Jack Benny

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Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading 20th-century American entertainer, Benny often portrayed his character as a miser, who obliviously played his violin badly, and ridiculously claimed to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.

Birth Name

Benjamin Kubelsky

Born

Wednesday, 14 February 1894

Died

Thursday, 26 December 1974

Actor Filmography

Title

Character

Year

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Self

2023

King of Cool

Self

2021

The Automat

Self

2021

Mike Wallace Is Here

Self / (archive footage)

2019

Studio 54

Self / Self (archive footage)

2018

The Last Laugh

Self

2017

The History of Comedy

Self

2017

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Self / Shower of Stars / Himself (archive footage)

2015

Super Duper Alice Cooper

Self

2014

When Comedy Went to School

Self

2013

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title

Character

Year

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Self

2023

King of Cool

Self

2021

The Automat

Self

2021

Mike Wallace Is Here

Self / (archive footage)

2019

Studio 54

Self / Self (archive footage)

2018

The Last Laugh

Self

2017

The History of Comedy

Self

2017

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

Self / Shower of Stars / Himself (archive footage)

2015

Super Duper Alice Cooper

Self

2014

When Comedy Went to School

Self

2013

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

(archive footage)

2012

Beatles Stories

Self

2011

Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

Self

2009

Warner at War

(archive footage)

2008

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

Self - Comedian

2008

Pioneers of Television

Self / Self - Jack Benny Program

2008

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Self

2007

The Legendary Crooners

Self

2007

Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood

Self

2006

Broadway: The American Musical

(archive footage)

2004

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

(archive footage)

2004

Inside the Marx Brothers

Self (clip from The Jack Benny Program (TV))

2003

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Self / Self (archive footage)

2002

Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star

Self

2002

The Beatles... Off the Record: Newsreel Footage 1964-1966

Self

2001

Hollywood Remembers

(archive footage)

2000

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self

1999

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

Self

1998

Beatles Diary

Self

1996

We Remember Marilyn

Self

1996

Reputations

Self

1994

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929'

1994

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

1994

Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories

Self

1993

The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame

Self

1993

The Unknown Marx Brothers

Self

1993

The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2

Self

1991

Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend

Self

1989

Entertaining the Troops

Self

1988

Gleason: He's the Greatest

Jackie Benny

1988

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

Self

1988

Biography

(archive footage)

1987

American Masters

Self

1986

The Beach Boys: An American Band

Self

1985

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

1982

Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook

Self

1981

That's Entertainment, Part II

Clip from 'Song Writers' Revue / (archive footage)

1976

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Self

1975

Brother Can You Spare a Dime

Self / Self (archive footage)

1975

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball

Self

1975

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope

Self

1974

Dinah!

Self

1974

Music Country U.S.A.

Self

1974

Paper Moon

Self on Radio Show

1973

The Man

Jack Benny

1972

The Man

Self / Jack Benny

1972

The Funny Side

Special Guest Host

1971

Parkinson

Self

1971

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

Self

1970

Flip

Self

1970

Happy Days

(archive sound)

1970

The Switched-on Symphony

Self

1970

Swing Out, Sweet Land

Man Who Finds Silver Dollar

1970

The Engelbert Humperdinck Show

Self

1969

The David Frost Show

Self

1969

Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

Self

1969

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

Self

1969

Here's Lucy

Jack Benny / Self

1968

Frost on Sunday

Self

1968

The 22nd Annual Tony Awards

Self - Co-Host

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Guest Performer

1967

A Guide for the Married Man

Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips') / Technical Adviser

1967

The Joey Bishop Show

Self

1967

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Self

1967

The Jackie Gleason Show

Himself

1966

The Dean Martin Show

Self

1965

Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque

Self

1965

Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at...

(archive footage)

1964

The Hollywood Palace

Self - Host / Self

1964

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Man in Car in Desert

1963

Hollywood and the Stars

Self

1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Self

1963

The Danny Kaye Show

Self

1963

General Foods Opening Night

Self

1963

Gypsy

Jack Benny

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Himself / Himself - Guest

1962

The Lucy Show

Jack Benny / Himself / Harry Tuttle

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

Himself

1962

The Andy Williams Show

Self

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

Himself

1961

Password

Self - Celebrity Contestant

1961

The Joey Bishop Show

Jack Benny

1961

The DuPont Show of the Week

Self

1961

Checkmate

Jack Bowen

1960

The Slowest Gun in the West

Chicken Finsterwald

1960

Who Was That Lady?

Mr. Cosgrove

1960

Startime

Self

1959

Sunday Showcase

Self

1959

Premier Khrushchev in the USA

Self

1959

The Mouse That Jack Built

Jack (voice) / Jack

1959

The George Burns Show

Jack Benny / Self

1958

The Kraft Music Hall

Self - Comedian / Self - Guest of Honor / Self - Host / Self

1958

The Garry Moore Show

Self

1958

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Carlos, the matador

1958

The Gisele MacKenzie Show

Self

1957

Bachelor Father

Jack Benny

1957

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar

Himself / Himself - on film

1957

Beau James

Jack Benny

1957

The Lawrence Welk Show

Self - guest star

1955

Climax!

Self

1954

The George Gobel Show

Himself

1954

Shower of Stars

Self / Self -Host / Self - Host / Lawyer in Courtroom Skit / Loring Rigley / Jack Benny / Howard Carroll / Skip

1954

The Tonight Show

Self

1954

The Bing Crosby Show

Self

1954

The Danny Thomas Show

Jack Benny / Self

1953

General Electric Theater

Tom Jones / Harold Fenton / Sheldon Weeks

1953

Omnibus

Athanael (segment "The Horn Blows at Midnight")

1952

This Is Your Life

Self

1952

Four Star Playhouse

Cautious Gambler

1952

Somebody Loves Me

Jack Benny

1952

The Jackie Gleason Show

Landlord

1952

The Dennis Day Show

Self

1952

The Red Skelton Hour

Self / Himself - Introduction

1951

The Jack Benny Program

Jack Benny / Self / Self - Host / Zeke Benny / Benny the Louse / District Attorney / Alexander Hamilton / Alfalfa / Bruce Fink / Buck / Charles Manningham / Charleston T. Gundelfinger / Det. Lt. Benny / Dr. Benny / Gaylord Benny / General Sneed #2 / Jack's Father / Jonathan W. Goodheart / Jose Zeco / Koko the Lord High Executioner / Lem Skinner / Paul Revere / Principal Benny / Ralph Kramden / Smeaton / Stephen Foster / Tarzan / Tex Morgan / The Cactus Kid / The Fiddler / The Old Year / Self - Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

1950

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Jack Benny

1950

The Frank Sinatra Show

Self

1950

Cassino to Korea

Jack Benny - USO Show

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self