BeamFlip Logo
User
Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

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

Born

Sep 14, 1889

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died

Nov 21, 1945

Known For

Acting

Movies

100 acting

48 crew

Popularity

0.3

movie

Known For

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942

as Dr. Dudley White
Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940

as Stebbins
The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

2007

as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

as Robert Benchley
The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

1942

as Mr. Osborne
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch
1942 • as Dr. Dudley White
★ 6.8
Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent
1940 • as Stebbins
★ 7.0
The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story
2007 • as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
★ 7.6
The Reluctant Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 • as Robert Benchley
★ 6.6
You'll Never Get Rich
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 • as Martin Cortland
★ 6.4
Road to Utopia
Road to Utopia
1946 • as Narrator
★ 6.7
The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor
1942 • as Mr. Osborne
★ 7.1
Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady
1933 • as Ward King
★ 6.8
Syncopation
Syncopation
1942 • as Doakes (scenes deleted)
★ 6.2
China Seas
China Seas
1935 • as Charlie McCaleb
★ 6.2
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.9
Broadway Melody of 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 • as Duffy
★ 6.4
Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 • as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
★ 6.6
Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim
1936 • as Bill Macon
★ 6.5
The Sky's the Limit
The Sky's the Limit
1943 • as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
★ 6.2
Three Girls About Town
Three Girls About Town
1941 • as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
★ 5.3
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004 • as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
★ 8.8
Week-End at the Waldorf
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 • as Randy Morton
★ 6.2
Nice Girl?
Nice Girl?
1941 • as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
★ 5.3
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 • as Doakes
★ 7.0
See Here, Private Hargrove
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944 • as Mr. Holliday
★ 6.0
Kiss and Tell
Kiss and Tell
1945 • as George Archer
★ 5.6
It's in the Bag!
It's in the Bag!
1945 • as Parker
★ 5.7
movie
The National Barn Dance
1944 • as J.B. Mitcham
Practically Yours
Practically Yours
1944 • as Judge Robert Simpson
Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War
1943 • as Self
★ 7.0
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 • as Robert Benchley
★ 3.8
Bedtime Story
Bedtime Story
1941 • as Eddie Turner
★ 5.5
The Ten-Year Lunch
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987 • as Himself (archive footage)
★ 6.5
Janie
Janie
1944 • as John Van Brunt
★ 5.6
The Sport Parade
The Sport Parade
1932 • as Radio Announcer
★ 4.8
Song of Russia
Song of Russia
1944 • as Hank Higgins
★ 8.0
The Stork Club
The Stork Club
1945 • as Tom P. Curtis
★ 4.7
Take a Letter, Darling
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 • as G.B. Atwater
★ 6.5
Live, Love and Learn
Live, Love and Learn
1937 • as Oscar
★ 5.1
The Bride Wore Boots
The Bride Wore Boots
1946 • as Uncle Todd Warren
★ 5.9
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
★ 1.0
How to Read
How to Read
1938 • as Lecturer
★ 5.2
Hired Wife
Hired Wife
1940 • as Roger Van Horn
★ 6.8
Home Early
Home Early
1939 • as Joe Doakes
Snafu
Snafu
1945 • as Ben Stevens
★ 6.0
Headline Shooter
Headline Shooter
1933 • as Radio Announcer
★ 6.2
Duffy's Tavern
Duffy's Tavern
1945 • as Robert Benchley
★ 6.1
How to Be a Detective
How to Be a Detective
1936 • as Mr. Benchley
★ 6.5
Young and Willing
Young and Willing
1943 • as Arthur Kenny
★ 4.8
Rafter Romance
Rafter Romance
1933 • as Hubbell
★ 6.5
A Night at the Movies
A Night at the Movies
1937 • as Husband
★ 5.7
Social Register
Social Register
1934 • as Robert Benchley
★ 4.0
Her Primitive Man
Her Primitive Man
1944 • as Martin Osborne
★ 6.0
How to Behave
How to Behave
1936 • as Mr. Benchley
★ 7.5
Pan-Americana
Pan-Americana
1945 • as Charlie Corker
★ 3.2
An Hour for Lunch
An Hour for Lunch
1939 • as Lecturer / Joe
★ 4.5
How to Start the Day
How to Start the Day
1937 • as Lecturer
★ 6.0
movie
Lesson No. 1
1929 • as Lecturer
movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 • as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Mental Poise
Mental Poise
1938 • as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
★ 5.5
Janie Gets Married
Janie Gets Married
1946 • as John Van Brunt
★ 6.0
movie
Furnace Trouble
1929 • as Robert Benchley
How to Watch Football
How to Watch Football
1938 • as Football Fan
★ 4.8
The Day of Rest
The Day of Rest
1939 • as Joe Doakes
★ 4.5
Music Made Simple
Music Made Simple
1938 • as Robert Benchley
How to Vote
How to Vote
1936 • as Mr. Robert Benchley
★ 7.0
How to Eat
How to Eat
1939 • as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
★ 6.0
That Inferior Feeling
That Inferior Feeling
1940 • as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
★ 5.5
An Evening Alone
An Evening Alone
1938 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.5
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 • as Robert Benchley
★ 5.2
See Your Doctor
See Your Doctor
1939 • as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
★ 5.8
Home Movies
Home Movies
1940 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.0
Dark Magic
Dark Magic
1939 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.0
movie
Why Daddy?
1944 • as Joseph A. Doakes
★ 5.2
Opening Day
Opening Day
1938 • as City Treasurer Benchley
★ 6.0
How to Sub-Let
How to Sub-Let
1939 • as Joe Doakes
★ 3.5
My Tomato
My Tomato
1943 • as Joseph A. Doakes
★ 7.0
How to Figure Income Tax
How to Figure Income Tax
1938 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.0
The Forgotten Man
The Forgotten Man
1941 • as Joe Doakes / Father
★ 9.0
The Romance of Digestion
The Romance of Digestion
1937 • as Joe Doakes
★ 8.0
The Courtship of the Newt
The Courtship of the Newt
1938 • as Zoology Lecturer
How to Sleep
How to Sleep
1935 • as Host / Narrator
★ 6.5
Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie
1945 • as Frederick Stumplefinger
movie
The Treasurer's Report
1928 • as Treasurer
★ 3.0
movie
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929 • as Lecturer
How to Raise a Baby
How to Raise a Baby
1938 • as Lecturer Father
★ 5.0
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945 • as Joe Doakes
movie
How to Break 90 at Croquet
1935 • as Joe Doakes
Waiting for Baby
Waiting for Baby
1941 • as Joe Doakes
movie
No News Is Good News
1943 • as Answer Man
★ 4.0
movie
The Causes Of The Depression
• as Mr. Benchley
How to Train a Dog
How to Train a Dog
1936 • as Lecturer / Dog Owner
★ 7.0
Crime Control
Crime Control
1941 • as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
★ 4.8
movie
Your Technocracy and Mine
1933
The Trouble with Husbands
The Trouble with Husbands
1940 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.2
The Witness
The Witness
1942 • as Joe Doakes
★ 6.5
The Sex Life of the Polyp
The Sex Life of the Polyp
1928 • as Lecturer
★ 4.9
movie
How to Take a Vacation
1941 • as Husband
★ 7.5
Nothing But Nerves
Nothing But Nerves
1942 • as Mr. Benchley
★ 1.0
movie
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
1935 • as Master of Ceremonies
movie
Keeping in Shape
1942 • as Joe Doakes
★ 2.0
movie
The Spellbinder
1928 • as Robert Benchley
Important Business
Important Business
1944 • as Joseph A. Doakes