- Birthday: 1889-09-14
- Deathday: 1945-11-21
- Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Age: 56
- Average Role Age: 50.11
Movie | Release Date | Character | Age at Release | |
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The Pixar Story | 08/28/07 | Robert Benchley (archive footage) | 56 | |
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 | 05/31/04 | Robert Benchley (archive sound) | 56 | |
The Ten-Year Lunch | 09/28/87 | Himself (archive footage) | 56 | |
Showbiz Goes to War | 12/31/82 | (archive footage) | 56 | |
That's Entertainment, Part II | 05/16/76 | (archive footage) | 56 | |
The Big Parade of Comedy | 09/02/64 | Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage) | 56 | |
Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 12/31/61 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 56 | |
Janie Gets Married | 06/22/46 | John Van Brunt | 56 | |
The Bride Wore Boots | 06/05/46 | Uncle Todd Warren | 56 | |
Road to Utopia | 02/27/46 | Narrator | 56 | |
The Stork Club | 12/28/45 | Tom P. Curtis | 56 | |
Snafu | 11/22/45 | Ben Stevens | 56 | |
Week-End at the Waldorf | 10/04/45 | Randy Morton | 56 | |
Kiss and Tell | 10/04/45 | George Archer | 56 | |
Hollywood Victory Caravan | 09/30/45 | Robert Benchley | 56 | |
Duffy's Tavern | 09/28/45 | Robert Benchley | 56 | |
Boogie Woogie | 06/15/45 | Frederick Stumplefinger | 55 | |
It's in the Bag! | 04/21/45 | Parker | 55 | |
Pan-Americana | 03/22/45 | Charlie Corker | 55 | |
Practically Yours | 12/20/44 | Judge Robert Simpson | 55 | |
The National Barn Dance | 09/24/44 | J.B. Mitcham | 55 | |
Janie | 09/02/44 | John Van Brunt | 54 | |
Her Primitive Man | 05/29/44 | Martin Osborne | 54 | |
Why Daddy? | 05/20/44 | Joseph A. Doakes | 54 | |
Important Business | 04/29/44 | Joseph A. Doakes | 54 | |
See Here, Private Hargrove | 03/18/44 | Mr. Holliday | 54 | |
Song of Russia | 02/10/44 | Hank Higgins | 54 | |
No News Is Good News | 12/18/43 | Answer Man | 54 | |
My Tomato | 12/04/43 | Joseph A. Doakes | 54 | |
Flesh and Fantasy | 10/29/43 | Doakes | 54 | |
The Sky's the Limit | 07/13/43 | Philip 'Phil' Harriman | 53 | |
Show-Business at War | 05/21/43 | Self | 53 | |
Young and Willing | 02/05/43 | Arthur Kenny | 53 | |
I Married a Witch | 10/30/42 | Dr. Dudley White | 53 | |
The Major and the Minor | 09/16/42 | Albert Osborne | 53 | |
Keeping in Shape | 06/22/42 | Joe Doakes | 52 | |
Syncopation | 05/22/42 | Doakes (scenes deleted) | 52 | |
Take a Letter, Darling | 05/06/42 | G.B. Atwater | 52 | |
Nothing But Nerves | 01/02/42 | Mr. Benchley | 52 | |
The Witness | 01/01/42 | Joe Doakes | 52 | |
Bedtime Story | 12/25/41 | Eddie Turner | 52 | |
Three Girls About Town | 10/23/41 | Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager | 52 | |
How to Take a Vacation | 10/09/41 | Husband | 52 | |
You'll Never Get Rich | 09/25/41 | Martin Cortland | 52 | |
The Reluctant Dragon | 06/19/41 | Robert Benchley | 51 | |
