That's my story and I stand by it.

Humorist and critic                          

Selected Works:

During his life - 

Of All Things - 1921. 234p. - Twenty-two essays by Robert Benchley published in Vanity Fair, The New York Tribune, Collier's Weekly, Life, and Motor Print.

The Early Worm - 1927. 263p. - Forty-seven essays published in Life, The Detroit Athletic Club News, The New Yorker, College Humor, and The Bell Syndicate.
20,000 Leagues under the Sea, or David Copperfield - 1928. 233p. - Forty essays published in The Bookman, The Detroit Athletic Club News, The Forum, Life, The New Yorker, and The Yale Review.
No Poems, Or Around the World Backwards and Sideways - 1932. 330p. - Forty-five essays.
From Bed to Worse, or Comforting Thoughts about the Bison - 1934. 286p. - Sixty essays
My Ten Years in a Quandary, and How They Grew - 1936. 361p - One hundred and five essays
Inside Benchley - 1942. 316p. - Fifty previously published essays
Benchley Beside Himself - 1943. 304p. - Forty-seven previously published essays. Along with Williams illustrations, the book also contained still photographs from Benchley's short films

Posthumous -

Benchley-Or Else - 1947. 273p - Seventy-one essays, six of which were originally published in The New Yorker.
Chips off the Old Benchley - 1949. 360p. - Collection of seventy-seven essays compiled by Gertrude Benchley, Robert's wife. Many of the illustrations were previously unpublished in book form.

The "Reel" Benchley - 1950. 96p - No Williams illustrations, instead consisting of stills and scripts from many of Benchley's short films.
Benchley at the Theatre - 1920-1940,  1985. - the volume contains eighty-four of Benchley's theatrical reviews written for Life and The New Yorker over his career.

Films -

Benchley filmed for Fox Film Corporation, Universal Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, and then primarily for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures. Toward the end of his career, he did freelance acting around Hollywood. The films are listed by release date, not by production date.

Short films - 

The Treasurer's Report - 1928
The Sex Life of the Polyp - 1928
The Spellbinder - 1928
Lesson No. 1 - 1929
Stewed, Fried, and Boiled - 1929
Furnace Trouble - 1929
Your Technocracy and Mine - 1933
How to Break 90 at Croquet - 1935

How to Sleep - 1935 - Written and acted by Benchley, the short was based on a study on sleep and won the Academy Award in 1935 for Best Short Film. Benchley played narrator and sleeper.

How to Behave - 1936
How to Train a Dog - 1936
How to Vote - 1936
How to Be a Detective - 1936
The Romance of Digestion - 1937
How to Start the Day - 1937
A Night at the Movies - 1937 - Written and acted by Benchley, this short was his most well-received since How to Sleep. About a man going to the movies. The short was nominated for an Academy Award
How to Figure Income Tax - 1938
Music Made Simple - 1938
An Evening Alone - 1938
How to Raise a Baby - 1938
The Courtship of the Newt - 1938
How to Read - 1938
How to Watch Football - 1938
The Opening Day - 1938
Mental Poise - 1938
How to Sub-Let - 1939
An Hour for Lunch - 1939
Dark Magic - 1939
How to Eat - 1939
The Day of Rest - 1939
See Your Doctor - 1939
Inferiority Complex - 1939 - Also known as That Inferior Feeling
Home Movies - 1939
The Trouble with Husbands - 1941 - Written by and starring Benchley
Waiting for Baby - 1941 - Written by and starring Benchley
Crime Control - 1941t - Written by and starring Benchley
The Forgotten Man - 1941 - Written by and starring Benchley
How To Take a Vacation - 1941 - Written by and starring Benchley
Nothing But Nerves - 1942t - Written by and starring Benchley
The Witness - 1942 - Written by and starring Benchley
Keeping In Shape - 1942 - Written by and starring Benchley
The Man's Angle - 1942 - Written by and starring Benchley
My Tomato - 1943 - Starring Benchley
No News Is Good News - 1943 - Written by and starring Benchley
Important Business - 1944 - Written by and starring Benchley
Why, Daddy? - 1944 - Written by and starring Benchley - his last short film for MGM
Boogie Woogie - 1945t - Written by and starring Benchley
Hollywood Victory Caravan - 1945 - Starring Benchley, a film version of the touring show
I'm a Civilian Here Myself - 1945

Feature films

You'd Be Surprised - 1926 - Featuring Benchley as a writer
Sky Devils - 1932 - Featuring Benchley as a writer
The Sport Parade - 1932 - Written by and starring Benchley
Headliner Shooter - 1933 - Starring Benchley
Dancing Lady - 1933 - Written by and starring Benchley
Rafter Romance - 1934 - Starring Benchley
Social Register - 1934s - Starring Benchley in a bit part

The Gay Divorcee - 1934 - Featuring Benchley as a writer; it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture

The Gay Bride - 1934 - Featuring Benchley as a writer
Murder on a Honeymoon - 1935 - Featuring Benchley as a writer
China Seas - 1935 - Written by and starring Benchley
Pursuit - 1935 - Featuring Benchley as a writer
The Perfect Gentleman - 1935 - Featuring Benchley as a writer
Dancing Pirate - 1936 - Featuring Benchley as a writer
Riffraff - 1936 - Featuring Benchley as a writer

Piccadilly Jim - 1936 - Featuring Benchley as a writer and actor; based on the novel of the same name by P. G. Wodehouse

Broadway Melody of 1938 - 1937 - Starring Benchley in a bit part
Live, Love and Learn - 1938 - Featuring Benchley as a writer
Foreign Correspondent - 1940 - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and featuring dialogue written by Benchley. Benchley also acted in the film.
Hired Wife - 1940 - Starring Benchley

The Reluctant Dragon - 1940 - Benchley played himself in the live action portions of this feature, giving a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility. Benchley was unhappy with the final product, as the writers relied too much - in his opinion, on pratfalls and visual gags.

Nice Girl? - 1940 - A dramatic film, and a straight role for Benchley, often considered his finest straight performance.
You'll Never Get Rich - 1941 - Starring Benchley
Three Girls About Town - 1941 - Starring Benchley
Bedtime Story - 1941 - Starring Benchley
Take a Letter, Darling -  1942 - Starring Benchley
The Major and the Minor - 1942t - Starring Benchley in a film directed by Billy Wilder
I Married a Witch - 1942 - Starring Benchley in a film directed by Rene Clair
Young and Willing - 1943 - Starring Benchley
The Sky's the Limit - 1943 - Starring Benchley
Flesh & Fantasy - 1943 - Benchley narrated
The Song of Russia - 1943 - Starring Benchley
See Here, Private Hargrove - 1944 - Starring Benchley
Janie - 1944. - Starring Benchley
National Barn Dance - 1944t - Starring Benchley, a fictional account of the radio show of the same name.
Practically Yours - 1944 - Starring Benchley
Pan-Americana - 1945 - Starring Benchley as narrator
It's in the Bag - 1945 - Starring Benchley
Duffy's Tavern - 1945t - Starring Benchley as narrator in the film version of the show of the same name
Kiss and Tell - 1945 - Starring Benchley
Weekend at the Waldorf - 1945 - Starring Benchley
Snafu - 1945 - Starring Benchley
Road to Utopia - 1945t - Benchley narrated
The Stock Club - 1945 - Starring Benchley
The Bride Wore Boots - 1946 - Starring Benchley
Janie Gets Married - 1946. - Starring Benchley.                          

Parents Charles and Maria Benchley.
Wife Gertrude Darling, two children, Nathaniel and  Robert Benchley, Jr.