Jack Benny Movies

The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.

An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest,...

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was...

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing...

The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.

A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he...

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health,...

A TV special aired on February 17, 1969 (the star’s birthday was February 14), featuring Benny’s long-established persona and several...

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in...

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife,...

In this spoof of "The Jack Benny Program", a mouse with Jack Benny's personality and poor violin playing ability lives, along with a mouse version of...

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which...

Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s)...