Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)

American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor.

* September 15, 1889 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
 as Robert Charles Benchley
 November 21, 1945 New York City, New York, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, December 1928
Photoplay, March 1929
Photoplay, May 1929

Photoplay, June 1931

Books on Robert Benchley

Wes D. Gehring
"Mr. B" or Comforting Thoughts About the Bison, A Critical Biography of Robert Benchley
Westport, Connecticut, 1992

Robert Redding
Starring Robert Benchley, Those Magnificent Movie Shorts
Albuquerque, 1973

Babette Rosmond
Robert Benchley, His Life and Good Times
Garden City, N.Y., 1970

Robert Redding
A Humorist in Hollywood, Robert Benchley and His Comedy Films
1968

Nathaniel Benchley
Robert Benchley, A Biography
New York, 1955

Books with substantial mentioning of Robert Benchley

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Books with an entry on Robert Benchley

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Ken D. Jones, Arthur F. McClure, Alfred E. Twomey Character People Ken D. Jones, Arthur F. McClure, Alfred E. Twomey
Character People, The Stalwarts of the Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1976

Films

1928
The Sex Life of the Polyp

1932
Sky Devils
The Sport Parade

1933
Dancing Lady
Rafter Romance
Headline Shooter

1935
China Seas
Murder on a Honeymoon
Pursuit

1936
Piccadilly Jim

1937
Broadway Melody of 1938
Live, Love and Learn
Top of the Town

1940
Foreign Correspondent
Hired Wife

1941
Bedtime Story
Nice Girl?
The Reluctant Dragon
Three Girls About Town
You'll Never Get Rich

1942
I Married a Witch
The Major and the Minor
Take a Letter, Darling
Syncopation

1943
Flesh and Fantasy
The Sky's the Limit
Young and Willing
Show-Business at War

1944
See Here, Private Hargrove
Song of Russia
Practically Yours
Her Primitive Man

1945
Duffy's Tavern
Kiss and Tell
Road to Utopia
Week-End at the Waldorf
It's in the Bag!
The Stork Club

1946
Janie Gets Married

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

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