Jack Benny Net Worth
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Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) 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 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. | Full Name | Jack Benny |
| Date Of Birth | February 14, 1894, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | December 26, 1974, Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Height | 5' 8" (1.73 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Producer |
| Education | Waukegan High School |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Mary Livingstone (m. 1927–1974) |
| Children | Joan Benny |
| Parents | Meyer Kubelsky, Emma Sachs Kubelsky |
| Siblings | Florence Fenchel |
| Awards | Peabody Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Television Achievement, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedian, Singer, Host, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essent... |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedian, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Comedian In A Series |
| Movies | Buck Benny Rides Again, George Washington Slept Here, The Horn Blows at Midnight, Love Thy Neighbor, Charley's Aunt, Broadway Melody of 1936, The Hollywood Revue of 1929, The Medicine Man, The Mouse That Jack Built, Chasing Rainbows, The Meanest Man in the World, To Be or Not to Be, Hollywood Cantee... |
| TV Shows | Four Star Playhouse, The Jack Benny Program, Kraft Music Hall, The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, Burns and Allen, The Jackie Gleason Show, Shower of Stars, The George Burns Show, The Des O'Connor Show, The Bob Hope Show, General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Master of the "Slow-Burn" |
| 2 | Never admitted to being older than 39 |
| 3 | Image as penny-pincher |
| 4 | Theme song: "Love in Bloom" |
| 5 | His inept violin playing |
| 6 | Billed himself as "the Original 'Old Blue Eyes'" |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on how "Love in Bloom" became his theme song] Quite by accident. "Love in Bloom" is not a theme song I particularly like . . . It happened that I was fooling with that number 30 years ago, and before I could do anything about it . . . it was an avalanche, and it became my theme song. |
| 2 | [on Frank Fay] I used to like Frank Fay very much. I was never a very good friend of his--there weren't too many people that were friends of his--but on the stage I admired him. |
| 3 | I have always thought Ed Wynn was the world's greatest comedian, and I still think there is nobody that has ever been as funny, or will be, in my time as he was in his heyday. |
| 4 | [on what makes a good comedian] There has to be more than just getting laughs. Laughs are not everything. People can scream at a comedian and yet not remember anything afterwards to talk about. To become real successful, they [the audience] must like you very much . . . they must have a feeling like, "Gee, I wish he was a friend of mine. I wish he was a relative". |
| 5 | When you take a joke away from Milton Berle, it's not stealing, it's repossessing. |
| 6 | Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. |
| 7 | [to Rodney Dangerfield] I'm cheap and I'm thirty-nine, that's my image. But your "no respect", that's the soul of everybody. Everybody can identify with that. |
| 8 | Gags die, humor doesn't. |
| 9 | [Receiving a "joke" trophy for his performance in drag in Charley's Aunt (1941)] I'm caught with my gags down.. I've been waiting so long for an Oscar that I'm ready to accept anything from anybody. |
| 10 | [on Bob Hope] It's not enough just to get laughs. The audience has to love you, and Bob gets love as well as laughs from his audiences. |
| 11 | [on The Marx Brothers] If you ever eat at the Hillcrest Country Club and [Groucho Marx] is there, you'll find he'll make you laugh in the same way he does on screen, [Chico Marx], I would say, loved women and gambling, period. [Harpo Marx] was probably the sweetest man you would ever want to meet. |
| 12 | [on Al Jolson] When you talk about the world's greatest entertainer you have to say Al Jolson, because there was no one like him. Only Judy Garland and perhaps Frank Sinatra got anywhere near him! |
| 13 | I began my show business career playing violin in San Francisco at the corner of Market and Taylor. I understand that there is a theater there now. |
| 14 | [After being introduced by Ed Sullivan on his radio debut] This is Jack Benny talking. There will now be a slight pause while you say, "Who cares?" |
| 15 | [After being presented with an award] I don't deserve this, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that, either. |
| 16 | [Commenting on the vocal talents of his radio show's co-star] There's only five real people in Hollywood. Everyone else is Mel Blanc. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | A pre-adolescent Benny was taught violin by Otto Graham's father. The Grahams and the Bennys were next-door neighbors. |
| 2 | Interviewed in "The Great Comedians Talk About Comedy" by Larry Wilde. [1968] |
| 3 | He turned down a role in The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938). The role was then given to 'Bob Hope (I)' (q)--his feature-film debut--which began his long and successful film career. |
| 4 | In 1935, Benny, like most of America, was so captivated by the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of kidnapping Charles Lindbergh's baby boy, that he pulled strings to get himself a seat in the overcrowded New Jersey courtroom. |
| 5 | Was a Democrat. |
