Robert Benchley

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actor columnist comedian essayist film actor human humorist writer

Robert Benchley was an American humorist, writer, and actor best known for his witty essays, film shorts, and membership in the Algonquin Round Table.

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Label Occurrences
Robert Benchley canonical 19
Robert Benchley (film character) 1

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
columnist ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeIn 20th-century American literature ⓘ
Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood film industry
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel ⓘ
burialPlace Cremated ⓘ
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
child Nathaniel Benchley ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1889-09-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1945-11-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
employer Life magazine ⓘ
New York World ⓘ
surface form: The New York World

The New Yorker ⓘ
Vanity Fair ⓘ
familyName Benchley ⓘ
genre humor ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Algonquin Round Table ⓘ
name Robert Benchley self-link ⓘ
notableWork How to Sleep ⓘ
How to Sleep (1935 film short) ⓘ
My Ten Years in a Quandary, and How They Grew ⓘ
Luck and Pluck ⓘ
surface form: Pluck and Luck

The Treasurer’s Report ⓘ
notedFor comic film shorts ⓘ
witty essays ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
drama critic ⓘ
film director ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
performedIn A Night at the Opera ⓘ
Foreign Correspondent ⓘ
How to Sleep ⓘ
The Major and the Minor ⓘ
The Sex Life of the Polyp ⓘ
placeOfBirth Worcester, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
relative Peter Benchley ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Gertrude Darling Benchley ⓘ
style dry wit ⓘ

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Peter Benchley → relative → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Peter Benchley → grandfather → Robert Benchley ⓘ
The Major and the Minor → castMember → Robert Benchley ⓘ
The Reluctant Dragon → mainCharacter → Robert Benchley ⓘ
subject surface form: The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)
this entity surface form: Robert Benchley (film character)
The Reluctant Dragon → castMember → Robert Benchley ⓘ
subject surface form: The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)
Road to Utopia → narrator → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Robert Benchley → name → Robert Benchley self-link ⓘ
Christopher Benchley → notableFamilyConnection → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Christopher Benchley → hasRelative → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Foreign Correspondent → screenwriter → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Foreign Correspondent → starring → Robert Benchley ⓘ
I Married a Witch → starring → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Broadway Melody of 1938 → castMember → Robert Benchley ⓘ
You’ll Never Get Rich → hasCastMember → Robert Benchley ⓘ
subject surface form: You'll Never Get Rich
Nathaniel Benchley → father → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Nathaniel Benchley → relative → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Nathaniel Benchley → notableRelative → Robert Benchley ⓘ
China Seas (1935) → starring → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Donald Ogden Stewart → associatedWith → Robert Benchley ⓘ
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle → portrays → Robert Benchley ⓘ