Jack Benny
51 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 14, 1894
- Died
- Dec 26, 1974 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Also known as
- Джек Бенни · Benjamin Kubelsky
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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Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.8 To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Film
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★ 7.0 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Film
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★ 6.9 Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958 · Film
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★ 6.4 Gypsy
1962 · Film
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★ 6.5 The Honey Pot
1967 · Film
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★ 7.1 The Lucy Show
1962 · TV
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★ 7.0 That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Film
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★ 6.0 A Guide for the Married Man
1967 · Film
Jack Benny: movies and TV shows
Acting (57)
- 2019 Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
- 2005
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
- 1974 The Perry Como Christmas Show
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
- 1972 The Man
as Jack Benny
- 1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
- 1968
- 1967 A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser
- 1967 The Honey Pot
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
- 1965 The Jack Benny Hour
as Jack Benny / Rosano
- 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
- 1962 Gypsy
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 1962
- 1960 Jack Benny Christmas Show
as Jack Benny
- 1960
- 1960 The Slowest Gun in the West
as Chicken Finsterwald
- 1960 Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited) / Mr. Cosgrove
- 1959 The Mouse That Jack Built
as Jack (voice)
- 1958
- 1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
- 1957 Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Jack Benny
- 1957 Beau James
as Jack Benny
- 1953
- 1953
- 1952 Somebody Loves Me
as Jack Benny
- 1950
- 1950
- 1949 The Great Lover
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 1947 Is Everybody Listening?
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
- 1946 Without Reservations
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
- 1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Athanael
- 1945 It's in the Bag!
as Jack Benny
- 1943 The Meanest Man in the World
as Richard Clarke
- 1942 George Washington Slept Here
as Bill Fuller
- 1942 To Be or Not to Be
as Joseph Tura
- 1941 Charley's Aunt
as Babbs Babberley
- 1940 Love Thy Neighbor
as Jack Benny
- 1940 Buck Benny Rides Again
as Jack Benny
- 1939 Man About Town
as Bob Temple
- 1938 Artists and Models Abroad
as Buck Boswell
- 1937 Artists & Models
as Mac Brewster
- 1936 College Holiday
as J. Davis Bowster
- 1936 The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Jack Carson
- 1935 It's in the Air
as Calvin Churchill
- 1935 Broadway Melody of 1936
as Bert Keeler
- 1934 Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
as Chad Denby
- 1933 Mr. Broadway
as Jack Benny
- 1931 Taxi Tangle
as Man in taxi
- 1931 A Broadway Romeo
as Jack
- 1930 The Medicine Man
as Dr. John H. Harvey
- 1930 Children of Pleasure
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
- 1930 Lord Byron of Broadway
as Voice on Radio
- 1930 The Rounder
as Mr. Bartlett
- 1930 Chasing Rainbows
as Eddie Rock
- 1928
Behind the camera (2)
- 1973 Paper Moon
Thanks
- 1949 The Lucky Stiff
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (68)
- 2021
- 2018
- 2016
- 2015
- 2011
- 2010
- 2004
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 1998
- 1997
- 1995
- 1992
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1982
- 1982
- 1975
- 1975
- 1973 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
2 episodes
- 1972 The Julie Andrews Hour
1 episode
- 1971
- 1970
- 1970
- 1970
- 1969
- 1969 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1 episode
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
3 episodes
- 1968
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
10 episodes
- 1965
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
2 episodes
- 1963 The Danny Kaye Show
1 episode
- 1963
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
5 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1961 The DuPont Show of the Week
1 episode
- 1959 Startime
1 episode
- 1958
- 1958 Kraft Music Hall
3 episodes
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1954 The George Gobel Show
2 episodes
- 1954
- 1952
- 1952 Omnibus
1 episode
- 1952 This Is Your Life
1 episode
- 1952
- 1952 The Liberace Show
1 episode
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
2 episodes
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show
11 episodes
- 1950
- 1950 What's My Line?
2 episodes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
4 episodes
- 1944
- 1943
- 1941
- 1938
- 1938
- 1930
- 1929
- 1929