Robert Benchley

Deceased · Born: Sep 14, 1889 · Died: Nov 21, 1945

Career

acting

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)

1959

Project Twenty as Humorist

1946

Janie Gets Married

Janie Gets Married as John Van Brunt

The Bride Wore Boots

The Bride Wore Boots as Uncle Todd Warren

1945

Pan-Americana as Charlie Corker

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Hollywood Victory Caravan as Robert Benchley

The Stork Club as Tom P. Curtis

Road to Utopia as Narrator

Kiss and Tell as George Archer

Snafu as Ben Stevens

It's in the Bag!

It's in the Bag! as Parker

Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf as Randy Morton

1944

Song of Russia as Hank Higgins

Her Primitive Man

Her Primitive Man as Martin Osborne

Practically Yours

Practically Yours as Judge Robert Simpson

Janie as John Van Brunt

1943

The Sky's the Limit

The Sky's the Limit as Philip 'Phil' Harriman

Young and Willing

Young and Willing as Arthur Kenny

Flesh and Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy as Doakes

1942

Syncopation as Doakes (scenes deleted)

Take a Letter, Darling

Take a Letter, Darling as G.B. Atwater

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch as Dr. Dudley White

The Witness as Joe Doakes

The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor as Albert Osborne

Nothing But Nerves

Nothing But Nerves as Mr. Benchley

1941

Waiting for Baby

Waiting for Baby as Joe Doakes

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon as Robert Benchley

Bedtime Story as Eddie Turner

How to Take a Vacation

How to Take a Vacation as Husband

The Forgotten Man

The Forgotten Man as Joe Doakes / Father

Nice Girl? as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

Crime Control as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich as Martin Cortland

1940

Hired Wife as Roger Van Horn

The Trouble with Husbands

The Trouble with Husbands as Joe Doakes

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent as Stebbins

1937

Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn as Oscar

Broadway Melody of 1938

Broadway Melody of 1938 as Duffy

1936

Piccadilly Jim as Bill Macon

1935

China Seas as Charlie McCaleb

1934

Social Register

Social Register as Robert Benchley

1933

Rafter Romance as Hubbell

Dancing Lady as Ward King

Headline Shooter

Headline Shooter as Radio Announcer

1932

The Sport Parade

The Sport Parade as Radio Announcer

appearances

1987

American Masters

American Masters

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

writing

1942

The Witness as Writer

1941

Waiting for Baby

Waiting for Baby as Writer

Crime Control as Writer

1940

The Trouble with Husbands

The Trouble with Husbands as Writer

1935

Murder on a Honeymoon

Murder on a Honeymoon as Screenplay

1932

Sky Devils as Writer