Filmography
Robert Benchley
MGM Parade
1955 · Self
I Married a Witch
1942 · Dr. Dudley White
The Pixar Story
2007 · Robert Benchley (archive footage)
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Stebbins, Dialogue
Kiss and Tell
1945 · George Archer
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Robert Benchley
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Martin Cortland
Flesh and Fantasy
1943 · Doakes
The Major and the Minor
1942 · Mr. Osborne
China Seas
1935 · Charlie McCaleb
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)
The Bride Wore Boots
1946 · Uncle Todd Warren
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Randy Morton
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004 · Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944 · Mr. Holliday
The Sky's the Limit
1943 · Philip 'Phil' Harriman
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Duffy
Dancing Lady
1933 · Ward King
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987 · Himself (archive footage)
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 · Robert Benchley
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 · G.B. Atwater
The Stork Club
1945 · Tom P. Curtis
I'm a Civilian Here Myself
1945 · Joe Doakes, Writer
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 · Robert Benchley
How to Be a Detective
1936 · Mr. Benchley, Writer
It's in the Bag!
1945 · Parker
Live, Love and Learn
1937 · Oscar
Road to Utopia
1946 · Narrator (uncredited)
Nice Girl?
1941 · Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana
How to Vote
1936 · Mr. Robert Benchley, Writer
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936 · Actor
Opening Day
1938 · City Treasurer Benchley
Young and Willing
1943 · Arthur Kenny
Hired Wife
1940 · Roger Van Horn
A Night at the Movies
1937 · Husband, Writer
Mental Poise
1938 · Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf, Writer
The National Barn Dance
1944 · J.B. Mitcham
The Romance of Digestion
1937 · Joe Doakes, Writer
Piccadilly Jim
1936 · Bill Macon
Rafter Romance
1933 · Hubbell
Bedtime Story
1941 · Eddie Turner
Song of Russia
1944 · Hank Higgins
Three Girls About Town
1941 · Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager
Syncopation
1942 · Doakes (scenes deleted)
Practically Yours
1944 · Judge Robert Simpson
The Sport Parade
1932 · Radio Announcer, Additional Dialogue
The Day of Rest
1939 · Joe Doakes
Headline Shooter
1933 · Radio Announcer
An Hour for Lunch
1939 · Lecturer / Joe
Duffy's Tavern
1945 · Robert Benchley
Boogie Woogie
1945 · Frederick Stumplefinger, Writer
How to Sub-Let
1939 · Joe Doakes, Writer
Pan-Americana
1945 · Charlie Corker
Her Primitive Man
1944 · Martin Osborne
How to Figure Income Tax
1938 · Joe Doakes, Writer
The Sex Life of the Polyp
1928 · Lecturer, Writer
Dark Magic
1939 · Joe Doakes, Writer
Janie Gets Married
1946 · John Van Brunt
How to Train a Dog
1936 · Lecturer / Dog Owner
Janie
1944 · John Van Brunt
How to Watch Football
1938 · Football Fan, Writer
How to Behave
1936 · Mr. Benchley, Writer
Snafu
1945 · Ben Stevens
The Trouble with Husbands
1940 · Joe Doakes, Writer
Stewed, Fried and Boiled
1929 · Lecturer, Writer
How to Start the Day
1937 · Lecturer
No News Is Good News
1943 · Answer Man, Original Story
How to Eat
1939 · Lecturer / Joe Doakes
Waiting for Baby
1941 · Joe Doakes, Writer
See Your Doctor
1939 · Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes, Producer
The Treasurer's Report
1928 · Treasurer, Writer
The Forgotten Man
1941 · Joe Doakes / Father
Home Movies
1940 · Joe Doakes, Writer
How to Take a Vacation
1941 · Husband
That Inferior Feeling
1940 · Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes, Writer
How to Read
1938 · Lecturer, Writer
Lesson No. 1
1929 · Lecturer, Writer
Crime Control
1941 · Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes, Writer
Furnace Trouble
1929 · Robert Benchley, Writer
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer
1935 · Master of Ceremonies
An Evening Alone
1938 · Joe Doakes, Writer
Nothing But Nerves
1942 · Mr. Benchley
How to Break 90 at Croquet
1935 · Joe Doakes, Writer
The Courtship of the Newt
1938 · Zoology Lecturer, Writer
How to Raise a Baby
1938 · Lecturer Father, Writer
Keeping in Shape
1942 · Joe Doakes
The Spellbinder
1928 · Robert Benchley, Writer
My Tomato
1943 · Joseph A. Doakes
The Witness
1942 · Joe Doakes, Writer
Your Technocracy and Mine
1933 · Actor, Writer
Home Early
1939 · Joe Doakes, Screenplay
Important Business
1944 · Joseph A. Doakes, Original Story
Why Daddy?
1944 · Joseph A. Doakes, Story
The Causes Of The Depression
TBA · Mr. Benchley
Social Register
1934 · Robert Benchley
How to Sleep
1935 · Host / Narrator
Music Made Simple
1938 · Robert Benchley, Writer