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Benny Baker was an American actor and comedian. He appeared in the films The Hell Cat, Belle of the Nineties, Annapolis Farewell, The Big Broadcast of 1936, Thanks a Million, Millions in the Air, Rose of the Rancho, Drift Fence, Give Us This Night, Panic on the Air, Lady Be Careful, Murder with Pictures, Rose Bowl, Mind Your Own Business, Champagne Waltz, The Crime Nobody Saw, Hotel Haywire, Wild Money, Blonde Trouble, Double or Nothing, That Navy Spirit, Love on Toast, Tip-Off Girls, Touchdown, Army, His Exciting Night, She Married a Cop, The Farmer's Daughter, Sing for Your Supper, Captains of the Clouds, Stage Door Canteen, Up in Arms, Joe Palooka in the Knockout, My Girl Tisa, Jinx Money, Homicide for Three, Rose of the Yukon, Manhattan Angel, The Inspector General, Loan Shark, Models Inc., Feudin' Fools, Thunderbirds, Public Pigeon No. 1, No Time for Sergeants, Papa's Delicate Condition, For Those Who Think Young, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!, Paint Your Wagon The Sting II, Kidco, The Longshot and 18 Again!, among others.
Birth Name
Benjamin Michael Zifkin
Born
Sunday, 05 May 1907
Died
Tuesday, 20 September 1994
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Birch Street Gym | Nate | 1991 |
18 Again! | Red | 1988 |
Out of This World | Old Man | 1987 |
Beauty and the Beast | Herman | 1987 |
The Bronx Zoo | Gideon | 1987 |
Sledge Hammer! | Ice Cream Truck Driver | 1986 |
Monster in the Closet | Mr. McGinty | 1986 |
The Longshot | Mr. Hooper | 1986 |
He's the Mayor | Benny | 1986 |
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Harry | 1984 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Birch Street Gym | Nate | 1991 |
18 Again! | Red | 1988 |
Out of This World | Old Man | 1987 |
Beauty and the Beast | Herman | 1987 |
The Bronx Zoo | Gideon | 1987 |
Sledge Hammer! | Ice Cream Truck Driver | 1986 |
Monster in the Closet | Mr. McGinty | 1986 |
The Longshot | Mr. Hooper | 1986 |
He's the Mayor | Benny | 1986 |
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Harry | 1984 |
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency | 1984 | |
Kidco | Judge Willoughby | 1984 |
The Jerk, Too | Pop | 1984 |
The Sting II | Pyle | 1983 |
Cagney & Lacey | Wally | 1981 |
Trapper John, M.D. | Ferd Romanis | 1979 |
The Love Boat | Grandad 'Jack Daniels' | 1977 |
Car Wash | Barney | 1976 |
Charlie's Angels | Murphy Myrphy | 1976 |
Laverne & Shirley | Reverend Ernie | 1976 |
Kojak | Danny Fogarty | 1973 |
Jory | Frank Jordan | 1973 |
Scandalous John | Dr. Kropak | 1971 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1971 |
Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love | Self | 1969 |
Paint Your Wagon | Haywood Holbrook | 1969 |
Some Kind of a Nut | The Cabbie / Cab Driver | 1969 |
The Bill Cosby Show | Mr. Apollo | 1969 |
Julia | Mr. Greenburg | 1968 |
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz | Cab Driver | 1968 |
Ironside | Counterman | 1967 |
The Felony Squad | Cab Driver | 1966 |
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! | Detective Lt. Schwartz / Lt. Schwartz | 1966 |
Hank | Bakery Man | 1965 |
Green Acres | Bert Beamish | 1965 |
F Troop | Pete (Bartender) / Pete | 1965 |
The Cara Williams Show | Grady | 1964 |
Broadside | Charlie Leff | 1964 |
For Those Who Think Young | Lou | 1964 |
The Hollywood Palace | Self - man sitting in balcony with Henny Youngman | 1964 |
Papa's Delicate Condition | Douglas | 1963 |
McKeever and the Colonel | Mr. Anderson | 1962 |
Room for One More | Jedson | 1962 |
Surfside 6 | Joe / Waiter / Joe, the waiter / Joe Gluck / Harry | 1960 |
Hawaiian Eye | Jake | 1959 |
