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Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. From his beginnings at the Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, and his acclaimed short films, Benchley's style of humor brought him respect and success during his life, from New ...
According to the Worcester, Massachusetts City Clerk, Robert Charles Benchley was born September 15, 1889 at the family home at 14 Kingsbury Street. He was the only child born in the City that day. His mother is Maria Jane Moran, nicknamed Jennie , born in Webster, Mass. His father is Charles H Benchley, born here.
Nov 12, 2020 · Dorothy Parker is the inspiration for films, books, and cocktail napkins to this very day. Her former Vanity Fair co-worker, Robert Benchley, has faded from comedy memory. He’s remembered now ...
Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author, screenwriter, and environmental activist. He is known for his bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both cinema and television, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and ...
Apr 26, 2021 · Robert Benchley. (Humorist) The man behind the short film ‘How to Sleep’, a humorous clip on the technique of sleeping, Robert Benchley was an American humorist, writer and actor. Even though an established humorist by the time he made the short film, this film became his ticket to stardom. Not only did the film win an academy Award, it ...
Robert Charles Benchley was born on September 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the second son of former policeman and city clerk Charles H. Benchley and his wife, the former Maria Jean Moran, known as Jennie. Perhaps the most defining moment of his formative years was the death of his older brother Edmund Nathaniel Benchley in the ...
Robert Benchley, Nathaniel G. Benchley (Introduction), Robert Benchley. 4.04 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 1954 — 24 editions. Want to Read.
