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Robert Benchley

Acting

Born September 14, 1889 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died November 21, 1945

Also known as Роберт Бенчли · Robert Charles Benchley

Biography

Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist, newspaper columnist and actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and his acclaimed short films, Benchley's style of humor brought him respect and success during his life, from his peers at the Algonquin Round Table in New York City to contemporaries in the burgeoning film industry.

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography26 titles

The Forgotten Man

1941as Joe Doakes / Father

How to Take a Vacation

1941as Husband

The Pixar Story

2007as Robert Benchley (archive footage)

The Major and the Minor

1942as Mr. Osborne

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

Practically Yours

1944as Judge Robert Simpson

Foreign Correspondent

1940as Stebbins

I Married a Witch

1942as Dr. Dudley White

Dancing Lady

1933as Ward King

Syncopation

1942as Doakes (scenes deleted)

Piccadilly Jim

1936as Bill Macon

Road to Utopia

1945as Narrator (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon

1941as Robert Benchley

Broadway Melody of 1938

1937as Duffy

You'll Never Get Rich

1941as Martin Cortland

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945as Randy Morton

The Sky's the Limit

1943as Philip 'Phil' Harriman

Nice Girl?

1941as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

China Seas

1935as Charlie McCaleb

Young and Willing

1943as Arthur Kenny

Crime Control

1941as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

The Sport Parade

1932as Radio Announcer

The Stork Club

1945as Tom P. Curtis

Keeping in Shape

1942as Joe Doakes

Nothing But Nerves

1942as Mr. Benchley

Waiting for Baby

1941as Joe Doakes