Name	Robert Benchley
Build	Large
Date of Birth	September 15, 1889
Birthplace	Worcester, Massachusetts
Star Sign	Virgo
Died	November 21, 1945 (Aged 56)
Location of Death	New York, New York
Cause of Death	cirrhosis of the liver
Nationality	United States
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Actor
Celebrity Index	Ro
Claim to Fame	Member or theAlgonquin Round Table
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Trivia and Quotes

Quotes

"The only real cure for a hangover is death."

"Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing."

"Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it`s compounding a felony."

"Every boy should have a dog, for a dog teaches a boy three valuable traits: fidelity, perseverance and to turn around three times before lying down."

"In America there are two classes of travel - First Class, and with children. Travelling with children corresponds roughly to travelling third class in Bulgaria."

"In Milwaukee last month a man died laughing over one of his own jokes. That`s what makes it so tough for us outsiders: we have to fight home competition."

"It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn`t give it up because by that time I was too famous."

"Tell us your phobias, and we`ll tell you what you are afraid of."

"There is no such place as Budapest. Perhaps you are thinking of Bucharest,...and there is no such place as Bucharest, either."

Trivia

Father of Nathaniel Benchley, who wrote the novel "The Off-Islanders", which became the film The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966).

Interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Is portrayed by Campbell Scott in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

memberof the Algonquin Table

Proposed the following epitaph for his tombstone although it was not ultimately used: "This is all above my head.".

The town of Benchley, Texas, is named after his grandfather, who founded it.

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