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First Name

Robert

Last Name

Benchley

Build

Large

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts

Star Sign

Virgo

Date of Death

21 November 1945

Place of Death

New York, New York

Cause of Death

Cirrhosis of the Liver

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

Member or theAlgonquin Round Table

Gender

Male

Middle Name

Charles

Hair Color

Brown - Dark

Nationality

American

Wikipedia Text

Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 � November 21, 1945) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. From his beginnings at the Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, and his acclaimed short films, Benchley's style of humor brought him respect and success during his life, from New York City and his peers at the Algonquin Round Table to contemporaries in the burgeoning film industry.

Couple Profile

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 repertoire for the rest of his life. (Landing the position of editor of the Harvard Lampoon was the other highlight of his college career.) As a post-graduate journalist, between frequent firings and other disruptions, Benchley made his mark as a theater critic and as writer of whimsical musings on the vagaries of modern life. He served briefly as managing editor of the magazine Vanity Fair, where his lieutenants were Dorothy Parker and Robert E. Sherwood, but he quit to protest Parker`s firing. (Benchley, Parker and Sherwood were among the regulars at the so-called Algonquin Round Table, a social circle of New York wits that also included Harpo Marx and George S. Kaufman). Benchley was among the first contributors to The New Yorker, where his work influenced other writers -- such as E.B. White and James Thurber

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www.imdb.com/name/nm0070361/bio

Full Name at Birth

Robert Charles Benchley

Friend

Dorothy Parker, Robert Sherwood, Dusty Anderson

Date of Birth

1889-09-15

Age