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

To Be or Not to Be

as Joseph Tura

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

Studio 54

as Self (archive footage)

Gypsy

as Jack Benny (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Honey Pot

as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited)

The Lucy Show

as Harry Tuttle

The Lucy Show

as Jack Benny

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)