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  1. Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and movie actor.

  2. The most comprehensive listing of Robert Benchley's books, essays, newspaper writings, and drama criticism is Robert Benchley: An Annotated Bibliography compiled by Robert Benchley Society Director Mr. Gordon Ernst, Jr. It also contains a publishing chronology, filmography, and discography.

  3. Robert Benchley was an American humorist, actor, and drama critic, whose main persona, that of a slightly confused, ineffectual, socially awkward bumbler, served in his essays and short films to gain him the sobriquet “the humorist’s humorist.”

  4. Robert Benchley. Actor: Foreign Correspondent. Although by his own account Benchley was not quite a writer and not quite an actor, he managed to become one of the best-known humorists and comedians of his time.

  5. Oct 11, 2021 · Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University ...

  6. Robert Benchley. Actor: Foreign Correspondent. Although by his own account Benchley was not quite a writer and not quite an actor, he managed to become one of the best-known humorists and comedians of his time.

  7. Dec 26, 2019 · Nell Scovell reflects on Dorothy Parker, the Algonquin Round Table writer Robert Benchley, and how comedians’ complaints about “political correctness” can mask a different sort of disconnect.

  8. Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and movie actor.

  9. www.encyclopedia.com › american-literature-biographies › robert-charles-benchleyRobert Charles Benchley | Encyclopedia.com

    Jun 11, 2018 · Robert Benchley (1889-1945) was one of the most popular and influential humorists of 20th century America. He took his gentle, self-deprecating wit to celebrity in literature, the theater, and the movies.

  10. Died Nov. 21, 1945 of cerebral hemorrhage in New York, NY. R obert Benchley was a funny, confused, chubby man who stammered and shrugged his way into the hearts of millions. He...

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