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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 14, 1894
Died
December 26, 1974
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Also Known As
- Джек Бенни
- Benjamin Kubelsky
Jack Benny
0.4 Popularity
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, 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.
Known For
7.0
Self (archive footage)
The Automat
2021
6.5
(archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Studio 54
2018
6.9
Self
The Last Laugh
2016
10.0
Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
7.2
Self
Beatles Stories
2011
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Johnny Carson
2010
0.0
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
2.0
Self (archive footage)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Beatles: Big Beat Box
2001
Credits
The Automat
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.0
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)
2019
6.5
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.4
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
6.9
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Shower of Stars (archive footage)
2015
10.0
Beatles Stories
as Self
2011
7.2
The Best of Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
2010
0.0
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
0.0
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self (archive footage)
2002
2.0
Beatles: Big Beat Box
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roastee (archive footage)
1998
5.0
🎬
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
as Self (Archived footage)
1995
0.0
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
as Himself
1992
9.0
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as Self
1986
0.0
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
🎬
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as Self (archive footage)
1975
0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
The Perry Como Christmas Show
as Santa Claus (uncredited)
1974
6.5
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
1972
6.0
The Man
as Jack Benny
1972
6.3
🎬
The Great Radio Comedians
as Self
1971
8.0
🎬
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as Self
1970
0.0
Honor America Day
as Self
1970
0.0
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
as Self (voice)
1970
6.0
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
1970
6.0
🎬
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self
1969
0.0
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
1969
5.8
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
7.6
🎬
Jack Benny's Bag
as Self
1968
0.0
Here's Lucy
as Jack Benny
1968
6.7
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Carnival Nights
as Self
1968
0.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')
1967
5.8
The Honey Pot
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)
1967
6.4
🎬
Bob Hope Christmas Show
as Self
1965
0.0
The Jack Benny Hour
as Jack Benny / Rosano
1965
0.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
1963
7.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Self
1963
5.7
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
🎬
General Foods Opening Night
1963
0.0
Gypsy
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
1962
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Lucy Show
as Harry Tuttle
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
as Jack Benny
1962
7.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Comedian (archive footage)
1961
5.4
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Self
1961
6.0
🎬
Jack Benny Christmas Show
as Jack Benny
1960
0.0
Checkmate
as Jack Bowen
1960
4.1
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Chicken Finsterwald
1960
2.0
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
1960
6.3
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove
1960
6.3
Startime
1959
6.0
The Mouse That Jack Built
as Jack (voice)
1959
6.9
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
🎬
The George Burns Show
as Jack Benny
1958
0.0
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
Kraft Music Hall
as Self - Host
1958
4.7
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited)
1958
6.8
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Jack Benny
1957
0.0
Beau James
as Jack Benny
1957
4.5
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
1954
0.0
General Electric Theater
as Tom Jones
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Sheldon Weeks
1953
6.4
🎬
Stars in the Eye
as Himself
1952
0.0
Omnibus
as Athanael
1952
6.0
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Somebody Loves Me
as Jack Benny
1952
8.5
🎬
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
as Self - Narrator
1952
0.0
🎬
The Liberace Show
1952
0.0
The Jack Benny Program
as Jack Benny
1950
7.8
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
1950
7.1
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
as Self - Cameo
1950
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
as Self - Guest hosts
1950
7.0
You Can Change The World
as Self
1950
5.8
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
The Great Lover
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
🎬
Is Everybody Listening?
as Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
1947
5.0
Without Reservations
as Jack Benny (uncredited)
1946
6.2
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Athanael
1945
5.7
It's in the Bag!
as Jack Benny
1945
5.7
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
7.3
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
The Meanest Man in the World
as Richard Clarke
1943
6.4
George Washington Slept Here
as Bill Fuller
1942
6.3
To Be or Not to Be
as Joseph Tura
1942
7.8
Three Of A Kind
as Himself
1941
0.0
Charley's Aunt
as Babbs Babberley
1941
5.8
Love Thy Neighbor
as Jack Benny
1940
6.5
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Jack Benny
1940
0.0
Man About Town
as Bob Temple
1939
3.6
Artists and Models Abroad
as Buck Boswell
1938
4.2
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
7.0
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
as Self
1938
0.0
Artists & Models
as Mac Brewster
1937
6.0
College Holiday
as J. Davis Bowster
1936
5.2
The Big Broadcast of 1937
as Jack Carson
1936
5.4
It's in the Air
as Calvin Churchill
1935
5.0
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Bert Keeler
1935
6.4
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
as Chad Denby
1934
4.1
Mr. Broadway
as Jack Benny
1933
0.0
🎬
Taxi Tangle
as Man in taxi
1931
1.0
A Broadway Romeo
as Jack
1931
5.7
The Medicine Man
as Dr. John H. Harvey
1930
4.6
Children of Pleasure
as Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
1930
4.7
Lord Byron of Broadway
as Voice on Radio
1930
3.8
The Rounder
as Mr. Bartlett
1930
5.5
Chasing Rainbows
as Eddie Rock
1930
4.0
The Song Writers' Revue
as Himself
1929
2.5
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
1929
5.6
🎬
Bright Moments
1928
0.0