Robert Benchley
Acting • AGE 56
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Acting
The Pixar Story
Robert Benchley (archive footage)
2007
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2004
The Ten-Year Lunch
Himself (archive footage)
1987
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
The Big Parade of Comedy
Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
1964
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Janie Gets Married
John Van Brunt
1946
The Bride Wore Boots
Uncle Todd Warren
1946
Road to Utopia
Narrator (uncredited)
1946
The Stork Club
Tom P. Curtis
1945
Snafu
Ben Stevens
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
Randy Morton
1945
Kiss and Tell
George Archer
1945
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Robert Benchley
1945
Duffy's Tavern
Robert Benchley
1945
Boogie Woogie
Frederick Stumplefinger
1945
It's in the Bag!
Parker
1945
Pan-Americana
Charlie Corker
1945
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
Joe Doakes
1945
Practically Yours
Judge Robert Simpson
1944
Janie
John Van Brunt
1944
Her Primitive Man
Martin Osborne
1944
Important Business
Joseph A. Doakes
1944
See Here, Private Hargrove
Mr. Holliday
1944
Song of Russia
Hank Higgins
1944
My Tomato
Joseph A. Doakes
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
Doakes
1943
The Sky's the Limit
Philip 'Phil' Harriman
1943
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Young and Willing
Arthur Kenny
1943
I Married a Witch
Dr. Dudley White
1942
The Major and the Minor
Mr. Osborne
1942
Syncopation
Doakes (scenes deleted)
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
G.B. Atwater
1942
Nothing But Nerves
Mr. Benchley
1942
The Witness
Joe Doakes
1942
Bedtime Story
Eddie Turner
1941
Three Girls About Town
Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
1941
You'll Never Get Rich
Martin Cortland
1941
The Reluctant Dragon
Robert Benchley
1941
The Forgotten Man
Joe Doakes / Father
1941
Crime Control
Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
1941
Nice Girl?
Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
1941
Waiting for Baby
Joe Doakes
1941
The Trouble with Husbands
Joe Doakes
1940
Hired Wife
Roger Van Horn
1940
Foreign Correspondent
Stebbins
1940
Home Movies
Joe Doakes
1940
That Inferior Feeling
Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
1940
See Your Doctor
Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
1939
The Day of Rest
Joe Doakes
1939
How to Eat
Lecturer / Joe Doakes
1939
Home Early
Joe Doakes
1939
Dark Magic
Joe Doakes
1939
An Hour for Lunch
Lecturer / Joe
1939
How to Sub-Let
Joe Doakes
1939
Mental Poise
Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
1938
Opening Day
City Treasurer Benchley
1938
How to Watch Football
Football Fan
1938
How to Read
Lecturer
1938
The Courtship of the Newt
Zoology Lecturer
1938
How to Raise a Baby
Lecturer Father
1938
An Evening Alone
Joe Doakes
1938
Music Made Simple
Robert Benchley
1938
How to Figure Income Tax
Joe Doakes
1938
How to Start the Day
Lecturer
1937
A Night at the Movies
Husband
1937
Live, Love and Learn
Oscar
1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Robert Benchley
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
Duffy
1937
The Romance of Digestion
Joe Doakes
1937
How to Be a Detective
Mr. Benchley
1936
How to Vote
Mr. Robert Benchley
1936
Piccadilly Jim
Bill Macon
1936
How to Train a Dog
Lecturer / Dog Owner
1936
How to Behave
Mr. Benchley
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
How to Sleep
Host / Narrator
1935
China Seas
Charlie McCaleb
1935
Murder on a Honeymoon
Screenplay
1935
Social Register
Robert Benchley
1934
Dancing Lady
Ward King
1933
Rafter Romance
Hubbell
1933
Blind Adventure
Additional Dialogue
1933
Headline Shooter
Radio Announcer
1933
The Sport Parade
Radio Announcer
1932
Sky Devils
Writer
1932
The Sex Life of the Polyp
Lecturer
1928
You'd Be Surprised
Dialogue
1926
The American Venus
Title Graphics
1926
Second Youth
Title Designer
1924