Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley is known for Foreign Correspondent (1940), The Pixar Story (2007), I Married a Witch (1942).
Biography
Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.
Questions about Robert Benchley
How many Robert Benchley films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 48 films with Robert Benchley, from 1928 to 2007.
What is the best rated Robert Benchley film?
The best rated Robert Benchley film in the catalogue is The Pixar Story (2007), rated 7.5.
What was the first Robert Benchley film?
The first Robert Benchley film in the catalogue is Foreign Correspondent, from 1940.
Who has Robert Benchley worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Robert Benchley shares the most credits with Aldrich Bowker (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Known for
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7.0 Foreign Correspondent
1940
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7.5 The Pixar Story
2007
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6.6 The Reluctant Dragon
1941
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6.9 I Married a Witch
1942
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7.1 The Major and the Minor
1942
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6.3 China Seas
1935
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6.4 Nice Girl?
1941
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6.5 You'll Never Get Rich
1941
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6.9 Dancing Lady
1933
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7.0 That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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7.1 Flesh and Fantasy
1943
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6.5 The Ten-Year Lunch
1987
Trivia
- Also works as
- screenwriter · journalist · humorist · theatre critic · reporter
- Studied at
- Harvard University · Phillips Exeter Academy · South High Community School
- Father
- Charles Henry Benchley
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
101 films — 48 in the catalogue
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7.5
The Pixar Story
2007 · Robert Benchley (archive footage)
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8.8 Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004 · Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
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6.5
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987 · Himself (archive footage)
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10.0 Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
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7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
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7.2 The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
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7.3 Janie Gets Married
1946 · John Van Brunt
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6.1 The Bride Wore Boots
1946 · Uncle Todd Warren
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6.7 Road to Utopia
1946 · Narrator (uncredited)
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5.2 The Stork Club
1945 · Tom P. Curtis
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7.0 Snafu
1945 · Ben Stevens
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6.4 Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Randy Morton
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6.3 Kiss and Tell
1945 · George Archer
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5.6 Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 · Robert Benchley
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6.4 Duffy's Tavern
1945 · Robert Benchley
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10.0 Boogie Woogie
1945 · Frederick Stumplefinger
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6.3 It's in the Bag!
1945 · Parker
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4.1 Pan-Americana
1945 · Charlie Corker
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10.0 I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945 · Joe Doakes
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7.0 Practically Yours
1944 · Judge Robert Simpson
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7.0
The National Barn Dance
1944 · J.B. Mitcham
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6.0 Janie Tem Dois Namorados
1944 · John Van Brunt
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7.5 Her Primitive Man
1944 · Martin Osborne
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5.5 Why Daddy?
1944 · Joseph A. Doakes
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8.0 Important Business
1944 · Joseph A. Doakes
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6.5 See Here, Private Hargrove
1944 · Mr. Holliday
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6.2 Canção da Rússia
1944 · Hank Higgins
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6.7
No News Is Good News
1943 · Answer Man
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7.5 My Tomato
1943 · Joseph A. Doakes
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7.1
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Doakes
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6.3 The Sky's the Limit
1943 · Philip 'Phil' Harriman
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7.0 Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
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5.8 Young and Willing
1943 · Arthur Kenny
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6.9
I Married a Witch
1942 · Dr. Dudley White
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7.1
The Major and the Minor
1942 · Mr. Osborne
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4.5
Keeping in Shape
1942 · Joe Doakes
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6.8 Syncopation
1942 · Doakes (scenes deleted)
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6.6 Take a Letter, Darling
1942 · G.B. Atwater
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4.5 Nothing But Nerves
1942 · Mr. Benchley
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6.6 The Witness
1942 · Joe Doakes
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5.8 Bedtime Story
1941 · Eddie Turner
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6.5 Three Girls About Town
1941 · Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
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8.3
How to Take a Vacation
1941 · Husband
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6.5
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Martin Cortland
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6.6
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Robert Benchley
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9.0 The Forgotten Man
1941 · Joe Doakes / Father
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5.5 Crime Control
1941 · Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes
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6.4
Nice Girl?
1941 · Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
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Waiting for Baby
1941 · Joe Doakes
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6.3 The Trouble with Husbands
1940 · Joe Doakes
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6.8 Hired Wife
1940 · Roger Van Horn
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7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Stebbins
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7.0 Home Movies
1940 · Joe Doakes
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6.1 That Inferior Feeling
1940 · Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes
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6.5 See Your Doctor
1939 · Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes
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5.8 The Day of Rest
1939 · Joe Doakes
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6.3 How to Eat
1939 · Lecturer / Joe Doakes
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8.0 Home Early
1939 · Joe Doakes
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6.8 Dark Magic
1939 · Joe Doakes
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6.3 An Hour for Lunch
1939 · Lecturer / Joe
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5.8 How to Sub-Let
1939 · Joe Doakes
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6.5 Mental Poise
1938 · Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf
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6.5 Opening Day
1938 · City Treasurer Benchley
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5.7 How to Watch Football
1938 · Football Fan
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5.4 How to Read
1938 · Lecturer
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7.0
The Courtship of the Newt
1938 · Zoology Lecturer
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7.3 How to Raise a Baby
1938 · Lecturer Father
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7.3
An Evening Alone
1938 · Joe Doakes
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6.5
Music Made Simple
1938 · Robert Benchley
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7.0 How to Figure Income Tax
1938 · Joe Doakes
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6.6 How to Start the Day
1937 · Lecturer
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5.9 A Night at the Movies
1937 · Husband
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5.6 Live, Love and Learn
1937 · Oscar
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4.5 Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 · Robert Benchley
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6.6 Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Duffy
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7.0
The Romance of Digestion
1937 · Joe Doakes
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6.9 How to Be a Detective
1936 · Mr. Benchley
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6.8 How to Vote
1936 · Mr. Robert Benchley
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6.8 Piccadilly Jim
1936 · Bill Macon
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7.5 How to Train a Dog
1936 · Lecturer / Dog Owner
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7.8 How to Behave
1936 · Mr. Benchley
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4.7 Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
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6.6 How to Sleep
1935 · Host / Narrator
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6.3
China Seas
1935 · Charlie McCaleb
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10.0
How to Break 90 at Croquet
1935 · Joe Doakes
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10.0
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
1935 · Master of Ceremonies
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5.0 Social Register
1934 · Robert Benchley
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6.9
Dancing Lady
1933 · Ward King
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6.8 Rafter Romance
1933 · Hubbell
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6.3 Headline Shooter
1933 · Radio Announcer
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10.0
Your Technocracy and Mine
1933
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5.3 The Sport Parade
1932 · Radio Announcer
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7.0
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929 · Lecturer
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9.0
Lesson No. 1
1929 · Lecturer
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10.0
Furnace Trouble
1929 · Robert Benchley
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10.0
The Spellbinder
1928 · Robert Benchley
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5.1 The Sex Life of the Polyp
1928 · Lecturer
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5.5
The Treasurer's Report
1928 · Treasurer
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The Causes Of The Depression
no date · Mr. Benchley
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6.5 Murder on a Honeymoon
1935
People data: TMDb.
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