List of Robert Benchley collections and film appearances

Robert Benchley The Woolen Mitten Situation (1926)

Humorist Robert Benchley (1889–1945) produced over 600 essays,[1] initially compiled over twelve volumes, during his writing career.[2] He was also featured in a number of films, including 48 short treatments that he mostly wrote or co-wrote, and numerous feature films.[3]

The following is a list of those compilations and appearances.

Books

Benchley produced twelve compilation books of his work for the various publications he wrote and freelanced for, and numerous posthumous compilations of his work have been produced since his death. Unless otherwise indicated, all volumes featuring illustrations were drawn by Gluyas Williams.[4]

Collections During His Lifetime

Book Prefaces, Introductions, and Forewords

Posthumous

Film and television

Benchley filmed for Fox Film Corporation, Universal Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, and then primarily for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures. Toward the end of his career, he did freelance acting around Hollywood. The films are listed by release date, not by production date.

Short films

Feature films

Television

Further reading

Works cited

References

  1. Yates, 58-59.
  2. Altman, 363.
  3. Altman, 364-367.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 The Robert Benchley Society.
  5. Altman, 295-298.
  6. Altman, 321–325.
  7. Nat Benchley.
  8. 1 2 Altman, 327-328.

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