Jack Benny

ActorCrewProducer Feb 14 (died age 80) Chicago, Illinois, United States 1928–2021 (93 year career)

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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, …

Known For

Film

Paper Moon

Thanks

Film

To Be or Not to Be

Joseph Tura

Film

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

Film

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Carlos, the matador (uncredited)

Film

Studio 54

Self (archive footage)

Film

Gypsy

Jack Benny (uncredited)

Film

The Honey Pot

Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)

Film

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (124)

Movies (92)

The Automat

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace Is Here

as (archive footage)

Studio 54

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

The Last Laugh

2016

as Self

6.9

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015

as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)

10.0

Beatles Stories

2011

as Self

7.2

The Best of Johnny Carson

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Pioneers of Primetime

2005

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

2002

as Self (archive footage)

2.0

Beatles: Big Beat Box

2001

as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

2001

as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

2001

as Self (archive footage)

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1998

as Self - Roastee (archive footage)

5.0

Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny

1995

as Self (Archived footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom

1992

as Himself

9.0

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

1986

as Self

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

as (archive footage)

10.0

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self (archive footage)

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975

as Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

The Perry Como Christmas Show

1974

as Santa Claus (uncredited)

6.5

The Man

1972

as Jack Benny

6.3

The Great Radio Comedians

1971

as Self

8.0

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970

as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar

6.0

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

1970

as Self

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

1970

as Self (voice)

6.0

Honor America Day

1970

as Self

The Jack Benny Birthday Special

1969

as Self

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968

as Self (uncredited)

7.6

Jack Benny's Bag

1968

as Self

Carnival Nights

1968

as Self

The Honey Pot

1967

as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)

6.4

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

as Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')

5.8

The Jack Benny Hour

1965

as Jack Benny / Rosano

Bob Hope Christmas Show

1965

as Self

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

7.0

General Foods Opening Night

1963

Gypsy

1962

as Jack Benny (uncredited)

6.3

Jack Benny Christmas Show

1960

as Jack Benny

Who Was That Lady?

1960

as Mr. Cosgrove

6.3

The Slowest Gun in the West

1960

as Chicken Finsterwald

2.0

The Mouse That Jack Built

1959

as Jack (voice)

6.8

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958

as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)

6.8

The All-Star Christmas Show

as Self

Beau James

as Jack Benny

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

1957

as Jack Benny

The Bing Crosby Show

1954

as Self

Somebody Loves Me

1952

as Jack Benny

8.5

Stars in the Eye

1952

as Himself

Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson

1952

as Self - Narrator

You Can Change The World

1950

as Self

5.8

The Great Lover

1949

as Jack Benny (uncredited)

6.8

Is Everybody Listening?

1947

as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program

5.0

Without Reservations

1946

as Jack Benny (uncredited)

6.2

The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Athanael

It's in the Bag!

as Jack Benny

Hollywood Canteen

as Self

Show-Business at War

as Self

The Meanest Man in the World

as Richard Clarke

To Be or Not to Be

as Joseph Tura

George Washington Slept Here

1942

as Bill Fuller

6.3

Three Of A Kind

1941

as Himself

Charley's Aunt

as Babbs Babberley

Love Thy Neighbor

as Jack Benny

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940

as Jack Benny

Man About Town

1939

as Bob Temple

3.6

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

1938

as Self

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938

as Self

7.0

Artists and Models Abroad

as Buck Boswell

Artists & Models

as Mac Brewster

College Holiday

as J. Davis Bowster

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

as Jack Carson

5.4

Broadway Melody of 1936

as Bert Keeler

It's in the Air

as Calvin Churchill

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

1934

as Chad Denby

4.1

Mr. Broadway

1933

as Jack Benny

A Broadway Romeo

as Jack

Taxi Tangle

as Man in taxi

The Rounder

as Mr. Bartlett

The Medicine Man

as Dr. John H. Harvey

4.6

Lord Byron of Broadway

1930

as Voice on Radio

3.8

Children of Pleasure

1930

as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)

4.7

Chasing Rainbows

1930

as Eddie Rock

4.0

The Voice of Hollywood No. 13

1930

as Self

The Song Writers' Revue

1929

as Himself

2.5

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929

as Self - Master of Ceremonies

5.6

Bright Moments

1928

Television (32)

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973

as Self

5.4

The Julie Andrews Hour

1972

as Self

6.0

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Here's Lucy

as Jack Benny

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

as Self (uncredited)

6.6

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Lucy Show

as Harry Tuttle

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self - Comedian (archive footage)

5.4

The DuPont Show of the Week

as Self

Checkmate

as Jack Bowen

Startime

Kraft Music Hall

as Self - Host

The George Burns Show

1958

as Jack Benny

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Co-Host

The George Gobel Show

1954

as Self

7.3

General Electric Theater

as Sheldon Weeks

Omnibus

as Athanael

This Is Your Life

as Self

The Liberace Show

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Jack Benny

7.8

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

as Jack Benny (uncredited)

7.1

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Paper Moon

Thanks

The Lucky Stiff

Producer