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Character actor, Robert Benchley, was born Robert Charles Benchley on Sep 15, 1889 in Worcester, MA. Benchley died at the age of 56 on Nov 21, 1945 in New York City, NY .

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One of the great Hollywood wits of the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's, Robert Benchley possessed impeccable comic timing. His appearances as supporting actor in feature films, often in the character of a well-meaning busybody, were almost always occasions to savor. He also instigated and presented a brilliant series of comedy shorts, most of which began "How to...". One of these bumbling diatribes, How to Sleep (1935), won an Oscar.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Birthday of the Week: Robert Benchley

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Born Robert Charles Benchley, September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945 Biography Robert Benchley: A Biography, By Nathaniel Benchley, McGraw-Hill, 1955 Advice for Getting Rid of Hiccups "Roll down a long, inclined lawn, snatching a mouthful of grass up each time the face... Read full article


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Robert Benchley Quotes:

Stebbins: They love to cable from New York. It makes them think that you're working for them.


Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager: A dead body in the hotel! What will the morticians think?


Dr. Dudley White: Oh well, it's late, I've got to be getting into my strait jacket. I'll call a broom.


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Robert Benchley Facts
Father of Nathaniel Benchley, who wrote the novel "The Off-Islanders", which became the film The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966).

The town of Benchley, Texas, is named after his grandfather, who founded it.

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 40-41. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

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