writer
How to Read
(1938)
Writer
How to Figure Income Tax
(1938)
Writer
Home Early
(1939)
Screenplay
How to Sub-Let
(1939)
Writer
See Your Doctor
(1939)
Screenplay
Dark Magic
(1939)
Writer
That Inferior Feeling
(1940)
Writer
Home Movies
(1940)
Writer
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
Dialogue
The Trouble with Husbands
(1940)
Writer
Waiting for Baby
(1941)
Writer
Crime Control
(1941)
Writer
The Witness
(1942)
Writer
No News Is Good News
(1943)
Writer
Why Daddy?
(1944)
Story and Writer
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
(2004)
Writer
Production