Robert Benchley Movies

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

After some investigation, Robert Benchley finds his nerves are in a bad state. He has the jitters so bad he can't hold his cup still enough to drink...

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most...

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short.

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

As Joe Doakes is reading the newspaper, he begins to talk to himself. Questioned by his wife, he explains that he is disturbed by the paper's account...

A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home.

Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar.

1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

A brief, illustrated lecture on digestion. Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudo-scientific description of biting, chewing, swallowing, and...

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.

Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands...

Robert takes a train ride to Washington, DC, on "important business."

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.