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Robert Benchley

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

Et billede af Robert Benchley

Actor

1928

[ ] The Spellbinder (Robert Benchley)
[ ] The Sex Life of the Polyp (Lecturer)
[ ] The Treasurer's Report (Treasurer)

1929

[ ] Lesson No. 1 (Lecturer)
[ ] Furnace Trouble (Robert Benchley)
[ ] Stewed, Fried and Boiled (Lecturer)

1932

[ ] The Sport Parade (Radio Announcer)

1933

[ ] Dancing Lady (Ward King)
[ ] Rafter Romance (Hubbell)
[ ] Headline Shooter (Radio Announcer)
[ ] Your Technocracy and Mine (????)

1934

[ ] Social Register (Robert Benchley)

1935

[ ] China Seas (Charlie McCaleb)
[ ] How to Break 90 at Croquet (Joe Doakes)
[ ] How to Sleep (Host / Narrator)
[ ] David O. Selznick: Your New Producer (Master of Ceremonies)

1936

[ ] Piccadilly Jim (Bill Macon)
[ ] How to Be a Detective (Mr. Benchley)
[ ] How to Behave (Mr. Benchley)
[ ] How to Train a Dog (Lecturer / Dog Owner)
[ ] How to Vote (Mr. Robert Benchley)
[ ] Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (????)

1937

[ ] Broadway Melody of 1938 (Duffy)
[ ] Sunday Night at the Trocadero (Robert Benchley)
[ ] Live, Love and Learn (Oscar)
[ ] A Night at the Movies (Husband)
[ ] How to Start the Day (Lecturer)
[ ] The Romance of Digestion (Joe Doakes)

1938

[ ] Mental Poise (Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf)
[ ] How to Figure Income Tax (Joe Doakes)
[ ] How to Read (Lecturer)
[ ] How to Watch Football (Football Fan)
[ ] How to Raise a Baby (Lecturer Father)
[ ] The Courtship of the Newt (Zoology Lecturer)
[ ] An Evening Alone (Joe Doakes)
[ ] Opening Day (City Treasurer Benchley)
[ ] Music Made Simple (Robert Benchley)

1939

[ ] How to Eat (Lecturer / Joe Doakes)
[ ] An Hour for Lunch (Lecturer / Joe)
[ ] See Your Doctor (Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes)
[ ] Home Early (Joe Doakes)
[ ] The Day of Rest (Joe Doakes)
[ ] How to Sub-Let (Joe Doakes)
[ ] Dark Magic (Joe Doakes)

1940

[ ] Hired Wife (Roger Van Horn)
[ ] Foreign Correspondent (Stebbins)
[ ] Home Movies (Joe Doakes)
[ ] That Inferior Feeling (Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes)
[ ] The Trouble with Husbands (Joe Doakes)

1941

[ ] The Reluctant Dragon (Robert Benchley)
[ ] Nice Girl? (Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana)
[ ] You'll Never Get Rich (Martin Cortland)
[ ] Bedtime Story (Eddie Turner)
[ ] Three Girls About Town (Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager)
[ ] The Forgotten Man (Joe Doakes / Father)
[ ] How to Take a Vacation (Husband)
[ ] Waiting for Baby (Joe Doakes)
[ ] Crime Control (Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes)

1942

[ ] I Married a Witch (Dr. Dudley White)
[ 6/10 ] The Major and the Minor (Mr. Osborne)
[ ] Syncopation (Doakes (scenes deleted))
[ ] Take a Letter, Darling (G.B. Atwater)
[ ] Nothing But Nerves (Mr. Benchley)
[ ] Keeping in Shape (Joe Doakes)
[ ] The Witness (Joe Doakes)

1943

[ ] The Sky's the Limit (Philip 'Phil' Harriman)
[ ] Young and Willing (Arthur Kenny)
[ ] Flesh and Fantasy (Doakes)
[ ] My Tomato (Joseph A. Doakes)
[ ] No News Is Good News (Answer Man)
[ ] Show-Business at War (Self)