| 6 | Jack's radio program that followed the premature death of Carole Lombard was canceled because Benny, a good friend and admirer, was grief-stricken. The time was filled with music instead. Both had just starred together in To Be or Not to Be (1942). |
| 7 | He was awarded three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame--for Motion Pictures at 6650 Hollywood Boulevard, for Radio at 1505 Vine Street and for Television at 6370 Hollywood Boulevard. |
| 8 | In 1948, the radio quiz show "Truth or Consequences" ran a weekly contest to identify the Walking Man. The gag was to guess who the foot steps belonged to. Every week they played the steps. Eventually they revealed it was Jack Benny. |
| 9 | According to Phyllis Diller's autobiography "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse", in the late 1960s Broadway producer David Merrick approached Benny with the idea of him playing Dolly Levi in drag in "Hello, Dolly!" opposite George Burns as Horace Vandergelder. The intention was to turn Broadway on its ear and revive flagging interest in the show, which had been running since 1964, originally with Carol Channing as Dolly Levi. This idea never came to fruition. (Diller did appear in the show for 3 months in 1970.). |
| 10 | For many years he lived at 1002 North Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills. His neighbors were Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at 1000 North Roxbury, and Peter Falk and his wife at 1004 North Roxbury. |
| 11 | Was good friends with singer Gisele MacKenzie--who also played the violin--and often referred to her as "Doll". |
| 12 | When he died in 1974, he left an estate estimated at $4 million. |
| 13 | At his funeral George Burns began the eulogy but broke down. Bob Hope rose to the podium in a shaky voice and honored the comedian by reading, "for a man who was the undisputed master of comedy timing, you'd have to say that this was the only time when Jack Benny's timing was all wrong. He left us much too soon." |
| 14 | Had a rose delivered to his wife Mary Livingstone each day after his death until the day she died, almost nine years later. |
| 15 | One of Benny's best-known schticks as a radio star was his long-standing feud with fellow radio comedian Fred Allen. The two often appeared on each other's radio programs to trade barbs. Sadly, other than an appearance on The Jack Benny Program (1950), in which Allen tries to steal Jack's sponsor, this did not carry over into television, as Allen died shortly after beginning his own TV show. In real life, of course, Benny and Allen were great friends, and Benny even took time on his radio program to eulogize Allen after his death. |
| 16 | Hosted the Academy Awards in 1944 and 1947 |
| 17 | January 1949: A personal friend of Harry S. Truman, he served as Master of Ceremonies for Truman's Inaugural Ball. When he arrived at the White House for the event, a guard pointed to his violin case and asked, "Mr. Benny, what do you have in there?" As a joke, Jack whispered back, "It's a Thompson sub-machine gun." The guard replied, "Oh, that's a relief. I was afraid it was your violin". |
| 18 | Took his father to see To Be or Not to Be (1942), but he left the theatre disgusted when he saw Jack in a Nazi uniform. It wasn't until years later that Jack finally managed to convince him that he was making fun of Nazis not supporting them. His father saw the movie again and loved it. |
| 19 | 7/25/55: His first grandchild, Michael, was born to his daughter Joan and Seth Baker. |
| 20 | 1934: He and his wife adopted a daughter, Joan Benny (aka Joan Naomi). |
| 21 | Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 42-44. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 |
| 22 | Towards the end of his TV series, he was waiting for his show to air and began watching Bonanza (1959), which started half an hour sooner. He wound up missing his show and said "If I won't even watch me, what chance do I have?". |
| 23 | A lifelong lover of classical music, he counted the great violinist Isaac Stern among his closest friends and legendary composer/pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff among his greatest fans. |
| 24 | He was actually a very competent violin player, although not an expert, and performed a series of benefit concerts with an orchestra. He was similarly generous with money in real life. The bad violin playing and the miserliness was just a part of his act. |
| 25 | He sometimes referred cryptically to "my book" in interviews over the years; the manuscript for his autobiography, "Sunday Nights at Seven," wasn't discovered until years after his death. |
| 26 | 1934-42: Star of NBC Radio's "The Jell-O Program". |
| 27 | 1942-44: Star of NBC Radio's "The Grape Nuts Flakes Program". |
| 28 | 1934: Star of NBC Radio's "The General Tire Show". |
| 29 | 1933-34: Star of NBC Radio's "The Chevrolet Show". |
| 30 | Star of "The Lucky Strike Program" on NBC Radio (1944-1949) and CBS Radio (1949-1955). |
| 31 | Star of "The Canada Dry Program" on NBC Radio (1932) and CBS Radio (1932-1933). |
| 32 | He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989. |
| 33 | When he appeared as a celebrity guest on the game show Password All-Stars (1961), he got the word "miser" and gave his first clue as, "Me!" thus bringing down the house. |
| 34 | He met his future wife Mary Livingstone while he was appearing at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, and he regularly ate across the street at the lunch counter of the May Company department store, where Mary worked as a lingerie salesgirl. Jack Benny actually first met his wife Mary Livingstone in Vancouver British Columbia when he was appearing there, possibly at the Orpheum there as well. |
