Jack Benny
Known for: Acting
Born: February 14, 1894
Died: December 26, 1974
Place of birth: 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Benny, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
97 movies · 30 TV shows, newest first
6.8
The Automat
2021
6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
6.5
Studio 54
2018
7.0
The Last Laugh
2016
8.5
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
7.2
Beatles Stories
2011
NR
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010
NR
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
NR
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
2004
4.5
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
NR
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
NR
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
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The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
6.5
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998
8.0
Vaudeville
19977.0
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
1995
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
9.0
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
19929.0
Remembering Marilyn
1988
6.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
NR
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982NR
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976NR
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
6.5
The Perry Como Christmas Show
1974
5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
7.9
Paper Moon
1973
8.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
6.5
The Man
19728.0
The Great Radio Comedians
19717.0
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
1970
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Honor America Day
1970
6.0
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
1970
5.7
Swing Out, Sweet Land
19709.0
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
6.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
7.6
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968NR
Jack Benny's Bag
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.0
Carnival Nights
1968
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
5.9
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
6.5
The Honey Pot
19677.0
Bob Hope Christmas Show
1965
8.0
The Jack Benny Hour
1965
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
NR
General Foods Opening Night
1963
6.3
Gypsy
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961NR
Jack Benny Christmas Show
1960
4.8
Checkmate
1960
4.5
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
6.4
Who Was That Lady?
1960
6.8
Startime
1959
6.8
The Mouse That Jack Built
1959
6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
195810.0
The George Burns Show
1958
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
6.8
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
NR
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
5.4
Beau James
1957
NR
Tony Awards
19567.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
8.0
The Bing Crosby Show
1954
6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953NR
Stars in the Eye
1952
7.0
Omnibus
1952
6.5
This Is Your Life
1952
8.8
Somebody Loves Me
1952
7.0
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
19528.0
The Liberace Show
1952
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
7.1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
6.4
You Can Change The World
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
7.1
The Great Lover
1949
5.8
The Lucky Stiff
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
19486.5
Is Everybody Listening?
1947
6.3
Without Reservations
1946
5.9
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
6.3
It's in the Bag!
1945
7.3
Hollywood Canteen
1944
7.0
Show-Business at War
1943
6.9
The Meanest Man in the World
1943
6.4
George Washington Slept Here
1942
7.8
To Be or Not to Be
1942
6.3
Charley's Aunt
1941
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Three Of A Kind
1941
7.3
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
5.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
4.5
Man About Town
1939
4.8
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
7.0
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
NR
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938
6.3
Artists & Models
1937
5.7
College Holiday
1936
6.2
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936
6.3
It's in the Air
1935
6.5
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
4.6
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934
9.0
Mr. Broadway
19334.0
Taxi Tangle
1931
6.0
A Broadway Romeo
1931NR
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13
1930
4.8
The Medicine Man
1930
5.5
Children of Pleasure
1930
4.7
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930
5.8
The Rounder
1930
6.0
Chasing Rainbows
1930
5.0
The Song Writers' Revue
1929
5.7
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929NR
Bright Moments
1928