1944

[ ] See Here, Private Hargrove (Mr. Holliday)
[ ] Practically Yours (Judge Robert Simpson)
[ ] Janie (John Van Brunt)
[ ] Important Business (Joseph A. Doakes)
[ ] Why Daddy? (Joseph A. Doakes)
[ ] Her Primitive Man (Martin Osborne)
[ ] The National Barn Dance (J.B. Mitcham)
[ ] Song of Russia (Hank Higgins)

1945

[ ] Week-End at the Waldorf (Randy Morton)
[ ] The Stork Club (Tom P. Curtis)
[ ] Kiss and Tell (George Archer)
[ ] Pan-Americana (Charlie Corker)
[ ] Snafu (Ben Stevens)
[ ] It's in the Bag! (Parker)
[ ] Boogie Woogie (Frederick Stumplefinger)
[ ] Hollywood Victory Caravan (Robert Benchley)
[ ] Duffy's Tavern (Robert Benchley)
[ ] I'm a Civilian Here Myself (Joe Doakes)

1946

[ ] Road to Utopia (Narrator)
[ ] The Bride Wore Boots (Uncle Todd Warren)
[ ] Janie Gets Married (John Van Brunt)

1964

[ ] The Big Parade of Comedy (Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage))

1976

[ ] That's Entertainment, Part II ((archive footage))

1982

[ ] Showbiz Goes to War ((archive footage))

1987

[ ] The Ten-Year Lunch (Himself (archive footage))

2004

[ ] Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 (Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited))

2007

[ ] The Pixar Story (Robert Benchley (archive footage))

????

[ ] The Causes Of The Depression (Mr. Benchley)

Writing

1926

[ ] You'd Be Surprised (Dialogue)

1928

[ ] The Treasurer's Report (Writer)
[ ] The Spellbinder (Writer)
[ ] The Sex Life of the Polyp (Writer)

1929

[ ] Furnace Trouble (Writer)
[ ] Stewed, Fried and Boiled (Writer)
[ ] Lesson No. 1 (Writer)

1932

[ ] Sky Devils (Writer)

1933

[ ] Your Technocracy and Mine (Writer)

1935

[ ] How to Break 90 at Croquet (Writer)
[ ] Murder on a Honeymoon (Screenplay)

1936

[ ] How to Behave (Writer)
[ ] How to Vote (Writer)
[ ] How to Be a Detective (Writer)

1937

[ ] A Night at the Movies (Writer)
[ ] The Romance of Digestion (Writer)

1938

[ ] An Evening Alone (Writer)
[ ] Music Made Simple (Writer)
[ ] The Courtship of the Newt (Writer)
[ ] How to Raise a Baby (Writer)
[ ] How to Figure Income Tax (Writer)
[ ] How to Read (Writer)
[ ] How to Watch Football (Writer)
[ ] Mental Poise (Writer)

1939

[ ] Dark Magic (Writer)
[ ] Home Early (Screenplay)
[ ] How to Sub-Let (Writer)
[ ] See Your Doctor (Screenplay)

1940

[ ] Home Movies (Writer)
[ ] That Inferior Feeling (Writer)
[ ] The Trouble with Husbands (Writer)
[ ] Foreign Correspondent (Dialogue)

1941

[ ] Waiting for Baby (Writer)
[ ] Crime Control (Writer)

1942

[ ] The Witness (Writer)

1943

[ ] No News Is Good News (Original Story)
[ ] No News Is Good News (Screenplay)

1944

[ ] Why Daddy? (Story)
[ ] Why Daddy? (Writer)
[ ] Important Business (Original Story)
[ ] Important Business (Screenplay)

1945

[ ] Boogie Woogie (Writer)
[ ] I'm a Civilian Here Myself (Writer)

Crew

1926

[ ] The American Venus (Title Graphics)

1932

[ ] The Sport Parade (Additional Dialogue)

1933

[ ] Blind Adventure (Additional Dialogue)

Production

1939

[ ] See Your Doctor (Producer)

Art

1924

[ ] Second Youth (Title Designer)