| 35 | Pictured on one of five 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating famous comedians, issued in booklet form 29 August 1991. The stamp designs were drawn by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. The other comedians honored in the set are Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy; Edgar Bergen (with alter ego Charlie McCarthy); Fanny Brice; and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. |
| 36 | Two holidays figured prominently in his life: Born on St. Valentine's Day, 1894, he died on the day after Christmas, Boxing Day, 80 years later. |
| 37 | At the time of his death, he was scheduled to appear in The Sunshine Boys (1975). After he died, the role was taken over by George Burns. |
| 38 | His most famous gag was on his radio show when, in his usual character as a comical miser, he's confronted by a robber who says, "Your money or your life." That's followed by two to three minutes of dead silence, except for the audience which laughed with increasing volume as the silence continued. Finally the robber prodded Jack by saying, "Well?" to which Benny responded, "I'm thinking it over!" |
| 39 | He once appeared on the TV quiz show The $64,000 Question (1955). After answering the first question correctly he quit and took home $1.00. His category was violins. |
| 40 | A middle school in his hometown of Waukegan, Illinois, was named after him. The school football team is the "39ers," (in honor of his insistence that he is 39 years old every year). |
| 41 | Interred at Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, California, USA. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Here's Lucy | 1968-1971 | TV Series | Jack Benny |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1971 | TV Series | |
| The Funny Side | 1971 | TV Series | Special Guest Host |
| Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show | 1971 | TV Series | |
| Swing Out, Sweet Land | 1970 | TV Movie | Man Who Finds Silver Dollar |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1970 | TV Series | Guest of Honor |
| A Guide for the Married Man | 1967 | Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips') | |
| The Lucy Show | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Jack Benny / Harry Tuttle |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1950-1965 | TV Series | Jack Benny / District Attorney / Benny the Louse / ... |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 | Man in Car in Desert (uncredited) | |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1963 | TV Series | Jack Benny |
| General Foods Opening Night | 1963 | TV Movie | |
| Gypsy | 1962 | Jack Benny (uncredited) | |
| Checkmate | 1962 | TV Series | Jack Bowen |
| The Slowest Gun in the West | 1960 | TV Movie | Chicken Finsterwald |
| Who Was That Lady? | 1960 | Mr. Cosgrove (uncredited) | |
| Make Room for Daddy | 1957-1960 | TV Series | Jack Benny |
| Startime | 1959 | TV Series | Jack Benny |
| The Mouse That Jack Built | 1959 | Short | Jack (voice) |
| The George Burns Show | 1958 | TV Series | Jack Benny |
| Shower of Stars | 1955-1958 | TV Series | Jack Benny / Loring Rigley / Howard Carroll |
| Bachelor Father | 1958 | TV Series | Jack Benny |
| Beau James | 1957 | Jack Benny (uncredited) | |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | 1951-1957 | TV Series | Jack Benny |
| General Electric Theater | 1953-1957 | TV Series | Tom Jones / Harold Fenton / Sheldon Weeks |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | 1955 | TV Series | Landlord |
| Four Star Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | Cautious Gambler |
| Omnibus | 1953 | TV Series | Athanael |
| Somebody Loves Me | 1952 | Jack Benny | |
| The Great Lover | 1949 | Jack Benny (uncredited) | |
| Without Reservations | 1946 | Jack Benny (uncredited) | |
| It's in the Bag! | 1945 | Jack Benny | |
| The Horn Blows at Midnight | 1945 | Athanael | |
| Hollywood Canteen | 1944 | Jack Benny | |
| The Meanest Man in the World | 1943 | Richard Clarke | |
| George Washington Slept Here | 1942 | Bill Fuller | |
| To Be or Not to Be | 1942 | Joseph Tura | |
| Charley's Aunt | 1941 | Babbs Babberley | |
| Love Thy Neighbor | 1940 | Jack Benny | |
| Buck Benny Rides Again | 1940 | Jack Benny | |
| Man About Town | 1939 | Bob Temple | |
| Artists and Models Abroad | 1938 | Buck Boswell | |
| Artists & Models | 1937 | Mac Brewster | |
| College Holiday | 1936 | J. Davis Bowster | |
| The Big Broadcast of 1937 | 1936 | Jack Carson | |
| It's in the Air | 1935 | Calvin Churchill | |
| Broadway Melody of 1936 | 1935 | Bert Keeler | |
| Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round | 1934 | Chad Denby | |
| Mr. Broadway | 1933 | Jack Benny | |
| Taxi Tangle | 1931 | Short | Jack Benny |
| Cab Waiting | 1931 | Short | Jack Benny |
| A Broadway Romeo | 1931 | Short | Jack Benny |
| The Medicine Man | 1930 | Dr. John Harvey | |
| Children of Pleasure | 1930 | Jack - Radio Performer (uncredited) | |
| Lord Byron of Broadway | 1930 | Voice on Radio (uncredited) | |
| The Rounder | 1930 | Short | Mr. Bartlett |
| Chasing Rainbows | 1930 | Eddie Rock | |
| Bright Moments | 1928 | Short |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| That's Entertainment! III | 1994 | Documentary performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited | |
| The Jack Benny Hour | 1965 | TV Special performer: "Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, Ricotta" - uncredited | |
