Still of Robert Benchley and Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Caption: Still of Robert Benchley and Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Born: September 15, 1889
Star sign: Virgo
Source: IMDB
Although by his own account Benchley was not quite a writer and not quite an actor, he managed to become one of the best-known humorists and comedians of his time. As a Harvard undergraduate, Benchley gave his first comic performance, impersonating a befuddled after-dinner speaker. The act made him a campus celebrity -- and remained in Benchley's ...