Robert Benchley Movies

Biography

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

Filmography

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

As Robert Benchley

I Married a Witch

1942

As Dr. Dudley White

Nice Girl?

1941

As Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana

You'll Never Get Rich

1941

As Martin Cortland

Road to Utopia

1946

As Narrator

The Sky's the Limit

1943

As Philip 'Phil' Harriman

Dancing Lady

1933

As Ward King

Broadway Melody of 1938

1937

As Duffy

The Major and the Minor

1942

As Albert Osborne

Bedtime Story

1941

As Eddie Turner

China Seas

1935

As Charlie McCaleb

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945

As Randy Morton

Three Girls About Town

1941

As Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager

Syncopation

1942

As Doakes (scenes deleted)

Take a Letter, Darling

1942

As G.B. Atwater

Hired Wife

1940

As Roger Van Horn

Young and Willing

1943

As Arthur Kenny

Rafter Romance

1933

As Hubbell

The Stork Club

1945

As Tom P. Curtis

How to Watch Football

1938

As Football Fan

Flesh and Fantasy

1943

As Doakes

The Sex Life of the Polyp

1928

As Lecturer

Piccadilly Jim

1936

As Bill Macon

How to Be a Detective

1936

As Mr. Benchley

Headline Shooter

1933

As Radio Announcer

Live, Love and Learn

1937

As Oscar

How to Sleep

1935

As Host / Narrator

The Bride Wore Boots

1946

As Uncle Todd Warren

Janie Gets Married

1946

As John Van Brunt

Janie

1944

As John Van Brunt

The Treasurer's Report

1928

As Treasurer

How to Start the Day

1937

As Lecturer

Foreign Correspondent

1940

As Stebbins

Kiss and Tell

1945

As George Archer

How to Behave

1936

As Mr. Benchley

The Sport Parade

1932

As Radio Announcer

Social Register

1934

As Robert Benchley

Pan-Americana

1945

As Charlie Corker

How to Eat

1939

As Lecturer / Joe Doakes

Important Business

1944

As Joseph A. Doakes

My Tomato

1943

As Joseph A. Doakes

How to Train a Dog

1936

As Lecturer / Dog Owner

Mental Poise

1938

As Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf

An Hour for Lunch

1939

As Lecturer / Joe

The Romance of Digestion

1937

As Joe Doakes

How to Vote

1936

As Mr. Robert Benchley

Why Daddy?

1944

As Joseph A. Doakes

A Night at the Movies

1937

As Husband

See Your Doctor

1939

As Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes

Her Primitive Man

1944

As Martin Osborne

Practically Yours

1944

As Judge Robert Simpson

Home Movies

1940

As Joe Doakes

It's in the Bag!

1945

As Parker

Nothing But Nerves

1942

As Mr. Benchley

How to Read

1938

As Lecturer

The National Barn Dance

1944

As J.B. Mitcham

Song of Russia

1944

As Hank Higgins

That Inferior Feeling

1940

As Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes

Home Early

1939

As Joe Doakes

Hollywood Victory Caravan

1945

As Robert Benchley

Duffy's Tavern

1945

As Robert Benchley

Your Technocracy and Mine

1933

As

How to Raise a Baby

1938

As Lecturer Father

Dark Magic

1939

As Joe Doakes

How to Sub-Let

1939

As Joe Doakes

The Forgotten Man

1941

As Joe Doakes / Father

The Courtship of the Newt

1938

As Zoology Lecturer

The Day of Rest

1939

As Joe Doakes

Opening Day

1938

As City Treasurer Benchley

No News Is Good News

1943

As Answer Man

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

1935

As Master of Ceremonies

Keeping in Shape

1942

As Joe Doakes

An Evening Alone

1938

As Joe Doakes

Waiting for Baby

1941

As Joe Doakes

How to Take a Vacation

1941

As Husband

Show-Business at War

1943

As Self

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

As (archive footage)

Crime Control

1941

As Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes

The Witness

1942

As Joe Doakes

The Trouble with Husbands

1940

As Joe Doakes

Music Made Simple

1938

As Robert Benchley

The Ten-Year Lunch

1987

As Himself (archive footage)

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

As Robert Benchley (archive sound)

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936

As

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

As Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

As (archive footage)

The Spellbinder

1928

As Robert Benchley

Furnace Trouble

1929

As Robert Benchley

Lesson No. 1

1929

As Lecturer

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

1929

As Lecturer

How to Break 90 at Croquet

1935

As Joe Doakes

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937

As Robert Benchley

The Pixar Story

2007

As Robert Benchley (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Snafu

1945

As Ben Stevens

How to Figure Income Tax

1938

As Joe Doakes

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944

As Mr. Holliday

Production

Murder on a Honeymoon

1935

As Screenplay

How to Be a Detective

1936

As Writer

Sky Devils

1932

As Writer

The Sport Parade

1932

As Additional Dialogue

The Romance of Digestion

1937

As Writer

Why Daddy?

1944

As Story

Why Daddy?

1944

As Writer

How to Read

1938

As Writer

Blind Adventure

1933

As Additional Dialogue

The Sex Life of the Polyp

1928

As Writer

Home Early

1939

As Screenplay

The American Venus

1926

As Title Graphics

Your Technocracy and Mine

1933

As Writer

How to Watch Football

1938

As Writer

No News Is Good News

1943

As Writer

See Your Doctor

1939

As Screenplay

See Your Doctor

1939

As Producer

Mental Poise

1938

As Writer

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

As Writer

The Witness

1942

As Writer

The Treasurer's Report

1928

As Writer

The Spellbinder

1928

As Writer

Furnace Trouble

1929

As Writer

Lesson No. 1

1929

As Writer

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

1929

As Writer

How to Break 90 at Croquet

1935

As Writer

How to Behave

1936

As Writer

How to Vote

1936

As Writer

A Night at the Movies

1937

As Writer

Music Made Simple

1938

As Writer

An Evening Alone

1938

As Writer

The Courtship of the Newt

1938

As Writer

How to Raise a Baby

1938

As Writer

Dark Magic

1939

As Writer

That Inferior Feeling

1940

As Writer

Home Movies

1940

As Writer

The Trouble with Husbands

1940

As Writer

Waiting for Baby

1941

As Writer

Crime Control

1941

As Writer

How to Figure Income Tax

1938

As Writer

Foreign Correspondent

1940

As Dialogue

How to Sub-Let

1939

As Writer