Jack Benny filmography


This is a list of movies featuring comedian Jack Benny. Benny's career lasted from the early 1900s until his death in 1974. In Jack Benny's first film he starred along with Conrad Nagel as master of ceremonies in The Hollywood Revue of 1929, which was a big role for Jack at the time. Benny wouldn't start getting well known until his own radio program in 1934. The Hollywood Revue is also the oldest known form of Jack Benny in color with the last sequence being filmed originally in color, which was common for a musical in 1929.
TitleYearCompanyRolesNotes
The Hollywood Revue of 19291929Metro-Goldwyn-MayerHimself - Master of Ceremonies
Chasing Rainbows1930Metro-Goldwyn-MayerEddie Rock
The Rounder1930Metro-Goldwyn-MayerMr. Bartlett
Lord Byron of Broadway1930Metro-Goldwyn-MayerVoice on RadioUncredited
Children of Pleasure1930Metro-Goldwyn-MayerHimself - Radio PerformerUncredited
The Medicine Man1930Tiffany PicturesDr. John Harvey
A Broadway Romeo1931Paramount PicturesHimself
Cab Waiting1931Paramount PicturesHimself
Taxi Tangle1931Paramount PicturesHimself
Mr. Broadway1933Arthur GreenblattHimself
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round1934Edward Small ProductionsHimself
Broadway Melody of 19361935Metro-Goldwyn-MayerBert Keeler
It's in the Air1935Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCalvin Churchill
The Big Broadcast of 19371936Paramount PicturesJack Carson
College Holiday1936Paramount PicturesJ. Davis Bowster
Artists and Models1937Paramount PicturesMac Brewster
Artists and Models Abroad1938Paramount PicturesBuck Boswell
Man About Town1939Paramount PicturesBob Temple
Buck Benny Rides Again1940Paramount PicturesHimself
Love Thy Neighbor1940Paramount PicturesHimself
Charley's Aunt1941Twentieth Century FoxBabbs Babberley
To Be or Not to Be1942United ArtistsJoseph Tura
George Washington Slept Here1942Warner BrothersBill Fuller
The Meanest Man in the World1943Warner BrothersRichard Clarke
Hollywood Canteen1944Warner BrothersHimself
The Horn Blows at Midnight1945Warner BrothersAthanael
It's in the Bag!1945United ArtistsHimself
Without Reservations1946RKO Radio PicturesHimselfUncredited
The Great Lover1949Paramount PicturesHimselfUncredited
Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman1950Columbia PicturesHimself
You Can Change the World1951The ChristophersHimself
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson1952Columbia PicturesHimself - Narrator
Somebody Loves Me1952Paramount PicturesHimself
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Great Entertainers1953Columbia PicturesHimself
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty1955Columbia PicturesHimself
Screen Snapshots: The Walter Winchell Party1957Columbia PicturesHimself
Beau James1957Paramount PicturesHimselfUncredited
The Mouse that Jack Built1959Warner BrothersHimself
Who Was That Lady?1960Columbia PicturesMr CosgroveUncredited
Gypsy1962Warner BrothersHimselfUncredited, portraying himself in the early vaudeville days
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963United ArtistsMan in Car in DesertUncredited,
A Guide for the Married Man1967Twentieth Century FoxTechnical Adviser
Swing Out, Sweet Land1970Batjac ProductionsMan Who Finds Silver Dollar
The Man1972Paramount PicturesHimself,