| The Jack Benny Program | TV Series performer - 26 episodes, 1950 - 1964 writer - 4 episodes, 1961 - 1964 | ||
| The George Burns Show | 1960 | TV Special performer: "Love In Bloom" - uncredited | |
| Startime | 1959 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Jack Benny Hour | 1959/I | TV Special performer: "Mr. Wonderful", "Everybody Loves to Take a Bow" - uncredited | |
| Make Room for Daddy | 1958 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | 1952 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes | |
| The Frank Sinatra Show | 1951 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Hollywood Canteen | 1944 | performer: "Souvenir" 1906 - uncredited | |
| The Meanest Man in the World | 1943 | "Swanee River", uncredited | |
| George Washington Slept Here | 1942 | "I'll Never Smile Again" 1939, uncredited | |
| Man About Town | 1939 | performer: "LOVE IN BLOOM" | |
| Artists and Models Abroad | 1938 | performer: "What Have You Got That Gets Me" | |
| College Holiday | 1936 | performer: "Love in Bloom" | |
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | 1929 | performer: "Your Mother and Mine" 1929 - uncredited |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jack Benny Program | 1965 | TV Series executive producer - 1 episode | |
| The Gisele MacKenzie Show | 1957 | TV Series executive producer - 4 episodes | |
| The Lucky Stiff | 1949 | producer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Moon | 1973 | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball | 1975 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Perry Como Christmas Show | 1974 | TV Special | Santa Claus (uncredited) |
| Annie and the Hoods | 1974 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope | 1974 | TV Special | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1963-1974 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Paramount Presents | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1968-1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special | 1974 | TV Special | Himself |
| Parkinson | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| ABC Late Night | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| A Couple of Dons | 1973 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1963-1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford | 1973 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Dick Cavett Show | 1971-1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Bob Hope Show | 1954-1973 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Jack Benny's First Farewell Special | 1973 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Julie Andrews Hour | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| Laugh-In | 1968-1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| How to Handle a Woman | 1972 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Flip | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Man | 1972 | Himself | |
| The Great Radio Comedians | 1972 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1971 | TV Special | Himself |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Jack Benny But Were Afraid to Ask | 1971 | TV Special | Himself |
| Here's Lucy | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special | 1970 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1957-1970 | TV Series | Himself / Introduction |
| Dinah's Place | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Engelbert Humperdinck Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians | 1970 | TV Movie | Himself (voice) |
| The Switched-On Symphony | 1970 | TV Special | Himself |
| Frost on Sunday | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jack Benny's New Look | 1969 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Irv Kupcinet Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Baja Marimba Band | 1969 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Frank Sinatra Jr. with Family and Friends | 1969 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Host |
| The Liberace Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 21st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1969 | TV Special | Himself |
| An Evening with Jack Benny | 1969 | TV Special | Himself |
| Jack Benny's Birthday Special | 1969 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Ann-Margret Show | 1968 | TV Special | Himself |
| Jack Benny's Bag | 1968 | TV Special | Himself |
| BBC Show of the Week | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| How It Is | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 22nd Annual Tony Awards | 1968 | TV Special | Himself - Co-Host |
| Carnival Nights | 1968 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Lucy Show | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The London Palladium Show | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1954-1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| All About People | 1967 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
| The Jack Benny Hour | 1966 | TV Special | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1953-1966 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest |
| Bob Hope Christmas Show | 1965 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Royal Variety Performance 1965 | 1965 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Jack Benny Hour | 1965 | TV Special | Jack Benny / Rosano |
| Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque | 1965 | TV Special | Himself |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Andy Williams Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Hour | 1964 | TV Special | Himself |
