Robert Benchley
50Movies
10.0 Best Rating
Biography
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Robert Benchley (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2004 | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 | Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1987 | The Ten-Year Lunch | Himself (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1946 | Janie Gets Married | John Van Brunt | FLOP | |
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots | Uncle Todd Warren | FLOP | |
| 1946 | Road to Utopia | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1945 | Snafu | Ben Stevens | FLOP | |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Randy Morton | FLOP | |
| 1945 | Duffy's Tavern | Robert Benchley | FLOP | |
| 1944 | Her Primitive Man | Martin Osborne | FLOP | |
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | Mr. Holliday | FLOP | |
| 1944 | Song of Russia | Hank Higgins | HIT | |
| 1943 | My Tomato | Joseph A. Doakes | HIT | |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Doakes | HIT | |
| 1943 | The Sky's the Limit | Philip 'Phil' Harriman | FLOP | |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | HIT | |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch | Dr. Dudley White | HIT | |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor | Mr. Osborne | HIT | |
| 1942 | Syncopation | Doakes (scenes deleted) | FLOP | |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling | G.B. Atwater | HIT | |
| 1942 | The Witness | Joe Doakes | HIT | |
| 1941 | How to Take a Vacation | Husband | HIT | |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich | Martin Cortland | FLOP | |
| 1941 | The Reluctant Dragon | Robert Benchley | HIT | |
| 1941 | The Forgotten Man | Joe Doakes / Father | HIT | |
| 1940 | The Trouble with Husbands | Joe Doakes | FLOP | |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Roger Van Horn | HIT | |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Stebbins | HIT | |
| 1940 | Home Movies | Joe Doakes | FLOP | |
| 1939 | How to Eat | Lecturer / Joe Doakes | FLOP | |
| 1939 | Dark Magic | Joe Doakes | FLOP | |
| 1938 | Opening Day | City Treasurer Benchley | FLOP | |
| 1938 | An Evening Alone | Joe Doakes | HIT | |
| 1938 | How to Figure Income Tax | Joe Doakes | FLOP | |
| 1937 | How to Start the Day | Lecturer | FLOP | |
| 1937 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Duffy | FLOP | |
| 1937 | The Romance of Digestion | Joe Doakes | HIT | |
| 1936 | How to Be a Detective | Mr. Benchley | HIT | |
| 1936 | How to Vote | Mr. Robert Benchley | HIT | |
| 1936 | Piccadilly Jim | Bill Macon | HIT | |
| 1936 | How to Train a Dog | Lecturer / Dog Owner | HIT | |
| 1936 | How to Behave | Mr. Benchley | HIT | |
| 1935 | How to Sleep | Host / Narrator | HIT | |
| 1935 | China Seas | Charlie McCaleb | FLOP | |
| 1933 | Dancing Lady | Ward King | HIT | |
| 1933 | Rafter Romance | Hubbell | HIT | |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter | Radio Announcer | FLOP |