Jack Benny

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 (122 Appearances)

The Automat

2021

Mike Wallace Is Here

2019

Studio 54

2018

The Last Laugh

2016

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015

Beatles Stories

2011

The Best of Johnny Carson

2010

Pioneers of Primetime

2005

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

2002

Beatles: Big Beat Box

2001

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

2001

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

2001

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1998

Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny

1995

That's Entertainment! III

1994

Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom

1992

Remembering Marilyn

1988

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

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

1986

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

The Perry Como Christmas Show

1974

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973

The Julie Andrews Hour

1972

The Man

1972

The Great Radio Comedians

1971

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

1970

Honor America Day

1970

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians

1970

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970

The Jack Benny Birthday Special

1969

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968

Jack Benny's Bag

1968

Here's Lucy

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Carnival Nights

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

The Honey Pot

1967

Bob Hope Christmas Show

1965

The Jack Benny Hour

1965

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

1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

The Danny Kaye Show

1963

General Foods Opening Night

1963

Gypsy

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

The Lucy Show

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

The DuPont Show of the Week

1961

Jack Benny Christmas Show

1960

Checkmate

1960

The Slowest Gun in the West

1960

Who Was That Lady?

1960

Startime

1959

The Mouse That Jack Built

1959

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958

The George Burns Show

1958

Kraft Music Hall

1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

1957

Beau James

1957

Tony Awards

1956

The George Gobel Show

1954

The Bing Crosby Show

1954

General Electric Theater

1953

Stars in the Eye

1952

Omnibus

1952

This Is Your Life

1952

Somebody Loves Me

1952

Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson

1952

The Liberace Show

1952

The Jack Benny Program

1950

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

The Bob Hope Show

1950

You Can Change The World

1950

What's My Line?

1950

The Great Lover

1949

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

Is Everybody Listening?

1947

Without Reservations

1946

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945

It's in the Bag!

1945

Hollywood Canteen

1944

Show-Business at War

1943

The Meanest Man in the World

1943

George Washington Slept Here

1942

To Be or Not to Be

1942

Charley's Aunt

1941

Three Of A Kind

1941

Love Thy Neighbor

1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940

Man About Town

1939

Artists and Models Abroad

1938

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

1938

Artists & Models

1937

College Holiday

1936

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

It's in the Air

1935

Broadway Melody of 1936

1935

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

1934

Mr. Broadway

1933

Taxi Tangle

1931

A Broadway Romeo

1931

The Voice of Hollywood No. 13

1930

The Medicine Man

1930

Children of Pleasure

1930

Lord Byron of Broadway

1930

The Rounder

1930

Chasing Rainbows

1930

The Song Writers' Revue

1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929

Bright Moments

1928 Debut
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