The Forgotten Man | 05/22/41 | Joe Doakes / Father | 51 | |
Crime Control | 04/11/41 | Sgt. Benchley / Joe Doakes | 51 | |
Nice Girl? | 02/21/41 | Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Dana | 51 | |
Waiting for Baby | 01/24/41 | Joe Doakes | 51 | |
The Trouble with Husbands | 11/08/40 | Joe Doakes | 51 | |
Hired Wife | 09/13/40 | Roger Van Horn | 50 | |
Foreign Correspondent | 08/16/40 | Stebbins | 50 | |
Home Movies | 02/17/40 | Joe Doakes | 50 | |
That Inferior Feeling | 01/20/40 | Joseph H. 'Joe' Doakes | 50 | |
See Your Doctor | 12/16/39 | Lecturer / Joseph H. Doakes | 50 | |
The Day of Rest | 09/05/39 | Joe Doakes | 49 | |
How to Eat | 06/10/39 | Lecturer / Joe Doakes | 49 | |
Home Early | 05/26/39 | Joe Doakes | 49 | |
Dark Magic | 05/12/39 | Joe Doakes | 49 | |
An Hour for Lunch | 03/17/39 | Lecturer / Joe | 49 | |
How to Sub-Let | 01/29/39 | Joe Doakes | 49 | |
Mental Poise | 12/10/38 | Psychoanalyst / Mr. Ostegraf | 49 | |
Opening Day | 11/12/38 | City Treasurer Benchley | 49 | |
How to Watch Football | 10/07/38 | Football Fan | 49 | |
How to Read | 08/27/38 | Lecturer | 48 | |
The Courtship of the Newt | 07/22/38 | Zoology Lecturer | 48 | |
How to Raise a Baby | 07/01/38 | Lecturer Father | 48 | |
An Evening Alone | 05/13/38 | Joe Doakes | 48 | |
Music Made Simple | 03/16/38 | Robert Benchley | 48 | |
How to Figure Income Tax | 03/01/38 | Joe Doakes | 48 | |
How to Start the Day | 11/11/37 | Lecturer | 48 | |
A Night at the Movies | 11/06/37 | Husband | 48 | |
Live, Love and Learn | 10/29/37 | Oscar | 48 | |
Sunday Night at the Trocadero | 10/02/37 | Robert Benchley | 48 | |
Broadway Melody of 1938 | 08/20/37 | Duffy | 47 | |
The Romance of Digestion | 03/13/37 | Joe Doakes | 47 | |
How to Be a Detective | 10/17/36 | Mr. Benchley | 47 | |
How to Vote | 09/04/36 | Mr. Robert Benchley | 46 | |
Piccadilly Jim | 08/14/36 | Bill Macon | 46 | |
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | 08/05/36 | 46 | ||
How to Train a Dog | 07/01/36 | Lecturer / Dog Owner | 46 | |
How to Behave | 04/25/36 | Mr. Benchley | 46 | |
How to Sleep | 09/14/35 | Host / Narrator | 46 | |
China Seas | 08/09/35 | Charlie McCaleb | 45 | |
How to Break 90 at Croquet | 06/04/35 | Joe Doakes | 45 | |
David O. Selznick: Your New Producer | 01/01/35 | Master of Ceremonies | 45 | |
Social Register | 03/10/34 | Robert Benchley | 44 | |
Dancing Lady | 11/24/33 | Ward King | 44 | |
Rafter Romance | 09/01/33 | Hubbell | 43 | |
Headline Shooter | 07/28/33 | Radio Announcer | 43 | |
Your Technocracy and Mine | 03/31/33 | 43 | ||
The Sport Parade | 11/11/32 | Radio Announcer | 43 | |
Stewed, Fried and Boiled | 03/29/29 | Lecturer | 39 | |
Lesson No. 1 | 02/12/29 | Lecturer | 39 | |
Furnace Trouble | 02/04/29 | Robert Benchley | 39 | |
The Spellbinder | 12/13/28 | Robert Benchley | 39 | |
The Sex Life of the Polyp | 07/25/28 | Lecturer | 38 | |
The Treasurer's Report | 03/11/28 | Treasurer | 38 |