| Jack Benny in Australia | 1964 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Bob Hope Comedy Special | 1963 | TV Special | Himself |
| CBS: The Stars' Address | 1963 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Danny Kaye Show | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 15th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1963 | TV Special | Himself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| President Kennedy's Birthday Salute | 1962 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| Password All-Stars | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1959-1962 | TV Series | Himself / Himself (film) |
| The Milton Berle Spectacular | 1962 | TV Movie | Himself / Ben-Hur |
| The Royal Variety Performance 1961 | 1961 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Carnegie Hall Salutes Jack Benny | 1961 | TV Special | Himself |
| The George Burns Show | 1960 | TV Special | Jack Benny |
| This Is Your Life | 1952-1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Garry Moore Show | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The George Gobel Show | 1955-1959 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Benny Hour | 1959/II | TV Special | Himself |
| The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1959 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Jack Benny Hour | 1959/I | TV Special | Jack Benny |
| The All-Star Christmas Show | 1958 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Shower of Stars | 1955-1958 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Host |
| The Gisele MacKenzie Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: The Walter Winchell Party | 1957 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Climax! | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty | 1955 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars | 1955 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1953-1954 | TV Series | Himself |
| General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein | 1954 | TV Movie | Himself / Host |
| The Bing Crosby Show | 1954 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Great Entertainers | 1953 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Pair of Jacks | 1953 | Short | Himself |
| Stars in the Eye | 1952 | TV Special | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself - Narrator |
| The Frank Sinatra Show | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Is Show Business | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| You Can Change the World | 1950 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman | 1950 | Short | Himself |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1949 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Actor's Society Benefit Gala | 1949 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots 9860: Hollywood Friars Honor George Jessel | 1948 | Short | Himself - Toastmaster |
| Is Everybody Listening? | 1947 | Documentary short | Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program |
| Rough But Hopeful | 1946 | Short | Himself |
| Show-Business at War | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Three of a Kind | 1941 | Short | Himself |
| Hollywood Goes to Town | 1938 | Short documentary | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The March of Time: Volume 1, Number 5 | 1937 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 | 1930 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Song Writers' Revue | 1930 | Short | Himself |
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | 1929 | Himself - Master of Ceremonies |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleason: He's the Greatest | 1988 | TV Series | Jackie Benny |
| The Best of Gleason 2 | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Entertaining the Troops | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | 1988 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Beach Boys: An American Band | 1985 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Great Standups | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars | 1984 | Documentary | Himself |
| TV's Funniest Game Show Moments | 1984 | TV Special | Himself |
| Texaco Star Theatre Presents Bob Hope in 'Who Makes the World Laugh?' | 1983 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Showbiz Goes to War | 1982 | TV Movie | |
| Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor - Unidentified Film (uncredited) |
| Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook | 1981 | Video documentary | Himself |
| A Love Letter to Jack Benny | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Best of the Dean Martin Show | 1979 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Oscar Dinner, 1942 (uncredited) |
| CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years | 1976 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1976 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian |
| Bob Hope's World of Comedy | 1976 | TV Movie | Himself |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary | Clip from 'Song Writers' Revue |
| Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | 1975 | TV Special | Himself |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | Himself (as Mr. Benny) |
| Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy | 1974 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Paper Moon | 1973 | Himself on Radio Show (uncredited) | |
| Happy Days | 1970 | TV Series | |
