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

Filmography

• 2007The Pixar Story — Robert Benchley (archive footage)
• 2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 — Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 1982Showbiz Goes to War — (archive footage)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
• 1946Janie Gets Married — John Van Brunt
• 1946Road to Utopia — Narrator (uncredited)
• 1946The Bride Wore Boots — Uncle Todd Warren
• 1945Boogie Woogie — Frederick Stumplefinger, Writer
• 1945Duffy's Tavern — Robert Benchley
• 1945Hollywood Victory Caravan — Robert Benchley
• 1945I'm a Civilian Here Myself — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1945It's in the Bag! — Parker
• 1945Kiss and Tell — George Archer
• 1945Pan-Americana — Charlie Corker
• 1945Snafu — Ben Stevens
• 1945The Stork Club — Tom P. Curtis
• 1945Week-End at the Waldorf — Randy Morton
• 1944Her Primitive Man — Martin Osborne
• 1944Important Business — Joseph A. Doakes, Original Story, Screenplay
• 1944Janie — John Van Brunt
• 1944Practically Yours — Judge Robert Simpson
• 1944See Here, Private Hargrove — Mr. Holliday
• 1944Song of Russia — Hank Higgins
• 1944The National Barn Dance — J.B. Mitcham
• 1944Why Daddy? — Joseph A. Doakes, Story, Writer
• 1943Flesh and Fantasy — Doakes
• 1943My Tomato — Joseph A. Doakes
• 1943No News Is Good News — Answer Man, Original Story, Screenplay
• 1943The Sky's the Limit — Philip 'Phil' Harriman
• 1943Young and Willing — Arthur Kenny
• 1942I Married a Witch — Dr. Dudley White
• 1942Keeping in Shape — Joe Doakes
• 1942Nothing But Nerves — Mr. Benchley
• 1942Syncopation — Doakes (scenes deleted)
• 1942Take a Letter, Darling — G.B. Atwater
• 1942The Major and the Minor — Mr. Osborne
• 1942The Witness — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1941Bedtime Story — Eddie Turner
• 1941Crime Control — Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1941How to Take a Vacation — Husband
• 1941Nice Girl? — Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
• 1941The Forgotten Man — Joe Doakes / Father
• 1941The Reluctant Dragon — Robert Benchley
• 1941Three Girls About Town — Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
• 1941Waiting for Baby — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1941You'll Never Get Rich — Martin Cortland
• 1940Foreign Correspondent — Stebbins, Dialogue
• 1940Hired Wife — Roger Van Horn
• 1940Home Movies — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1940That Inferior Feeling — Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes, Writer
• 1940The Trouble with Husbands — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1939An Hour for Lunch — Lecturer / Joe
• 1939Dark Magic — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1939Home Early — Joe Doakes, Screenplay
• 1939How to Eat — Lecturer / Joe Doakes
• 1939How to Sub-Let — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1939See Your Doctor — Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes, Producer, Screenplay
• 1939The Day of Rest — Joe Doakes
• 1938An Evening Alone — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1938How to Figure Income Tax — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1938How to Raise a Baby — Lecturer Father, Writer
• 1938How to Read — Lecturer, Writer
• 1938How to Watch Football — Football Fan, Writer
• 1938Mental Poise — Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf, Writer
• 1938Music Made Simple — Robert Benchley, Writer
• 1938Opening Day — City Treasurer Benchley
• 1938The Courtship of the Newt — Zoology Lecturer, Writer
• 1937A Night at the Movies — Husband, Writer
• 1937Broadway Melody of 1938 — Duffy
• 1937How to Start the Day — Lecturer
• 1937Live, Love and Learn — Oscar
• 1937Sunday Night at the Trocadero — Robert Benchley
• 1937The Romance of Digestion — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1936How to Be a Detective — Mr. Benchley, Writer
• 1936How to Behave — Mr. Benchley, Writer
• 1936How to Train a Dog — Lecturer / Dog Owner
• 1936How to Vote — Mr. Robert Benchley, Writer
• 1936Piccadilly Jim — Bill Macon
• 1936Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
• 1935China Seas — Charlie McCaleb
• 1935David O. Selznick: Your New Producer — Master of Ceremonies
• 1935How to Break 90 at Croquet — Joe Doakes, Writer
• 1935How to Sleep — Host / Narrator
• 1935Murder on a Honeymoon — Screenplay
• 1934Social Register — Robert Benchley
• 1933Blind Adventure — Additional Dialogue
• 1933Dancing Lady — Ward King
• 1933Headline Shooter — Radio Announcer
• 1933Rafter Romance — Hubbell
• 1933Your Technocracy and Mine — Writer
• 1932Sky Devils — Writer
• 1932The Sport Parade — Radio Announcer, Additional Dialogue
• 1929Furnace Trouble — Robert Benchley, Writer
• 1929Lesson No. 1 — Lecturer, Writer
• 1929Stewed, Fried and Boiled — Lecturer, Writer
• 1928The Sex Life of the Polyp — Lecturer, Writer
• 1928The Spellbinder — Robert Benchley, Writer
• 1928The Treasurer's Report — Treasurer, Writer
• 1926The American Venus — Title Graphics
• 1926You'd Be Surprised — Dialogue
• 1924Second Youth — Title Designer
• The Causes Of The Depression — Mr. Benchley

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 1987The Ten-Year Lunch — Himself (archive footage)
• MGM Parade — Self
• 1943Show-Business at War — Self