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Jack Benny
Actor, Producer
Born February 14, 1894Died December 26, 1974 (80 years)
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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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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Filmography
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here · as (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Warner at War · as Cast |
| 2004 | |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actor - Unidentified Film |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | The Perry Como Christmas Show · as Santa Claus (uncredited) |
| 1971 | The Funny Side of... (TV Series) · as Special Guest Host |
| 1970 | Swing Out, Sweet Land · as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar |
| 1967 | A Guide for the Married Man · as Technical Adviser (ollie 'sweet Lips') |
| 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) |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Jack Bowen |
| 1960 | The Slowest Gun in the West · as Chicken Finsterwald |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? · as Mr. Cosgrove |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Rock-a-Bye Baby · as Carlos, The Matador |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Tom Jones |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Athanael |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cautious Gambler |
| 1952 | The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series) · as Landlord |
| 1952 | The Liberace Show (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Jack Benny (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Without Reservations · as Jack Benny (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight · as Athanael |
| 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 |
| 1939 | Man About Town · as Bob Temple |
| 1938 | Artists and Models Abroad · as Buck Boswell |
| 1937 | Artist and 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 |
| 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 | Chasing Rainbows · as Eddie Rock |