Name
Jack Benny
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1894-02-14
Deathday
1974-12-26 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Biography
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
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(697 Votes)
6.979
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them a...
Relase Date : 7 Nov, 1963
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Paper Moon
(838 Votes)
7.9
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or ...
Relase Date : 9 May, 1973
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To Be or Not to Be
(843 Votes)
7.81
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldi...
Relase Date : 6 Mar, 1942
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That's Entertainment! III
(39 Votes)
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Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Rev...
Relase Date : 1 Jul, 1994
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The Honey Pot
(67 Votes)
6.4
In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking ...
Relase Date : 21 May, 1967
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Without Reservations
(20 Votes)
6.2
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard...
Relase Date : 13 May, 1946
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Rock-a-Bye Baby
(82 Votes)
6.835
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown ...
Relase Date : 23 Jul, 1958
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The Last Laugh
(21 Votes)
7
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable...
Relase Date : 18 Apr, 2016
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That's Entertainment, Part II
(41 Votes)
6.988
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this ti...
Relase Date : 16 May, 1976
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1942 To Be or Not to Be as Joseph Tura
- 1967 A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Adviser
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
- 1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self - Master of Ceremonies
- 1942 George Washington Slept Here as Bill Fuller
- 2001 Beatles: Big Beat Box as Self (archive footage)
- 1941 Charley's Aunt as Babbs Babberley
- 1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 as Bert Keeler
- 1944 Hollywood Canteen as Self
- 1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight as Athanael
- 1933 Mr. Broadway as Jack Benny
- 1982 Showbiz Goes to War as Self (archive footage)
- 1940 Buck Benny Rides Again as Jack Benny
- 1971 The Great Radio Comedians as Self
- 1959 The Mouse That Jack Built as Jack (voice)
- 1947 Is Everybody Listening? as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
- 1970 Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special as Self
- 1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011 Beatles Stories as Self
- 1937 Artists & Models as Mac Brewster
- 1930 Chasing Rainbows as Eddie Rock
- 1930 The Medicine Man as Dr. John H. Harvey
- 1982 Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1940 Love Thy Neighbor as Jack Benny
- 1952 Somebody Loves Me as Jack Benny
- 2016 The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1929 The Song Writers' Revue as Himself
- 1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937 as Jack Carson
- 1936 College Holiday as J. Davis Bowster
- 1934 Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round as Chad Denby
- 1938 Artists and Models Abroad as Buck Boswell
- 1939 Man About Town as Bob Temple
- 1960 Who Was That Lady? as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
- 1960 The Slowest Gun in the West as Chicken Finsterwald
- 1972 The Man as Jack Benny
- 1930 Lord Byron of Broadway as Voice on Radio
- 1941 Three Of A Kind as Himself
- 1960 Jack Benny Christmas Show as Jack Benny
- 1957 Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show as Jack Benny
- 1995 Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny as Self (Archived footage)
- 1935 It's in the Air as Calvin Churchill
- 1943 The Meanest Man in the World as Richard Clarke
- 1954 The Bing Crosby Show as Self
- 1962 Gypsy as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 2019 Mike Wallace Is Here as (archive footage)
- 1965 The Jack Benny Hour as Jack Benny / Rosano
- 1945 It's in the Bag! as Jack Benny
- 1986 TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines as Self
- 1930 The Rounder as Mr. Bartlett
- 1952 Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson as Self - Narrator
- 2015 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1968 The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
- 1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1952 Stars in the Eye as Himself
- 1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
- 1930 Children of Pleasure as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
- 1963 General Foods Opening Night
- 1943 Show-Business at War as Self
- 2002 Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1950 You Can Change The World as Self
- 1938 Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- 1974 The Perry Como Christmas Show as Santa Claus (uncredited)
- 1957 Beau James as Jack Benny
- 1970 The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians as Self (voice)
- 2018 Studio 54 as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom as Himself
- 1987 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1946 Without Reservations as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 1969 The Jack Benny Birthday Special as Self
- 1960 Who Was That Lady? as Mr. Cosgrove
- 2001 The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 1931 Taxi Tangle as Man in taxi
- 1998 The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
- 1970 Honor America Day as Self
- 1928 Bright Moments
- 1967 The Honey Pot as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
- 1975 Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television as Self (archive footage)
- 1965 Bob Hope Christmas Show as Self
- 1968 Jack Benny's Bag as Self
- 1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
- 1949 The Great Lover as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 2005 Pioneers of Primetime
- 1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 as Self
- 1931 A Broadway Romeo as Jack
- 2010 The Best of Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage)
- 1958 The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
- 1968 Carnival Nights as Self
- 2021 The Automat as Self (archive footage)
- 1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 as Self
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 Remembering Marilyn as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 Vaudeville as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown as Self (archive)
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 4 episodes ) as Jack Benny
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Harry Tuttle
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 2 episodes ) as Tom Jones
- 1950 The Jack Benny Program ( 261 episodes ) as Jack Benny
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 This Is Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The DuPont Show of the Week ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 The Liberace Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 9 episodes ) as Self
- 1950 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 1954 The George Gobel Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Sheldon Weeks
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Jack Benny
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Cameo
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest hosts
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1960 Checkmate ( 1 episode ) as Jack Bowen
- 1972 The Julie Andrews Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1973 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Athanael
- 1963 The Danny Kaye Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1958 Kraft Music Hall ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1958 Kraft Music Hall ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 7 episodes ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Harold Fenton
- 1959 Startime ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1958 The George Burns Show ( 1 episode ) as Jack Benny
