Robert Benchley Movies

A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.

Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum.

Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor.

Stewed, Fried and Boiled is a 1929 comedy short.

Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials.

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age.

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife.

A police officer alerts his audience to the fact that inanimate objects can be as dangerous as human criminals. He then displays several offenders...

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short.

Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of authority (real or imagined).

A man buys a magic set for his son, but the tricks worked better in the store than they do at home.

This film gives a fictionalized version of how the popular real-life radio program of the title began.

Assistant Treasurer Benchley reports on the annual expenditures of the club for its home for "boys between the ages of 14", and other projects.

While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.

Clip-filled promotional short by MGM Studios celebrating the body of work by producer David O. Selznick.

Humorist Robert Benchley discusses the issue of food and how different situations can affect one's ability to consume and digest food, using his...

Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands...

Robert Benchley revamps his pre-code classic "Sex Life of the Polyp" for a new generation.

Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar.