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Jack Benny
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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,…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Jack Benny's Filmography
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The Automat
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
Beatles Stories
as Self
The Best of Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
Pioneers of Primetime
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
as Self (archive)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage)
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Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
as Self (Archived footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
as Himself
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Remembering Marilyn
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Perry Como Christmas Show
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
The Man
as Jack Benny
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The Great Radio Comedians
as Self
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Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as Self
Honor America Day
as Self
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
as Self (voice)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
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The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
Jack Benny's Bag
as Self
Carnival Nights
as Self
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser
The Honey Pot
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
The Jack Benny Hour
as Jack Benny / Rosano
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
General Foods Opening Night
as Self
Gypsy
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
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Jack Benny Christmas Show
as Jack Benny
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Chicken Finsterwald
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove
The Mouse That Jack Built
as Jack (voice)
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Jack Benny
Beau James
as Jack Benny
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
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Stars in the Eye
as Himself
Somebody Loves Me
as Jack Benny
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
as Self - Narrator
You Can Change The World
as Self
The Great Lover
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
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Is Everybody Listening?
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
Without Reservations
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Athanael
It's in the Bag!
as Jack Benny
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
Show-Business at War
as Self
The Meanest Man in the World
as Richard Clarke
George Washington Slept Here
as Bill Fuller
To Be or Not to Be
as Joseph Tura
Charley's Aunt
as Babbs Babberley
Three Of A Kind
as Himself
Love Thy Neighbor
as Jack Benny
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Jack Benny
Man About Town
as Bob Temple
Artists and Models Abroad
as Buck Boswell
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
as Self
Artists & Models
as Mac Brewster
College Holiday
as J. Davis Bowster
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Jack Carson
It's in the Air
as Calvin Churchill
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Bert Keeler
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
as Chad Denby
Mr. Broadway
as Jack Benny
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Taxi Tangle
as Man in taxi
A Broadway Romeo
as Jack
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 13
as Self
The Medicine Man
as Dr. John H. Harvey
Children of Pleasure
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
Lord Byron of Broadway
as Voice on Radio
The Rounder
as Mr. Bartlett
Chasing Rainbows
as Eddie Rock
The Song Writers' Revue
as Himself
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
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