Robert Benchley Movies

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

Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of authority (real or imagined).

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

The Spellbinder is a comedy short.

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone.

This comedic short provides a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.

Joe Doakes is lamenting to his wife the lack of variety in his meals. In particular, he misses eating stewed tomatoes, the fruit which he believes...

Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able...

A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders...

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

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...

While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet.

Robert Benchley revamps his pre-code classic "Sex Life of the Polyp" for a new generation.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled 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...

Assistant Treasurer Benchley reports on the annual expenditures of the club for its home for "boys between the ages of 14", and other projects.

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers.

A comic training film designed to help sailors readjust to civilain life after World War II.

Clip-filled promotional short by MGM Studios celebrating the body of work by producer David O. Selznick.