Actor
· Acting
Jack Benny
Born 1894-02-14
Died 1974-12-26
📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States
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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Filmography 114
The Automat
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
2019
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
2015
Beatles Stories
as Self
2011
The Best of Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Beatles: Big Beat Box
as Self (archive footage)
2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
2001
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage)
1997
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
as Himself
1992
Remembering Marilyn
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as Self
1986
Showbiz Goes to War
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Perry Como Christmas Show
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
1972
The Man
as Jack Benny
1972
Honor America Day
as Self
1970
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
as Self (voice)
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
1970
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Here's Lucy
as Jack Benny
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Carnival Nights
as Self
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')
1967
The Honey Pot
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
1967
The Jack Benny Hour
as Jack Benny / Rosano
1965
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
1963
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
Gypsy
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
1962
The Lucy Show
as Harry Tuttle
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Lucy Show
as Jack Benny
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Self
1961
Checkmate
as Jack Bowen
1960
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Chicken Finsterwald
1960
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
1960
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove
1960
Startime
as Self
1959
The Mouse That Jack Built
as Jack (voice)
1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
Kraft Music Hall
as Self - Host
1958
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
1958
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Jack Benny
1957
Beau James
as Jack Benny
1957
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host
1956
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
1954
General Electric Theater
as Tom Jones
1953
General Electric Theater
as Sheldon Weeks
1953
General Electric Theater
as Harold Fenton
1953
Omnibus
as Athanael
1952
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
Somebody Loves Me
as Jack Benny
1952
The Jack Benny Program
as Jack Benny
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
The Bob Hope Show
as Self - Cameo
1950
The Bob Hope Show
as Self - Guest hosts
1950
You Can Change The World
as Self
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
The Great Lover
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Without Reservations
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
1946
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Athanael
1945
It's in the Bag!
as Jack Benny
1945
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
The Meanest Man in the World
as Richard Clarke
1943
George Washington Slept Here
as Bill Fuller
1942
To Be or Not to Be
as Joseph Tura
1942
Charley's Aunt
as Babbs Babberley
1941
Three Of A Kind
as Himself
1941
Love Thy Neighbor
as Jack Benny
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Jack Benny
1940
Man About Town
as Bob Temple
1939
Artists and Models Abroad
as Buck Boswell
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
as Self
1938
Artists & Models
as Mac Brewster
1937
College Holiday
as J. Davis Bowster
1936
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Jack Carson
1936
It's in the Air
as Calvin Churchill
1935
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Bert Keeler
1935
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
as Chad Denby
1934
Mr. Broadway
as Jack Benny
1933
A Broadway Romeo
as Jack
1931
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
1930
The Song Writers' Revue
as Himself
1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
1929