Jack Benny
Acting
- Born:
- 1894-02-14
- Died:
- 1974-12-26
- Place of birth:
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
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
Filmography
The Automat
Mike Wallace Is Here
Studio 54
The Last Laugh
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Beatles Stories
The Best of Johnny Carson
Pioneers of Primetime
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Beatles: Big Beat Box
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Vaudeville
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
That's Entertainment! III
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
Remembering Marilyn
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Showbiz Goes to War
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
That's Entertainment, Part II
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The Perry Como Christmas Show
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Julie Andrews Hour
The Man
The Great Radio Comedians
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Honor America Day
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Swing Out, Sweet Land
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Jack Benny's Bag
Here's Lucy
The Dick Cavett Show
Carnival Nights
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
A Guide for the Married Man
The Honey Pot
Bob Hope Christmas Show
The Jack Benny Hour
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Danny Kaye Show
General Foods Opening Night
Gypsy
The Lucy Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The DuPont Show of the Week
Jack Benny Christmas Show
Checkmate
The Slowest Gun in the West
Who Was That Lady?
Startime
The Mouse That Jack Built
The All-Star Christmas Show
The George Burns Show
Kraft Music Hall
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Beau James
Tony Awards
The George Gobel Show
The Bing Crosby Show
The Danny Thomas Show
General Electric Theater
Stars in the Eye
Omnibus
This Is Your Life
Somebody Loves Me
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
The Liberace Show
The Jack Benny Program
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Bob Hope Show
You Can Change The World
What's My Line?
The Great Lover
The Ed Sullivan Show
Is Everybody Listening?
Without Reservations
The Horn Blows at Midnight
It's in the Bag!
Hollywood Canteen
Show-Business at War
The Meanest Man in the World
George Washington Slept Here
To Be or Not to Be
Charley's Aunt
Three Of A Kind
Love Thy Neighbor
Buck Benny Rides Again
Man About Town
Artists and Models Abroad
Hollywood Goes to Town
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
Artists & Models
College Holiday
The Big Broadcast of 1937
It's in the Air
Broadway Melody of 1936
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Mr. Broadway
Taxi Tangle
A Broadway Romeo
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13
The Medicine Man
Children of Pleasure
Lord Byron of Broadway
The Rounder
Chasing Rainbows
The Song Writers' Revue
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Bright Moments