Robert Benchley: movies and TV shows
Robert Benchley has 149 credits in the archive: 148 films and 1 TV series, from 1924 to 2007. Highest rated: MGM Parade (7.5/10).
Career timeline
1924 – 2007 · busiest year: 1938 (17 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Robert Benchley (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 117 |
| 2004 | Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 | Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) | Film | 8.8 | 114 |
| 1987 | The Ten-Year Lunch | Himself (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 97 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 92 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) | Film | — | 86 |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 74 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1946 | Road to Utopia | Narrator (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots | Uncle Todd Warren | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1946 | Janie Gets Married | John Van Brunt | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1945 | Hollywood Victory Caravan | Robert Benchley | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Randy Morton | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1945 | The Stork Club | Tom P. Curtis | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 1945 | Boogie Woogie | Frederick Stumplefinger | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1945 | Boogie Woogie | Film | 10.0 | 55 | |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! | Parker | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1945 | Duffy's Tavern | Robert Benchley | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1945 | Kiss and Tell | George Archer | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1945 | I'm a Civilian Here Myself | Joe Doakes | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1945 | I'm a Civilian Here Myself | Film | 10.0 | 55 | |
| 1945 | Pan-Americana | Charlie Corker | Film | 4.1 | 55 |
| 1945 | Snafu | Ben Stevens | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1944 | The National Barn Dance | J.B. Mitcham | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1944 | Song of Russia | Hank Higgins | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | Mr. Holliday | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1944 | Her Primitive Man | Martin Osborne | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1944 | Practically Yours | Judge Robert Simpson | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1944 | Janie | John Van Brunt | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1944 | Important Business | Joseph A. Doakes | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1944 | Important Business | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1944 | Important Business | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1944 | Why Daddy? | Joseph A. Doakes | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1944 | Why Daddy? | Film | 5.5 | 54 | |
| 1944 | Why Daddy? | Film | 5.5 | 54 | |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Doakes | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1943 | Young and Willing | Arthur Kenny | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1943 | The Sky's the Limit | Philip 'Phil' Harriman | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1943 | My Tomato | Joseph A. Doakes | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1943 | No News Is Good News | Answer Man | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1943 | No News Is Good News | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 1943 | No News Is Good News | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 1942 | I Married a Witch | Dr. Dudley White | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor | Mr. Osborne | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling | G.B. Atwater | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1942 | Syncopation | Doakes (scenes deleted) | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1942 | Nothing But Nerves | Mr. Benchley | Film | 4.5 | 52 |
| 1942 | The Witness | Joe Doakes | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1942 | The Witness | Film | 6.6 | 52 | |
| 1942 | Keeping in Shape | Joe Doakes | Film | 4.5 | 52 |
| 1941 | The Reluctant Dragon | Robert Benchley | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1941 | Nice Girl? | Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich | Martin Cortland | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story | Eddie Turner | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1941 | Waiting for Baby | Joe Doakes | Film | — | 51 |
| 1941 | Waiting for Baby | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1941 | The Forgotten Man | Joe Doakes / Father | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1941 | Crime Control | Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1941 | Crime Control | Film | 5.5 | 51 | |
| 1941 | How to Take a Vacation | Husband | Film | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Stebbins | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Film | 7.0 | 50 | |
| 1940 | Home Movies | Joe Doakes | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1940 | Home Movies | Film | 7.0 | 50 | |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Roger Van Horn | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1940 | That Inferior Feeling | Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1940 | That Inferior Feeling | Film | 6.1 | 50 | |
| 1940 | The Trouble with Husbands | Joe Doakes | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1940 | The Trouble with Husbands | Film | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 1939 | Dark Magic | Joe Doakes | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1939 | Dark Magic | Film | 6.8 | 49 | |
