Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.

KNOWN FOR

MGM Parade
1955
The Pixar Story
2007
I Married a Witch
1942
Foreign Correspondent
1940
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
The Major and the Minor
1942
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987
Dancing Lady
1933
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
Nice Girl?
1941

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
100
Writing
43
Producing
1
Art
1
Crew
3
2007
The Pixar Story
as Robert Benchley (archive footage)
2004
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
as Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1987
The Ten-Year Lunch
as Himself (archive footage)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
1955
MGM Parade
as Self
1946
Road to Utopia
as Narrator (uncredited)
1946
The Bride Wore Boots
as Uncle Todd Warren
1946
Janie Gets Married
as John Van Brunt
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Randy Morton
1945
The Stork Club
as Tom P. Curtis
1945
Kiss and Tell
as George Archer
1945
Pan-Americana
as Charlie Corker
1945
Snafu
as Ben Stevens
1945
It's in the Bag!
as Parker
1945
Boogie Woogie
as Frederick Stumplefinger
1945
Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Robert Benchley
1945
Duffy's Tavern
as Robert Benchley
1945
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
as Joe Doakes
1944
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Mr. Holliday
1944
Practically Yours
as Judge Robert Simpson
1944
Janie
as John Van Brunt
1944
Important Business
as Joseph A. Doakes
1944
Why Daddy?
as Joseph A. Doakes
1944
Her Primitive Man
as Martin Osborne
1944
The National Barn Dance
as J.B. Mitcham
1944
Song of Russia
as Hank Higgins
1943
The Sky's the Limit
as Philip 'Phil' Harriman
1943
Young and Willing
as Arthur Kenny
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
as Doakes
1943
My Tomato
as Joseph A. Doakes
1943
No News Is Good News
as Answer Man
1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
1942
I Married a Witch
as Dr. Dudley White
1942
The Major and the Minor
as Mr. Osborne
1942
Syncopation
as Doakes (scenes deleted)
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
as G.B. Atwater
1942
Nothing But Nerves
as Mr. Benchley
1942
Keeping in Shape
as Joe Doakes
1942
The Witness
as Joe Doakes
1941
The Reluctant Dragon
as Robert Benchley
1941
Nice Girl?
as Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
1941
You'll Never Get Rich
as Martin Cortland
1941
Bedtime Story
as Eddie Turner
1941
Three Girls About Town
as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
1941
How to Take a Vacation
as Husband
1941
The Forgotten Man
as Joe Doakes / Father
1941
Waiting for Baby
as Joe Doakes
1941
Crime Control
as Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
1940
Hired Wife
as Roger Van Horn
1940
Foreign Correspondent
as Stebbins
1940
Home Movies
as Joe Doakes
1940
That Inferior Feeling
as Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
1940
The Trouble with Husbands
as Joe Doakes
1939
How to Eat
as Lecturer / Joe Doakes
1939
An Hour for Lunch
as Lecturer / Joe
1939
See Your Doctor
as Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
1939
Home Early
as Joe Doakes
1939
The Day of Rest
as Joe Doakes
1939
How to Sub-Let
as Joe Doakes
1939
Dark Magic
as Joe Doakes
1938
Mental Poise
as Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
1938
How to Figure Income Tax
as Joe Doakes
1938
How to Read
as Lecturer
1938
How to Watch Football
as Football Fan
1938
How to Raise a Baby
as Lecturer Father
1938
Opening Day
as City Treasurer Benchley
1938
The Courtship of the Newt
as Zoology Lecturer
1938
An Evening Alone
as Joe Doakes
1938
Music Made Simple
as Robert Benchley
1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Duffy
1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Robert Benchley
1937
Live, Love and Learn
as Oscar
1937
A Night at the Movies
as Husband
1937
How to Start the Day
as Lecturer
1937
The Romance of Digestion
as Joe Doakes
1936
Piccadilly Jim
as Bill Macon
1936
How to Be a Detective
as Mr. Benchley
1936
How to Behave
as Mr. Benchley
1936
How to Train a Dog
as Lecturer / Dog Owner
1936
How to Vote
as Mr. Robert Benchley
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1935
China Seas
as Charlie McCaleb
1935
How to Break 90 at Croquet
as Joe Doakes
1935
How to Sleep
as Host / Narrator
1935
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
as Master of Ceremonies
1934
Social Register
as Robert Benchley
1933
Dancing Lady
as Ward King
1933
Rafter Romance
as Hubbell
1933
Headline Shooter
as Radio Announcer
1933
Your Technocracy and Mine
1932
The Sport Parade
as Radio Announcer
1929
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
as Lecturer
1929
Furnace Trouble
as Robert Benchley
1929
Lesson No. 1
as Lecturer
1928
The Spellbinder
as Robert Benchley
1928
The Sex Life of the Polyp
as Lecturer
1928
The Treasurer's Report
as Treasurer
The Causes Of The Depression
as Mr. Benchley