Robert Benchley

BrithdaySeptember 14, 1889

Day of DeathNovember 21, 1945 (56 years old)

Place of BirthWorcester, Massachusetts, USA

Credits

The Day of Rest

as Joe Doakes

September 5, 1939

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

Broadway Melody of 1938

as Duffy

August 20, 1937

released: 88 years ago

age: 47 years old

Bedtime Story

as Eddie Turner

December 25, 1941

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

Why Daddy?

as Joseph A. Doakes

May 20, 1944

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

Foreign Correspondent

as Stebbins

August 16, 1940

released: 85 years ago

age: 50 years old

The National Barn Dance

as J.B. Mitcham

September 24, 1944

released: 80 years ago

age: 55 years old

Road to Utopia

as Narrator

February 27, 1946

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

The Trouble with Husbands

as Joe Doakes

November 8, 1940

released: 84 years ago

age: 51 years old

Piccadilly Jim

as Bill Macon

August 14, 1936

released: 89 years ago

age: 46 years old

A Night at the Movies

as Husband

November 6, 1937

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

Week-End at the Waldorf

as Randy Morton

October 4, 1945

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

Keeping in Shape

as Joe Doakes

June 22, 1942

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

The Reluctant Dragon

as Robert Benchley

June 19, 1941

released: 84 years ago

age: 51 years old

The Forgotten Man

as Joe Doakes / Father

May 22, 1941

released: 84 years ago

age: 51 years old

Dark Magic

as Joe Doakes

May 12, 1939

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

Syncopation

as Doakes (scenes deleted)

May 22, 1942

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

Pan-Americana

as Charlie Corker

March 22, 1945

released: 80 years ago

age: 55 years old

It's in the Bag!