| 1939 | An Hour for Lunch | Lecturer / Joe | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1939 | How to Eat | Lecturer / Joe Doakes | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1939 | How to Sub-Let | Joe Doakes | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1939 | How to Sub-Let | Film | 5.8 | 49 | |
| 1939 | Home Early | Joe Doakes | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1939 | Home Early | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1939 | See Your Doctor | Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1939 | See Your Doctor | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1939 | See Your Doctor | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1939 | The Day of Rest | Joe Doakes | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1938 | Opening Day | City Treasurer Benchley | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1938 | Mental Poise | Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1938 | Mental Poise | Film | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1938 | An Evening Alone | Joe Doakes | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1938 | An Evening Alone | Film | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1938 | The Courtship of the Newt | Zoology Lecturer | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1938 | The Courtship of the Newt | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1938 | How to Figure Income Tax | Joe Doakes | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1938 | How to Figure Income Tax | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1938 | How to Watch Football | Football Fan | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1938 | How to Watch Football | Film | 5.7 | 48 | |
| 1938 | How to Read | Lecturer | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1938 | How to Read | Film | 5.4 | 48 | |
| 1938 | Music Made Simple | Robert Benchley | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1938 | Music Made Simple | Film | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1938 | How to Raise a Baby | Lecturer Father | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1938 | How to Raise a Baby | Film | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1937 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Duffy | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1937 | Sunday Night at the Trocadero | Robert Benchley | Film | 4.5 | 47 |
| 1937 | Live, Love and Learn | Oscar | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1937 | The Romance of Digestion | Joe Doakes | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1937 | The Romance of Digestion | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1937 | How to Start the Day | Lecturer | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1937 | A Night at the Movies | Husband | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1937 | A Night at the Movies | Film | 5.9 | 47 | |
| 1936 | Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Film | 4.7 | 46 | |
| 1936 | How to Vote | Mr. Robert Benchley | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1936 | How to Vote | Film | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 1936 | How to Be a Detective | Mr. Benchley | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1936 | How to Be a Detective | Film | 6.9 | 46 | |
| 1936 | Piccadilly Jim | Bill Macon | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1936 | How to Behave | Mr. Benchley | Film | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1936 | How to Behave | Film | 7.8 | 46 | |
| 1936 | How to Train a Dog | Lecturer / Dog Owner | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1935 | China Seas | Charlie McCaleb | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1935 | Murder on a Honeymoon | Film | 6.5 | 45 | |
| 1935 | How to Sleep | Host / Narrator | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1935 | David O. Selznick: Your New Producer | Master of Ceremonies | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1935 | How to Break 90 at Croquet | Joe Doakes | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1935 | How to Break 90 at Croquet | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1934 | Social Register | Robert Benchley | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1933 | Dancing Lady | Ward King | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1933 | Blind Adventure | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1933 | Rafter Romance | Hubbell | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter | Radio Announcer | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1933 | Your Technocracy and Mine | Film | 10.0 | 43 | |
| 1933 | Your Technocracy and Mine | Film | 10.0 | 43 | |
| 1932 | The Sport Parade | Radio Announcer | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1932 | The Sport Parade | Film | 5.3 | 42 | |
| 1932 | Sky Devils | Film | 5.0 | 42 | |
| 1929 | Lesson No. 1 | Lecturer | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1929 | Lesson No. 1 | Film | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 1929 | Stewed, Fried and Boiled | Lecturer | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1929 | Stewed, Fried and Boiled | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1929 | Furnace Trouble | Robert Benchley | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1929 | Furnace Trouble | Film | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1928 | The Spellbinder | Robert Benchley | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1928 | The Spellbinder | Film | 10.0 | 38 | |
| 1928 | The Sex Life of the Polyp | Lecturer | Film | 5.1 | 38 |
| 1928 | The Sex Life of the Polyp | Film | 5.1 | 38 | |
| 1928 | The Treasurer's Report | Treasurer | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1928 | The Treasurer's Report | Film | 5.5 | 38 | |
| 1926 | You'd Be Surprised | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1926 | The American Venus | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1924 | Second Youth | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| The Causes Of The Depression | Mr. Benchley | Film | — | — |