Jack Benny
Acting
Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly. Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Benny, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieThe Automat
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieMike Wallace Is Here
2019
(archive footage)
movieStudio 54
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Last Laugh
2016
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
movieThe Best of Johnny Carson
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieElf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004
Self (archive)
movieSmothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieBeatles: Big Beat Box
2001
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
movieVaudeville
1997
Self (archive footage)
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
1995
Self (Archived footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
Remembering Marilyn
1988
Self (archive footage)
movieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
Self (archive footage)
movieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Perry Como Christmas Show
1974
Santa Claus (uncredited)
movieThe Man
1972
Jack Benny
movieThe Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970
Self (voice)
movieSwing Out, Sweet Land
1970
Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
movieThe Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Self (uncredited)
tvHere's Lucy
1968
Jack Benny
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self / Self (uncredited)
movieA Guide for the Married Man
1967
Technical Adviser
movieThe Honey Pot
1967
Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
movieThe Jack Benny Hour
1965
Jack Benny / Rosano
movieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Man in Car in Desert (uncredited) / Self
movieGypsy
1962
Jack Benny (uncredited)
tvThe Lucy Show
1962
Harry Tuttle / Jack Benny
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self - Comedian (archive footage)
tvCheckmate
1960
Jack Bowen
movieThe Slowest Gun in the West
1960
Chicken Finsterwald
movieWho Was That Lady?
1960
Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited) / Mr. Cosgrove
tvStartime
1959
Self
movieThe Mouse That Jack Built
1959
Jack (voice)
tvKraft Music Hall
1958
Self / Self - Host
movieRock-a-Bye Baby
1958
Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
movieBeau James
1957
Jack Benny
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Host / Self - Co-Host
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Tom Jones / Sheldon Weeks / Harold Fenton
tvOmnibus
1952
Athanael
movieSomebody Loves Me
1952
Jack Benny
movieScreen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
1952
Self - Narrator
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950
Jack Benny
tvThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
Jack Benny (uncredited)
tvThe Bob Hope Show
1950
Self / Self - Cameo / Self - Guest hosts
movieThe Great Lover
1949
Jack Benny (uncredited)
Is Everybody Listening?
1947
Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
movieWithout Reservations
1946
Jack Benny (uncredited)
movieIt's in the Bag!
1945
Jack Benny
movieThe Meanest Man in the World
1943
Richard Clarke
movieGeorge Washington Slept Here
1942
Bill Fuller
movieTo Be or Not to Be
1942
Joseph Tura
movieCharley's Aunt
1941
Babbs Babberley
movieThree Of A Kind
1941
Himself
movieLove Thy Neighbor
1940
Jack Benny
movieBuck Benny Rides Again
1940
Jack Benny
movieMan About Town
1939
Bob Temple
movieArtists and Models Abroad
1938
Buck Boswell
movieArtists & Models
1937
Mac Brewster
movieCollege Holiday
1936
J. Davis Bowster
movieThe Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
Jack Carson
movieIt's in the Air
1935
Calvin Churchill
movieBroadway Melody of 1936
1935
Bert Keeler
movieTransatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934
Chad Denby
movieMr. Broadway
1933
Jack Benny
Taxi Tangle
1931
Man in taxi
movieThe Medicine Man
1930
Dr. John H. Harvey
movieChildren of Pleasure
1930
Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
movieLord Byron of Broadway
1930
Voice on Radio
movieThe Rounder
1930
Mr. Bartlett
movieChasing Rainbows
1930
Eddie Rock
movieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
Self - Master of Ceremonies
Crew1
moviePaper Moon
1973
Thanks
Production1
movieThe Lucky Stiff
1949
Producer