| The Hollywood Palace | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... | 1965 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1958-1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots 7855: Pennies from Hollywood | 1955 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Cassino to Korea | 1950 | Documentary | Jack Benny - USO Show |
| Screen Snapshots 2856: It Was Only Yesterday | 1950 | Short | Jack Benny |
| Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards | 1948 | Short | Himself - M.C. |
| The Great American Broadcast | 1941 | Himself - Opening Montage (uncredited) | |
| Broadway Highlights No. 1 | 1935 | Short | Film Clip Character |
| Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | 2016 | TV Series | |
| Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Shower of Stars |
| Pioneers of Television | 2008-2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Jack Benny Program |
| Glasgow: Big Night Out | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1997-2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Beatles Stories | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Warner at War | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories | 2008 | Video | Himself |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | 2007 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Legendary Crooners | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Kingston Trio: 50 Years of Havin' Fun | 2006 | Video documentary | |
| The Best of the Royal Variety | 2006 | TV Series | |
| Cavett Remembers the Comic Legends | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | 2004 | Documentary | |
| 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time | 2004 | TV Mini-Series | Himself #28 |
| Christmas in Tinseltown | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Inside the Actors Studio | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bob Hope at 100 | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope's Funniest Out-Takes | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Nightclub Years | 2001 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Beatles... Off the Record: Newsreel Footage 1964-1966 | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1996-2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Remembers | 2000 | TV Series documentary | |
| Reputations | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Roastee |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Beatles Diary | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| We Remember Marilyn | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television | 1996 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Pioneers of Primetime | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Television's Christmas Classics | 1994 | TV Special | Himself |
| Paul Merton's Palladium Story | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| That's Entertainment! III | 1994 | Documentary | Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (uncredited) |
| Kirk Douglas: Video Scrapbook | 1994 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America | 1993 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Unknown Marx Brothers | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories | 1993 | TV Special | Himself |
| Laugh-In Past Christmas Present | 1993 | TV Special | Himself |
| The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame | 1993 | TV Special | Himself |
| Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1988-1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Legends of Comedy | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
| Stars and Stripes | 1990 | Documentary | Himself |
| Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend | 1989 | Documentary | Himself |
| 5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame | 1989 | TV Special | Himself - Inductee |
| The Moon Above, the Earth Below | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Himself -Apollo 11 Launch Spectator |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6650 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | Awarded February 8, 1960 at 6370 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Radio | Awarded February 8, 1960 at 1505 Vine Street |
| 1959 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series | The Jack Benny Program (1950) |
| 1958 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Television Achievement | |
| 1958 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedian, Singer, Host, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Himself | The Jack Benny Program (1950) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety or Musical Program - Variety and Popular Music | The Kraft Music Hall (1967) |
| 1957 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series | The Jack Benny Program (1950) |
| 1956 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Comedian |
Known for movies
The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
as Jack Benny / Benny the Louse / District Attorney / Himself / Zeke Benny / Alexander Hamilton / Alfalfa / Bruce Fink / Buck / Charles Manningham / Charleston T. Gundelfinger / Det. Lt. Benny / Dr. Benny / Dr. Jekyll / Gaylord Benny / General Sneed #2 / Jack's Father / Jonathan W. Goodheart / Jose Zeco / Koko the Lord High Executioner / Lem Skinner / Mr. Hyde / Paul Revere / Principal Benny / Ralph Kramden / Smeaton / Stephen Foster / Tarzan / Tex Morgan / The Cactus Kid / The Fiddler / The Old Ye
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
as Joseph Tura
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Bert Keeler
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Bill Fuller