Jack Benny
Actor
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."
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Filmography
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited) 1963
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage) 2018
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited) 1958
Gypsy
as Jack Benny (uncredited) 1962
The Honey Pot
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited) 1967
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) 1976
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips') 1967
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) 1994
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited) 1960
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove 1960
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Master of Ceremonies 1929
Hollywood Canteen
as Self 1944
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Bert Keeler 1935
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Athanael 1945
The Last Laugh
as Self 2016
The Automat
as Self (archive footage) 2021