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Jack Benny is a Actor, Producer and Thanks American born on 14 february 1894 at Chicago (USA)

Jack Benny

Jack Benny
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Birth name Benjamin Kubelsky
Nationality USA
Birth 14 february 1894 at Chicago (USA)
Death 26 december 1974 (at 80 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Peabody Award

Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974), born Benjamin Kubelsky, was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television, and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading American entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would claim to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.

Benny was known for comic timing, and the ability to create laughter with a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, popular from the 1930s to the 1970s, were a major influence on the sitcom genre.

Biography

Jack Benny est né sous le nom de Benjamin Kubelsky à Chicago, dans l'Illinois, le 14 février 1894, et a grandi à Waukegan, en banlieue nord de cette même ville. Il était le fils d'immigrants juifs venus chercher du travail aux États-Unis : Meyer Kubelsky (1864-1946) et Emma Sachs Kubelsky (1869-1917).

Il s'est marié le 24 janvier 1927 avec l'actrice américaine Mary Livingstone (1905–1983). Le couple adopta une petite fille du nom de Joan Benny qui devint également une actrice.

Après sa carrière cinématographique, il fut également présentateur sur une grande chaîne de radio puis de la télévision américaine. Il est considéré comme un grand humoriste.

Best films

Paper Moon (1973)
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Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards
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Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jack Benny (43 films)

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Actor

Beatles Stories
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Jack Benny, Jack Douglas
Roles Self
Rating72% 3.6148653.6148653.6148653.6148653.614865
Songwriter Seth Swirsky grew up in the 1960s, a fan of The Beatles. As he got older he noticed that whenever someone told a story about themselves and his favorite band he was all ears.
That's Entertainment! III, 1h53
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Esther Williams
Roles (archive footage)
Rating74% 3.738783.738783.738783.738783.73878
Troisième volet de "Il était une fois Hollywood", "That's Entertainment III" nous propose un nouveau panorama de l'age d'or de la MGM mais aussi des chutes rarissimes, des séquences coupées lors de la sortie des films et des essais d'autres stars que celles qui furent finalement choisies.
Paper Moon
Paper Moon (1973)
, 1h40
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about children, Transport films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, Randy Quaid, Noble Willingham
Rating80% 4.0477454.0477454.0477454.0477454.047745
Con man Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal) meets 9-year-old Addie Loggins (Tatum O'Neal) at Addie's mother's graveside service, where the neighbors suspect he is Addie's father. He denies this, but agrees to deliver the orphaned Addie to her aunt's home in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The Man
The Man (1972)
, 1h33
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, William Windom, Barbara Rush
Roles Jack Benny
Rating68% 3.4382953.4382953.4382953.4382953.438295
President Fenton and the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives are killed while at a summit in Frankfurt, West Germany when the palace hosting the legation suffers a collapse. Vice President [technically President since the instant of Fenton's death] Noah Calvin, elderly and in very ill health, refuses to assume the office, pointing out that they'll need another replacement almost immediately.
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians, 30minutes
Directed by Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Jack Benny, George Burns, Phyllis Diller, Paul Frees, Tom Bosley, George Jessel
Roles Self (voice)
Rating67% 3.3846853.3846853.3846853.3846853.384685
This script must be run from the command line
A Guide for the Married Man, 1h29
Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Elaine Devry, Aline Towne
Roles Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')
Rating65% 3.2948253.2948253.2948253.2948253.294825
Paul Manning discovers one day that his dear friend and neighbor Ed Stander has been cheating on his wife. Curious, he asks Ed about it and is given the history and tactics of men who have successfully committed adultery. With each new story, Paul can't help but notice the attractive blonde, Irma Johnson, who lives nearby.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 2h34
Directed by Stanley Kramer, Carey Loftin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Provine, Moe Howard
Roles Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.7462153.7462153.7462153.7462153.746215
"Smiler" Grogan (Jimmy Durante), wanted by police in a tuna factory robbery fifteen years ago and on the run from the police, careens his 1957 Ford Victoria off twisting, mountainous State Highway 74 near Palm Springs in Southern California and crashes. Five motorists stop to help him - Melville Crump (Sid Caesar), a dentist, Lennie Pike (Jonathan Winters), a furniture mover, Dingy Bell (Mickey Rooney) and Benjy Benjamin (Buddy Hackett), two friends on their way to Las Vegas, and J. Russell Finch (Milton Berle), who owns Pacific Edible Seaweed Company in Fresno. Just before he dies, Grogan tells the five about $350,000 buried in Santa Rosita State Park near the Mexican border under a mysterious "big W".
Gypsy
Gypsy (1962)
, 2h23
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Striptease
Actors Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Parley Baer, Morgan Brittany, Jack Benny
Roles Jack Benny (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.544933.544933.544933.544933.54493
Determined to make her young, blonde, and beautiful daughter June a vaudeville headliner, willful, resourceful, domineering stage mother Rose Hovick will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. She drags the girl and her shy, awkward, and decidedly less-talented older sister Louise around the country in an effort to get them noticed, and with the assistance of agent Herbie Sommers, she manages to secure them bookings on the prestigious Orpheum Circuit.
Who Was That Lady?, 1h55
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh, James Whitmore, John McIntire, Barbara Nichols
Roles Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.294463.294463.294463.294463.29446
College chemistry professor David Wilson is caught by his wife in his lab, kissing another woman. Ann Wilson immediately wants a divorce.
The Mouse That Jack Built, 6minutes
Directed by Robert McKimson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Mel Blanc, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson
Roles Jack (voice)
Rating73% 3.671683.671683.671683.671683.67168
Beau James
Beau James (1957)
, 1h40
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Political films
Actors Bob Hope, Vera Miles, Paul Douglas, Alexis Smith, Darren McGavin, Joe Mantell
Roles Jack Benny
Rating66% 3.341373.341373.341373.341373.34137
In 1925, New York's governor, Al Smith, persuades state senator James J. "Jimmy" Walker that the Democratic Party needs him to run for mayor of New York City. A concern on Jimmy's part is his estrangement from wife Allie, but he discovers that she is willing to go along with his political aims.
Without Reservations, 1h47
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don DeFore, Anne Triola, Phil Brown, Frank Puglia
Roles Jack Benny (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2476453.2476453.2476453.2476453.247645
Successful author Christopher "Kit" Madden (Claudette Colbert) travels to Los Angeles to work on the film adaptation of her best-selling book Here is Tomorrow. It is supposed to star Cary Grant as the hero Mark Winston and Lana Turner, but Grant has just dropped out and the producer thinks they need an unknown actor to play Winston. On a train to Hollywood Kit meets two Marines, Captain "Rusty" Thomas (John Wayne) and 1st Lieutenant "Dink" Watson (Don DeFore). She considers Rusty the best choice to play Mark Winston, but he is dismissive of her book: she wrote a political allegory and he does not believe Cary Grant would refuse Lana Turner for 400 pages. Unsure how he will react if he discovers she is a famous writer, she keeps her identity secret (saying her name is "Kitty Kloch"). During their journey across the country on trains, the trio end up in various comedic and dramatic situations. When Rusty finally learns the truth, he thinks that she has been using him just so he would be in the motion picture. Nonetheless, after a number of missteps, the couple eventually are able to resolve their differences.