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Jack Benny
Known for: ActingJack 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.
Filmography 20
The Jack Benny Program
as Jack Benny 
To Be or Not to Be
as Joseph Tura 
Studio 54
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as Self (archive footage) 
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Carlos, the matador (uncredited) 
The Honey Pot
as Violinist Outside Restaurant (uncredited) 
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited) 
Who Was That Lady?
as Mr. Cosgrove 
Lord Byron of Broadway
as Voice on Radio 
George Washington Slept Here
as Bill Fuller 
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage) 
Broadway Melody of 1936
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as Bert Keeler 
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self - Master of Ceremonies 
Hollywood Canteen
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as Self 
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Athanael 
Beatles: Big Beat Box
as Self (archive footage) 
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Chicken Finsterwald 
You Can Change The World
as Self 
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self