Robert Benchley

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

Cast

The Reluctant Dragon

(Robert Benchley)

I Married a Witch

(Dr. Dudley White)

Nice Girl?

(Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana)

You'll Never Get Rich

(Martin Cortland)

Road to Utopia

(Narrator)

The Sky's the Limit

(Philip 'Phil' Harriman)

Dancing Lady

(Ward King)

Broadway Melody of 1938

(Duffy)

The Major and the Minor

(Albert Osborne)

Bedtime Story

(Eddie Turner)

China Seas

(Charlie McCaleb)

Showbiz Goes to War

((archive footage))

See Here, Private Hargrove

(Mr. Holliday)

Week-End at the Waldorf

(Randy Morton)

Three Girls About Town

(Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager)

Syncopation

(Doakes (scenes deleted))

Hired Wife

(Roger Van Horn)

Take a Letter, Darling

(G.B. Atwater)

Young and Willing

(Arthur Kenny)

The Spellbinder

(Robert Benchley)

Lesson No. 1

(Lecturer)

Furnace Trouble

(Robert Benchley)

Stewed, Fried and Boiled

(Lecturer)

How to Break 90 at Croquet

(Joe Doakes)

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

(Robert Benchley)

Rafter Romance

(Hubbell)

The Stork Club

(Tom P. Curtis)

Flesh and Fantasy

(Doakes)

The Sex Life of the Polyp

(Lecturer)

Piccadilly Jim

(Bill Macon)

How to Be a Detective

(Mr. Benchley)

Headline Shooter

(Radio Announcer)

Practically Yours

(Judge Robert Simpson)

Live, Love and Learn

(Oscar)

How to Sleep

(Host / Narrator)

A Night at the Movies

(Husband)

The Bride Wore Boots

(Uncle Todd Warren)

The Treasurer's Report

(Treasurer)

Janie

(John Van Brunt)

Janie Gets Married

(John Van Brunt)

How to Start the Day

(Lecturer)

Foreign Correspondent

(Stebbins)

Kiss and Tell

(George Archer)

Pan-Americana

(Charlie Corker)

The Pixar Story

(Robert Benchley (archive footage))

The Sport Parade

(Radio Announcer)

Social Register

(Robert Benchley)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

How to Eat

(Lecturer / Joe Doakes)

Important Business

(Joseph A. Doakes)

How to Behave

(Mr. Benchley)

My Tomato

(Joseph A. Doakes)

How to Train a Dog

(Lecturer / Dog Owner)

Mental Poise

(Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf)

The Romance of Digestion

(Joe Doakes)

Snafu

(Ben Stevens)

An Hour for Lunch

(Lecturer / Joe)

How to Figure Income Tax

(Joe Doakes)

How to Vote

(Mr. Robert Benchley)

Why Daddy?

(Joseph A. Doakes)

Her Primitive Man

(Martin Osborne)

See Your Doctor

(Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes)

Home Movies

(Joe Doakes)

It's in the Bag!

(Parker)

Nothing But Nerves

(Mr. Benchley)

How to Read

(Lecturer)

The National Barn Dance

(J.B. Mitcham)

Song of Russia

(Hank Higgins)

Boogie Woogie

(Frederick Stumplefinger)

That Inferior Feeling

(Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes)

How to Watch Football

(Football Fan)

Home Early

(Joe Doakes)

Hollywood Victory Caravan

(Robert Benchley)

Duffy's Tavern

(Robert Benchley)

Your Technocracy and Mine

How to Raise a Baby

(Lecturer Father)

The Forgotten Man

(Joe Doakes / Father)

David O. Selznick: Your New Producer

(Master of Ceremonies)

Keeping in Shape

(Joe Doakes)

How to Take a Vacation

(Husband)

Waiting for Baby

(Joe Doakes)

The Courtship of the Newt

(Zoology Lecturer)

An Evening Alone

(Joe Doakes)

Opening Day

(City Treasurer Benchley)

The Day of Rest

(Joe Doakes)

No News Is Good News

(Answer Man)

How to Sub-Let

(Joe Doakes)

Dark Magic

(Joe Doakes)

Show-Business at War

(Self)

That's Entertainment, Part II

((archive footage))

The Witness

(Joe Doakes)

The Trouble with Husbands

(Joe Doakes)

Crime Control

(Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes)

Music Made Simple

(Robert Benchley)

The Ten-Year Lunch

(Himself (archive footage))

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

(Robert Benchley (archive sound))

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs