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  1. Film and television. Benchley filmed for Fox Film Corporation, Universal Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, and then primarily for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures. Toward the end of his career, he did freelance acting around Hollywood. The films are listed by release date, not by production date.

  2. Actor: Foreign Correspondent. Although by his own account Benchley was not quite a writer and not quite an actor, he managed to become one of the best-known humorists and comedians of his time. As a Harvard undergraduate, Benchley gave his first comic performance, impersonating a befuddled after-dinner speaker.

  3. Benchley took a role in the feature movie Dancing Lady (1933), [52] which also featured Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Nelson Eddy, and the Three Stooges. That same year, Benchley appeared in the short movies Your Technocracy and Mine for Universal Pictures and How to Break 90 at Croquet for RKO.

  4. Active - 1932 - 1946 | Born - Sep 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | Died - Nov 21, 1945 | Genres - Comedy, Romance, Musical. Overview. Filmography. Other Appearances.

  5. Robert Benchley. Actor: Foreign Correspondent. Although by his own account Benchley was not quite a writer and not quite an actor, he managed to become one of the best-known humorists and comedians of his time.

  6. Robert Benchley was an American humorist, actor, and drama critic, whose main persona, that of a slightly confused, ineffectual, socially awkward bumbler, served in his essays and short films to gain him the sobriquet “the humorist’s humorist.”

  7. Robert Benchley was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Benchley's earliest roles were in film, including the romantic comedy "Rafter Romance" (1933) with Ginger Rogers, "Dancing Lady" (1933) and "The Social Register" (1934). He also appeared in the Clark Gable adventure "China...

  8. Robert Benchley was a actor and writer who was born in 1889 in United States and died in 1945 known for Foreign Correspondent, I Married a Witch, The Major and the Minor, The Reluctant Dragon, Young and Willing, Blind Adventure, You'll Never Get Rich, How to Sleep (S) (S), The Gay Divorcee and Murder on a Honeymoon

  9. Filmography of Robert Benchley. North America . US ; Canada ; Mexico

  10. Apr 26, 2021 · Robert Benchley was a writer and actor famous for his humor which influenced generations of humorists to come. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

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