77 Sunset Strip | Chef / Doctor / Fred Webber / Maxie Tuttle / Photographer / Sam Calloway | 1958 |
Lawman | Dave the Bartender | 1958 |
No Time for Sergeants | Capt. Jim Able | 1958 |
Man Without a Gun | Phil | 1957 |
Colt .45 | Hotel Clerk / Bartender | 1957 |
The Real McCoys | Mr. Feeley | 1957 |
Maverick | Mike Brill | 1957 |
Perry Mason | John Flickinger / Jerry Ormond / Jerome Bentley | 1957 |
The Thin Man | Curly Bascom | 1957 |
M Squad | Dutch | 1957 |
Sugarfoot | Irving | 1957 |
Leave It to Beaver | Barber | 1957 |
The Silent Service | Mayhew the Cook / Heinz | 1957 |
Public Pigeon No. 1 | Frankie Frannis | 1957 |
Whirlybirds | Irv | 1957 |
Playhouse 90 | Bartender | 1956 |
The People's Choice | Harry Bailey | 1955 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Al - Bartender | 1955 |
Cheyenne | Tulliver / Doc Johnson / Barber | 1955 |
The Bob Cummings Show | Hafter's Stooge | 1955 |
The Danny Thomas Show | Poker Player / Mr. Foster / Mailman | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Sky | 1953 |
The Life of Riley | Lambert | 1953 |
I Love Lucy | Audience Member | 1953 |
Thunderbirds | Pvt. Charles Klassen | 1952 |
Somebody Loves Me | Musician | 1952 |
Feudin' Fools | Corky | 1952 |
Loan Shark | Tubby | 1952 |
Young Man with Ideas | Bill Collector | 1952 |
Models Inc. | Freddy | 1952 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Henry, cafe proprietor / Regal Hotel Receptionist | 1951 |
The Red Skelton Hour | Sir Lancelot / L. G. Heath Jr. | 1951 |
The Jack Benny Program | Herbie | 1950 |
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mr. Syms | 1950 |
All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self | 1950 |
The Inspector General | Telecki | 1949 |
Manhandled | Boyd, Man in Apartment House Lobby with Girl | 1949 |
Manhattan Angel | Aloysius Duff | 1949 |
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight | Fight Secretary | 1949 |
Rose of the Yukon | Jack Wells | 1949 |
Homicide for Three | Timothy - Cab Driver / Cabbie | 1948 |
Studio One | Harvey | 1948 |
The Babe Ruth Story | Player | 1948 |
Jinx Money | Augie Pollack | 1948 |
Smart Woman | Junior - Photographer | 1948 |
My Girl Tisa | Herman | 1948 |
Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Looie | 1947 |
Up in Arms | Butterball | 1944 |
Stage Door Canteen | Beny Baker / Benny Baker | 1943 |
Captains of the Clouds | Popcorn Kearns | 1942 |
Sing for Your Supper | William | 1941 |
The Farmer's Daughter | Monk Gordon | 1940 |
Dancing Co-Ed | Chief Evans | 1939 |
She Married a Cop | Sidney | 1939 |
His Exciting Night | Taxicab Driver | 1938 |
Touchdown, Army | Cadet Dick Mycroft | 1938 |
Tip-Off Girls | Scotty | 1938 |
Love on Toast | Egbert | 1937 |
Hold 'Em Navy | Stuffy Miller | 1937 |
Double or Nothing | Sailor | 1937 |
Blonde Trouble | Maxie Schwartz | 1937 |
Hotel Haywire | Bertie Sterns | 1937 |
The Crime Nobody Saw | Horace Dryden | 1937 |
Champagne Waltz | Flip | 1937 |
Mind Your Own Business | Sparrow | 1936 |
Rose Bowl | Dutch Schultz / 'Dutch' Schultz | 1936 |
Murder with Pictures | Phil Doane | 1936 |
Lady Be Careful | Barney | 1936 |
Panic on the Air | Andy | 1936 |
Give Us This Night | Tomasso | 1936 |
Drift Fence | Jim Traft | 1936 |
Rose of the Rancho | Hill-Billy Boy | 1936 |
Millions in the Air | Benny | 1935 |
Thanks a Million | Tammany | 1935 |
The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Herman | 1935 |
Wanderer of the Wasteland | Piano Player | 1935 |
Annapolis Farewell | Zimmer | 1935 |
College Scandal | 'Cuffie' Lewis | 1935 |
Love in Bloom | Man Who Buys Radio | 1935 |
The Ballad of Paducah Jail | Reporter Outside Jail | 1934 |
Belle of the Nineties | Blackie | 1934 |
I'll Be Suing You | Building Repairman | 1934 |
The Hell Cat | Snapper Dugan | 1934 |