Robert Benchley

Also known as Robert Charles Benchley

American writer and actor (1889-1945)

Person · Open Library

Works: 25

Top works

The Benchley roundup
Benchley lost and found - 39 prodigal pieces by Robert Benchley
Love Conquers All (Illustrated)
Bon Bons, Bourbon and Bon Mots
20000 Leagues under the Sea or David Copperfld

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Film & TV

Acting · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Benchley (September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, a newspaper columnist and an actor.

Known for

The Pixar Story — Robert Benchley (archive footage)2007
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 — Robert Benchley (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)2004
The Ten-Year Lunch — Himself (archive footage)1987
Showbiz Goes to War — (archive footage)1982
That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy — Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)1976
The Big Parade of Comedy — Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling' (archive footage)1964
MGM Parade — Self1955
Road to Utopia — Narrator (uncredited)1946
The Bride Wore Boots — Uncle Todd Warren1946

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 20
Total plays: 39

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 94,967x
Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 55,890x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,564x
Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 38,950x
The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 38,345x

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Quotes

“There may be said to be two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not. Both classes are extremely unpleasant to meet socially, leaving practically no one in the world whom one cares very much to know.”
“The way to go to the circus, however, is with someone who has seen perhaps one theatrical performance before in his life and that in the High School hall. … The scales of sophistication are struck from your eyes and you see in the circus a gathering of men and women who are able to do things as a matter of course which you couldn’t do if your life depended on it.”
“The English language may hold a more disagreeable combination of words than "The doctor will see you now." I am willing to concede something to the phrase "Have you anything to say before the current is turned on?" That may be worse for the moment, but it doesn't last so long. For continued, unmitigating depression, I know nothing to equal "The doctor will see you now." But I'm not narrow-minded about it. I'm willing to consider other possibilities.”
“At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn’t money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one’s hands.”
“In America there are two classes of travel — first class, and with children.”
“I can’t quite define my aversion to asking questions of strangers. From snatches of family battles which I have heard drifting up from railway stations and street corners, I gather that there are a great many men who share my dislike for it, as well as an equal number of women who … believe it to be the solution to most of this world’s problems.”