as Parker

April 21, 1945

released: 80 years ago

age: 55 years old

The Sky's the Limit

as Philip 'Phil' Harriman

July 13, 1943

released: 82 years ago

age: 53 years old

No News Is Good News

as Answer Man

December 18, 1943

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

Furnace Trouble

as Robert Benchley

February 4, 1929

released: 96 years ago

age: 39 years old

The Witness

as Joe Doakes

January 1, 1942

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

My Tomato

as Joseph A. Doakes

December 4, 1943

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

Janie

as John Van Brunt

September 2, 1944

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

Rafter Romance

as Hubbell

September 1, 1933

released: 92 years ago

age: 43 years old

I Married a Witch

as Dr. Dudley White

October 30, 1942

released: 82 years ago

age: 53 years old

Duffy's Tavern

as Robert Benchley

September 28, 1945

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

China Seas

as Charlie McCaleb

August 9, 1935

released: 90 years ago

age: 45 years old

Practically Yours

as Judge Robert Simpson

December 20, 1944

released: 80 years ago

age: 55 years old

Take a Letter, Darling

as G.B. Atwater

May 6, 1942

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

Snafu

as Ben Stevens

November 22, 1945

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

How to Take a Vacation

as Husband

October 9, 1941

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

Live, Love and Learn

as Oscar

October 29, 1937

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

How to Eat

as Lecturer / Joe Doakes

June 10, 1939

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

That Inferior Feeling

as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

January 20, 1940

released: 85 years ago

age: 50 years old

The Sport Parade

as Radio Announcer

November 11, 1932

released: 92 years ago

age: 43 years old

See Your Doctor

as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

December 16, 1939

released: 85 years ago

age: 50 years old

Her Primitive Man

as Martin Osborne

May 29, 1944

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

Home Early

as Joe Doakes

May 26, 1939

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

Janie Gets Married

as John Van Brunt

June 22, 1946

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

Headline Shooter

as Radio Announcer

July 28, 1933

released: 92 years ago

age: 43 years old

Dancing Lady

as Ward King

November 24, 1933

released: 91 years ago

age: 44 years old

The Major and the Minor

as Albert Osborne

September 16, 1942

released: 82 years ago

age: 53 years old

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

as Robert Benchley

October 2, 1937

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

You'll Never Get Rich

as Martin Cortland

September 25, 1941

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

Song of Russia

as Hank Higgins

February 10, 1944

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

How to Sleep

as Host / Narrator

September 14, 1935

released: 89 years ago

age: 46 years old

The Stork Club

as Tom P. Curtis

December 28, 1945

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

Three Girls About Town

as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

October 23, 1941

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

Young and Willing

as Arthur Kenny

February 5, 1943

released: 82 years ago

age: 53 years old

How to Read

as Lecturer

August 27, 1938

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

Crime Control

as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

April 11, 1941

released: 84 years ago

age: 51 years old

Kiss and Tell

as George Archer

October 4, 1945

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

Hollywood Victory Caravan

as Robert Benchley

September 30, 1945

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

Hired Wife

as Roger Van Horn

September 13, 1940

released: 84 years ago

age: 50 years old

See Here, Private Hargrove

as Mr. Holliday

March 18, 1944

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

Flesh and Fantasy

as Doakes

October 29, 1943

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

Nice Girl?

as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

February 21, 1941

released: 84 years ago

age: 51 years old

How to Figure Income Tax

as Joe Doakes

March 1, 1938

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

Opening Day

as City Treasurer Benchley

November 12, 1938

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

August 5, 1936

released: 89 years ago

age: 46 years old

The Bride Wore Boots

as Uncle Todd Warren

June 5, 1946

released: 79 years ago

age: 56 years old

How to Raise a Baby

as Lecturer Father

July 1, 1938

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

How to Sub-Let

as Joe Doakes

January 29, 1939

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

How to Break 90 at Croquet

as Joe Doakes

June 4, 1935

released: 90 years ago

age: 45 years old

How to Behave

as Mr. Benchley

April 25, 1936

released: 89 years ago

age: 46 years old

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

as Lecturer

March 29, 1929

released: 96 years ago

age: 39 years old

Social Register

as Robert Benchley

March 10, 1934

released: 91 years ago

age: 44 years old

Waiting for Baby

as Joe Doakes

January 24, 1941

released: 84 years ago

age: 51 years old

Music Made Simple

as Robert Benchley

March 16, 1938

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

How to Be a Detective

as Mr. Benchley

October 17, 1936

released: 88 years ago

age: 47 years old

Mental Poise

as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

December 10, 1938

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

An Hour for Lunch

as Lecturer / Joe

March 17, 1939

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

How to Vote

as Mr. Robert Benchley

September 4, 1936

released: 89 years ago

age: 46 years old

The Treasurer's Report

as Treasurer

March 11, 1928

released: 97 years ago

age: 38 years old

How to Watch Football

as Football Fan

October 7, 1938

released: 86 years ago

age: 49 years old

Boogie Woogie

as Frederick Stumplefinger

June 15, 1945

released: 80 years ago

age: 55 years old

Home Movies

as Joe Doakes

February 17, 1940

released: 85 years ago

age: 50 years old

The Sex Life of the Polyp

as Lecturer

July 25, 1928

released: 97 years ago

age: 38 years old

The Courtship of the Newt

as Zoology Lecturer

July 22, 1938

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

Important Business

as Joseph A. Doakes

April 29, 1944

released: 81 years ago

age: 54 years old

The Romance of Digestion

as Joe Doakes

March 13, 1937

released: 88 years ago

age: 47 years old

The Spellbinder

as Robert Benchley

December 13, 1928

released: 96 years ago

age: 39 years old

An Evening Alone

as Joe Doakes

May 13, 1938

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

Lesson No. 1

as Lecturer

February 12, 1929

released: 96 years ago

age: 39 years old

Your Technocracy and Mine

March 31, 1933

released: 92 years ago

age: 43 years old

How to Start the Day

as Lecturer

November 11, 1937

released: 87 years ago

age: 48 years old

Nothing But Nerves

as Mr. Benchley

January 2, 1942

released: 83 years ago

age: 52 years old

How to Train a Dog

as Lecturer / Dog Owner

July 1, 1936

released: 89 years ago

age: 46 years old