Robert Benchley

Biography

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

Career Overview

Robert Benchley has 144 screen credits in a career dating back to 1924. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently That's Entertainment Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include The Reluctant Dragon, Boogie Woogie, I Married a Witch. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 144
Birth Date: 1889-09-14 00:00:00
Birth Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

That's Entertainment Collection (1 titles)
Road to... (1 titles)
March Forward Film Series (1 titles)
Road to... Collection (1 titles)
Private Hargrove (1 titles)
The Broadway Melody Collection (1 titles)
Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Florence Gill (2 collaborations)
Frances Gifford (1 collaborations)
Buddy Pepper (1 collaborations)
Nana Bryant (1 collaborations)
Claud Allister (1 collaborations)
Barnett Parker (1 collaborations)
Billy Lee (1 collaborations)
Clarence Nash (1 collaborations)
Norman Ferguson (1 collaborations)
Ward Kimball (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (99 credits)
- The Causes Of The Depression
  Mr. Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- The Pixar Story
  Robert Benchley (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
  Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The Ten-Year Lunch
  Himself (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Showbiz Goes to War
  (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy
  Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- That's Entertainment, Part II
  (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- The Big Parade of Comedy
  Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1964
- Janie Gets Married
  John Van Brunt
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
- The Bride Wore Boots
  Uncle Todd Warren
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
- Road to Utopia
  Narrator (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
- The Stork Club
  Tom P. Curtis
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Snafu
  Ben Stevens
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Week-End at the Waldorf
  Randy Morton
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Kiss and Tell
  George Archer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Hollywood Victory Caravan
  Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Duffy's Tavern
  Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Boogie Woogie
  Frederick Stumplefinger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- It's in the Bag!
  Parker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Pan-Americana
  Charlie Corker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- I'm a Civilian Here Myself
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1945
- Practically Yours
  Judge Robert Simpson
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- The National Barn Dance
  J.B. Mitcham
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- Janie
  John Van Brunt
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- Her Primitive Man
  Martin Osborne
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- Why Daddy?
  Joseph A. Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- Important Business
  Joseph A. Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- See Here, Private Hargrove
  Mr. Holliday
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- Song of Russia
  Hank Higgins
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
- No News Is Good News
  Answer Man
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- My Tomato
  Joseph A. Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Flesh and Fantasy
  Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- The Sky's the Limit
  Philip 'Phil' Harriman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Show-Business at War
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- Young and Willing
  Arthur Kenny
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1943
- I Married a Witch
  Dr. Dudley White
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- The Major and the Minor
  Mr. Osborne
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Keeping in Shape
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Syncopation
  Doakes (scenes deleted)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Take a Letter, Darling
  G.B. Atwater
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Nothing But Nerves
  Mr. Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- The Witness
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1942
- Bedtime Story
  Eddie Turner
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Three Girls About Town
  Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- How to Take a Vacation
  Husband
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- You'll Never Get Rich
  Martin Cortland
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- The Reluctant Dragon
  Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- The Forgotten Man
  Joe Doakes / Father
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Crime Control
  Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Nice Girl?
  Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- Waiting for Baby
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1941
- The Trouble with Husbands
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Hired Wife
  Roger Van Horn
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Foreign Correspondent
  Stebbins
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- Home Movies
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- That Inferior Feeling
  Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1940
- See Your Doctor
  Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- The Day of Rest
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Home Early
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Dark Magic
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- An Hour for Lunch
  Lecturer / Joe
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- How to Sub-Let
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1939
- Mental Poise
  Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Opening Day
  City Treasurer Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- How to Watch Football
  Football Fan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- How to Read
  Lecturer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- The Courtship of the Newt
  Zoology Lecturer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- How to Raise a Baby
  Lecturer Father
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- An Evening Alone
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- Music Made Simple
  Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- How to Figure Income Tax
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1938
- How to Start the Day
  Lecturer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- A Night at the Movies
  Husband
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Live, Love and Learn
  Oscar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Sunday Night at the Trocadero
  Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- Broadway Melody of 1938
  Duffy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- The Romance of Digestion
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1937
- How to Be a Detective
  Mr. Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- How to Vote
  Mr. Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- Piccadilly Jim
  Bill Macon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- How to Train a Dog
  Lecturer / Dog Owner
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- How to Behave
  Mr. Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1936
- How to Sleep
  Host / Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1935
- China Seas
  Charlie McCaleb
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1935
- How to Break 90 at Croquet
  Joe Doakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1935
- David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
  Master of Ceremonies
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1935
- Social Register
  Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1934
- Dancing Lady
  Ward King
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1933
- Rafter Romance
  Hubbell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1933
- Headline Shooter
  Radio Announcer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1933
- Your Technocracy and Mine
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1933
- The Sport Parade
  Radio Announcer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1932
- Stewed, Fried and Boiled
  Lecturer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1929
- Lesson No. 1
  Lecturer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1929
- Furnace Trouble
  Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1929
- The Spellbinder
  Robert Benchley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1928
- The Sex Life of the Polyp
  Lecturer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1928
- The Treasurer's Report
  Treasurer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1928
writing (40 credits)
- Boogie Woogie
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1945
- I'm a Civilian Here Myself
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1945
- Why Daddy?
  
  story
  
  writing
  
  1944
- Important Business
  
  original story
  
  writing
  
  1944
- No News Is Good News
  
  original story
  
  writing
  
  1943
- The Witness
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1942
- Crime Control
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1941
- Waiting for Baby
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1941
- The Trouble with Husbands
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1940
- Foreign Correspondent
  
  dialogue
  
  writing
  
  1940
- Home Movies
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1940
- That Inferior Feeling
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1940
- See Your Doctor
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1939
- Home Early
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1939
- Dark Magic
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1939
- How to Sub-Let
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1939
- Mental Poise
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- How to Watch Football
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- How to Read
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- The Courtship of the Newt
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- How to Raise a Baby
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- An Evening Alone
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- Music Made Simple
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- How to Figure Income Tax
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1938
- A Night at the Movies
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1937
- The Romance of Digestion
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1937
- How to Be a Detective
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1936
- How to Vote
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1936
- How to Behave
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1936
- How to Break 90 at Croquet
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1935
- Murder on a Honeymoon
  
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1935
- Your Technocracy and Mine
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1933
- Sky Devils
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1932
- Stewed, Fried and Boiled
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1929
- Lesson No. 1
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1929
- Furnace Trouble
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1929
- The Spellbinder
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1928
- The Sex Life of the Polyp
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1928
- The Treasurer's Report
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1928
- You'd Be Surprised
  
  dialogue
  
  writing
  
  1926
production (1 credits)
- See Your Doctor
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1939
crew (3 credits)
- Blind Adventure
  
  additional dialogue
  
  crew
  
  1933
- The Sport Parade
  
  additional dialogue
  
  crew
  
  1932
- The American Venus
  
  title graphics
  
  crew
  
  1926
art (1 credits)
- Second Youth
  
  title designer
  
  art
  
  1924