Jack Benny
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
127
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-02-14
Day of death
1974-12-26 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jack Benny
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
The Dick Cavett Show
The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show
What's My Line?
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show
The Bob Hope Show
Omnibus
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
The Ed Sullivan Show
This Is Your Life
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Jack Benny Program
Kraft Music Hall
Kraft Music Hall
Here's Lucy
Checkmate
The Danny Kaye Show
Broadway Melody of 1936
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Chasing Rainbows
The Automat
Love Thy Neighbor
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Studio 54
Mr. Broadway
The Perry Como Christmas Show
Hollywood Canteen
Beau James
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The George Gobel Show
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Taxi Tangle
Artists & Models
Startime
College Holiday
To Be or Not to Be
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Without Reservations
A Guide for the Married Man
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Hollywood Goes to Town
The Rounder
The Julie Andrews Hour
The Last Laugh
The Great Lover
Who Was That Lady?
Who Was That Lady?
It's in the Air
The Bing Crosby Show
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
The Song Writers' Revue
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
The Meanest Man in the World
Is Everybody Listening?
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Showbiz Goes to War
The Slowest Gun in the West
The Honey Pot
The Great Radio Comedians
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
Lord Byron of Broadway
Gypsy
George Washington Slept Here
Charley's Aunt
The Mouse That Jack Built
The Man
That's Entertainment, Part II
Somebody Loves Me
Children of Pleasure
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
The DuPont Show of the Week
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
The Medicine Man
That's Entertainment! III
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
A Broadway Romeo
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Liberace Show
General Foods Opening Night
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Beatles: Big Beat Box
Mike Wallace Is Here
The Best of Johnny Carson
Three Of A Kind
Show-Business at War
The George Burns Show
The Jack Benny Hour
You Can Change The World
Bob Hope Christmas Show
Buck Benny Rides Again
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
It's in the Bag!
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Jack Benny Christmas Show
Artists and Models Abroad
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Man About Town
Carnival Nights
Pioneers of Primetime
Stars in the Eye
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
Beatles Stories
The All-Star Christmas Show
Jack Benny's Bag
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
Honor America Day
Bright Moments
