About
Jack Benny
Overview
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."
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Known for
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| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Studio 54 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2016 | The Last Laugh | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Actor | Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Beatles Stories | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Beatles: Big Beat Box | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Actor | Self - Roastee (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1986 | TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1974 | The Perry Como Christmas Show | Actor | Santa Claus (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1972 | The Man | Actor | Jack Benny | 58 Average |
| 1971 | The Great Radio Comedians | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1970 | Honor America Day | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1970 | The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians | Actor | Self (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land | Actor | Man Who Finds Silver Dollar | 59 Average |
| 1969 | The Jack Benny Birthday Special | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1968 | Jack Benny's Bag | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man | Actor | Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips') | 58 Average |
| 1967 | The Honey Pot | Actor | Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1965 | Bob Hope Christmas Show | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1965 | The Jack Benny Hour | Actor | Jack Benny / Rosano | N/A N/A |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Actor | Man in Car in Desert (uncredited) | 64 Fair |
| 1963 | General Foods Opening Night | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1962 | Gypsy | Actor | Jack Benny (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1960 | Jack Benny Christmas Show | Actor | Jack Benny | N/A N/A |
| 1960 | The Slowest Gun in the West | Actor | Chicken Finsterwald | 58 Average |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | Actor | Mr. Cosgrove | 59 Average |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | Actor | Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1959 | The Mouse That Jack Built | Actor | Jack (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1958 | The George Burns Show | Actor | Jack Benny | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show | Actor | Jack Benny | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | Beau James | Actor | Jack Benny | 59 Average |
| 1954 | The Bing Crosby Show | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1952 | Stars in the Eye | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1952 | Somebody Loves Me | Actor | Jack Benny | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson | Actor | Self - Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Actor | Jack Benny | 70 Good |
| 1950 | You Can Change The World | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1947 | Is Everybody Listening? | Actor | Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Actor | Jack Benny (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight | Actor | Athanael | 58 Average |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! | Actor | Jack Benny | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1943 | The Meanest Man in the World | Actor | Richard Clarke | 59 Average |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here | Actor | Bill Fuller | 59 Average |
| 1942 | To Be or Not to Be | Actor | Joseph Tura | 70 Good |
| 1941 | Three Of A Kind | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Charley's Aunt | Actor | Babbs Babberley | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Love Thy Neighbor | Actor | Jack Benny | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Actor | Jack Benny | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | Man About Town | Actor | Bob Temple | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Artists and Models Abroad | Actor | Buck Boswell | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Artists & Models | Actor | Mac Brewster | 58 Average |
| 1936 | College Holiday | Actor | J. Davis Bowster | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Big Broadcast of 1937 | Actor | Jack Carson | 58 Average |
| 1935 | It's in the Air | Actor | Calvin Churchill | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Broadway Melody of 1936 | Actor | Bert Keeler | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round | Actor | Chad Denby | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Mr. Broadway | Actor | Jack Benny | N/A N/A |
| 1931 | Taxi Tangle | Actor | Man in taxi | 58 Average |
| 1930 | The Medicine Man | Actor | Dr. John H. Harvey | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Children of Pleasure | Actor | Radio Performer Jack (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Lord Byron of Broadway | Actor | Voice on Radio | 58 Average |
| 1930 | The Rounder | Actor | Mr. Bartlett | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Chasing Rainbows | Actor | Eddie Rock | 58 Average |
| 1929 | The Song Writers' Revue | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Actor | Self - Master of Ceremonies | 58 Average |
| 1928 | Bright Moments | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1949 | The Lucky Stiff | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
Crew |
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| 1973 | Paper Moon | Crew | Thanks | 70 Good |