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