Acting · Chicago, Illinois, United States · Born February 14, 1894
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.
MovieThe Automat
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMike Wallace Is Here
2019
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MovieStudio 54
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieMary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
MovieBeatles Stories
2011
as Self
MovieThe Best of Johnny Carson
2010
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePioneers of Primetime
2005
MovieElf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004
as Self (archive)
MovieSmothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBeatles: Big Beat Box
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
MovieVaudeville
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
1995
as Self (Archived footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieJack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
1992
as Himself
Remembering Marilyn
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
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MovieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
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MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Perry Como Christmas Show
1974
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
TVThe Julie Andrews Hour
1972
as Self
MovieThe Man
1972
as Jack Benny
The Great Radio Comedians
1971
as Self
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
1970
as Self
MovieHonor America Day
1970
as Self
MovieThe Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970
as Self (voice)
MovieSwing Out, Sweet Land
1970
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
as Self
TVThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
MovieThe Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Jack Benny's Bag
1968
as Self
TVHere's Lucy
1968
as Jack Benny
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieCarnival Nights
1968
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TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
MovieA Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser
MovieThe Honey Pot
1967
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965
as Self
MovieThe Jack Benny Hour
1965
as Jack Benny / Rosano
MovieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVThe Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
General Foods Opening Night
1963
MovieGypsy
1962
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
TVThe Lucy Show
1962
as Harry Tuttle
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
TVThe DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Self
Jack Benny Christmas Show
1960
as Jack Benny
TVCheckmate
1960
as Jack Bowen
MovieThe Slowest Gun in the West
1960
as Chicken Finsterwald
MovieWho Was That Lady?
1960
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
TVStartime
1959
as Self
MovieThe Mouse That Jack Built
1959
as Jack (voice)
MovieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
The George Burns Show
1958
as Jack Benny
TVKraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
MovieRock-a-Bye Baby
1958
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
MovieJack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
as Jack Benny
MovieBeau James
1957
as Jack Benny
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MovieThe Bing Crosby Show
1954
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Tom Jones
Stars in the Eye
1952
as Himself
TVOmnibus
1952
as Athanael
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MovieSomebody Loves Me
1952
as Jack Benny
MovieScreen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
1952
as Self - Narrator
The Liberace Show
1952
as Self
TVThe Jack Benny Program
1950
as Jack Benny
TVThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
MovieYou Can Change The World
1950
as Self
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieThe Great Lover
1949
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Is Everybody Listening?
1947
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
MovieWithout Reservations
1946
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
MovieThe Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as Athanael
MovieIt's in the Bag!
1945
as Jack Benny
MovieHollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
MovieShow-Business at War
1943
as Self
MovieThe Meanest Man in the World
1943
as Richard Clarke
MovieGeorge Washington Slept Here
1942
as Bill Fuller
MovieTo Be or Not to Be
1942
as Joseph Tura
MovieCharley's Aunt
1941
as Babbs Babberley
MovieThree Of A Kind
1941
as Himself
MovieLove Thy Neighbor
1940
as Jack Benny
MovieBuck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Jack Benny
MovieMan About Town
1939
as Bob Temple
MovieArtists and Models Abroad
1938
as Buck Boswell
MovieHollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938
as Self
MovieArtists & Models
1937
as Mac Brewster
MovieCollege Holiday
1936
as J. Davis Bowster
MovieThe Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
as Jack Carson
MovieIt's in the Air
1935
as Calvin Churchill
MovieBroadway Melody of 1936
1935
as Bert Keeler
MovieTransatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934
as Chad Denby
MovieMr. Broadway
1933
as Jack Benny
Taxi Tangle
1931
as Man in taxi
MovieA Broadway Romeo
1931
as Jack
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13
1930
as Self
MovieThe Medicine Man
1930
as Dr. John H. Harvey
MovieChildren of Pleasure
1930
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
MovieLord Byron of Broadway
1930
as Voice on Radio
MovieThe Rounder
1930
as Mr. Bartlett
MovieChasing Rainbows
1930
as Eddie Rock
MovieThe Song Writers' Revue
1929
as Himself
MovieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
Bright Moments
1928
