Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Known for
Broadway Melody of 1938
Duffy
Foreign Correspondent
Stebbins
I Married a Witch
Dr. Dudley White
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Reluctant Dragon
Robert Benchley
The Big Parade of Comedy
Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
The Major and the Minor
Albert Osborne
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
You'll Never Get Rich
Martin Cortland
Road to Utopia
Narrator
Dancing Lady
Ward King
Hired Wife
Roger Van Horn
China Seas
Charlie McCaleb
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
Syncopation
Doakes (scenes deleted)
Week-End at the Waldorf
Randy Morton
Pan-Americana
Charlie Corker
The Pixar Story
Robert Benchley (archive footage)
The National Barn Dance
J.B. Mitcham
Nice Girl?
Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Robert Benchley (archive sound)
Live, Love and Learn
Oscar
Bedtime Story
Eddie Turner
Show-Business at War
Self
How to Figure Income Tax
Joe Doakes
Piccadilly Jim
Bill Macon
Home Movies
Joe Doakes
The Stork Club
Tom P. Curtis
It's in the Bag!
Parker
Duffy's Tavern
Robert Benchley
The Bride Wore Boots
Uncle Todd Warren
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Robert Benchley
See Here, Private Hargrove
Mr. Holliday
How to Read
Lecturer
An Hour for Lunch
Lecturer / Joe
The Ten-Year Lunch
Himself (archive footage)
Janie
John Van Brunt
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Robert Benchley
Rafter Romance
Hubbell
Home Early
Joe Doakes
Dark Magic
Joe Doakes
Take a Letter, Darling
G.B. Atwater
The Sky's the Limit
Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Why Daddy?
Joseph A. Doakes
The Day of Rest
Joe Doakes
A Night at the Movies
Husband
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Headline Shooter
Radio Announcer
Practically Yours
Judge Robert Simpson
How to Train a Dog
Lecturer / Dog Owner
Young and Willing
Arthur Kenny
Song of Russia
Hank Higgins
Mental Poise
Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
No News Is Good News
Answer Man
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
Master of Ceremonies
Kiss and Tell
George Archer
Her Primitive Man
Martin Osborne
The Sport Parade
Radio Announcer
Janie Gets Married
John Van Brunt
Snafu
Ben Stevens
Flesh and Fantasy
Doakes
How to Behave
Mr. Benchley
Boogie Woogie
Frederick Stumplefinger
See Your Doctor
Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
How to Be a Detective
Mr. Benchley
How to Sub-Let
Joe Doakes
Lesson No. 1
Lecturer
How to Sleep
Host / Narrator
The Sex Life of the Polyp
Lecturer
How to Start the Day
Lecturer
An Evening Alone
Joe Doakes
Music Made Simple
Robert Benchley
The Forgotten Man
Joe Doakes / Father
How to Vote
Mr. Robert Benchley
How to Eat
Lecturer / Joe Doakes
The Romance of Digestion
Joe Doakes
That Inferior Feeling
Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
Lecturer
How to Watch Football
Football Fan
My Tomato
Joseph A. Doakes
Crime Control
Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
The Trouble with Husbands
Joe Doakes
How to Raise a Baby
Lecturer Father
How to Take a Vacation
Husband
Nothing But Nerves
Mr. Benchley
Opening Day
City Treasurer Benchley
Your Technocracy and Mine
The Witness
Joe Doakes
Social Register
Robert Benchley
The Courtship of the Newt
Zoology Lecturer
Keeping in Shape
Joe Doakes
How to Break 90 at Croquet
Joe Doakes
The Spellbinder
Robert Benchley
Important Business
Joseph A. Doakes
Waiting for Baby
Joe Doakes
The Treasurer's Report
Treasurer
Furnace Trouble
Robert Benchley