Robert Benchley
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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

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

Crew

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (2004)
Writer
Boogie Woogie (1945)
Writer
Why Daddy? (1944)
Story | Writer
No News Is Good News (1943)
Writer
The Witness (1942)
Writer
Crime Control (1941)
Writer
Waiting for Baby (1941)
Writer
The Trouble with Husbands (1940)
Writer
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Dialogue
Home Movies (1940)
Writer
That Inferior Feeling (1940)
Writer
See Your Doctor (1939)
Screenplay | Producer
Home Early (1939)
Screenplay
Dark Magic (1939)
Writer
How to Sub-Let (1939)
Writer
Mental Poise (1938)
Writer
How to Watch Football (1938)
Writer
How to Read (1938)
Writer
The Courtship of the Newt (1938)
Writer
How to Raise a Baby (1938)
Writer
An Evening Alone (1938)
Writer
Music Made Simple (1938)
Writer
How to Figure Income Tax (1938)
Writer
A Night at the Movies (1937)
Writer
The Romance of Digestion (1937)
Writer
How to Be a Detective (1936)
Writer
How to Vote (1936)
Writer
How to Behave (1936)
Writer
How to Break 90 at Croquet (1935)
Writer
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
Screenplay
Blind Adventure (1933)
Additional Dialogue
Your Technocracy and Mine (1933)
Writer
The Sport Parade (1932)
Additional Dialogue
Sky Devils (1932)
Writer
Stewed, Fried and Boiled (1929)
Writer
Lesson No. 1 (1929)
Writer
Furnace Trouble (1929)
Writer
The Spellbinder (1928)
Writer
The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
Writer
The Treasurer's Report (1928)
Writer
The American Venus (1926)
Title Graphics
Second Youth (1924)
Title Designer