{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Short description|American actor and comedian (1907–1994)}} {{Infobox person | name = Benny Baker | image = Benny Baker, 1936.jpg | alt = | caption = Baker in 1936 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|5|5}} | birth_place = St. Joseph, Missouri | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|9|20|1907|5|5}} | death_place = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California | occupation = Actor, comedian | spouse = {{plainlist| * Edith Turgell * Margery Chapin }} | years_active = }}
'''Benny Baker''' (born '''Benjamin Michael Zifkin'''; May 5, 1907 – September 20, 1994) was an American film and theater actor and comedian, and appeared in over 50 films between 1934 and 1988.<ref>{{cite news |first=Denis |last=Gifford |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-benny-baker-1442041.html |title=Obituary: Benny Baker |newspaper=The Independent |date=October 10, 1994 |access-date=April 5, 2019}}</ref> He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/26/obituaries/benny-baker-comedian-87.html |title=Benny Baker; Comedian, 87 |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=September 26, 1994 |access-date=April 5, 2019}}</ref> thumb|Lew Ayres, Joyce Compton and Benny Baker in Murder With Pictures (1936)
==Filmography== ===Films=== *''The Hell Cat'' (1934) as Snapper Dugan *''Belle of the Nineties'' (1934) as Blackie *''A Wicked Woman'' (1934) (uncredited) *''Love in Bloom'' (1935) as Man who buys radio *''College Scandal'' (1935) as 'Cuffie' Lewis *''Annapolis Farewell'' (1935) as Zimmer *''Wanderer of the Wasteland'' (1935) as Piano player *''The Big Broadcast of 1936'' (1935) as Herman *''Thanks a Million'' (1935) as Tammany *''Millions in the Air'' (1935) as Benny *''Rose of the Rancho'' (1936) as Hill-Billy Boy *''Drift Fence'' (1936) as Jim Traft *''Give Us This Night'' (1936) as Tomasso *''Panic on the Air'' (1936) as Andy *''Lady Be Careful'' (1936) as Barney *''Murder with Pictures'' (1936) as Phil Doane *''Rose Bowl'' (1936) as Dutch Schultz *''Mind Your Own Business'' (1936) as Sparrow *''Champagne Waltz'' (1937) as Flip *''The Crime Nobody Saw'' (1937) as Horace Dryden *''Hotel Haywire'' (1937) as Bertie Sterns *''Wild Money'' (1937) as Al Vogel *''Blonde Trouble'' (1937) as Maxie Schwartz *''Double or Nothing'' (1937) as Sailor *''That Navy Spirit'' (1937) as Stuffy Miller *''Love on Toast'' (1937) as Egbert *''Tip-Off Girls'' (1937) as Scotty *''Touchdown, Army'' (1938) as Cadet Dick Mycroft *''His Exciting Night'' (1938) as Taxicab Driver *''She Married a Cop'' (1939) as Sidney *''Dancing Co-Ed'' (1939) as Chief Evans (uncredited) *''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1940) as Monk Gordon *''Sing for Your Supper'' (1941) as William *''Captains of the Clouds'' (1942) as Popcorn Kearns *''Stage Door Canteen'' (1942) as Beny Baker *''Up in Arms'' (1944) as Butterball *''Joe Palooka in the Knockout'' (1947) as Looie *''My Girl Tisa'' (1948) as Herman *''Smart Woman'' (1948) as Junior - Photographer (uncredited) *''Jinx Money'' (1948) as Augie Pollack *''The Babe Ruth Story'' (1948) as Player (uncredited) *''Homicide for Three'' (1948) as Timothy, Cab Driver *''Rose of the Yukon'' (1949) as Jack Wells *''Joe Palooka in the Big Fight'' (1949) as Fight Secretary *''Manhattan Angel'' (1949) as Aloysius Duff *''Manhandled'' (1949) as Boyd, Man in Apartment House Lobby with Girl (uncredited) *''The Inspector General'' (1949) as Telecki (uncredited) *''Loan Shark'' (1952) as Tubby *''Young Man with Ideas'' (1952) as Bill Collector *''Models Inc.'' (1952) as Freddy *''Feudin' Fools'' (1952) as Corky *''Somebody Loves Me'' (1952) as Musician (uncredited) *''Thunderbirds'' (1952) as Private Charles Klassen *''I Love Lucy: The Movie'' (1953) as Audience Member *''Public Pigeon No. 1'' (1957) as Frankie Frannis *''No Time for Sergeants'' (1958) as Captain Jim Able (uncredited) *''Papa's Delicate Condition'' (1963) as Douglas *''For Those Who Think Young'' (1964) as Lou *''Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!'' (1966) as Detective Lieutenant Schwartz *''The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz'' (1968) as Cab Driver *''Some Kind of a Nut'' (1969) as The Cabbie (as Ben Baker) *''Paint Your Wagon'' (1969) as Haywood Holbrook (as Ben Baker) *''Scandalous John'' (1971) as Dr. Kropak (as Ben Baker) *''Jory'' as Frank Jordan (as Ben Baker) *''The Sting II'' (1983) as Pyle *''Kidco'' (1984) as Judge Willoughby *''The Longshot'' (1986) as Mr. Hooper *''Monster in the Closet'' (1987) as Mr. McGinty *''18 Again!'' (1988) as Red
===Short films=== *''School for Romance'' (1934) as Male student (uncredited) *''When Do We Eat'' (1934) as Showalski *''I'll Be Suing You'' (1934) as Building Repairman *''Three Chumps Ahead'' (1934) as Benny Baker, Second Suitor *''You Said A Hatful!'' (1934) as Train Engineer (uncredited) *''The Ballad of Paducah Jail'' (1934) as Reporter Outside Jail *''You Bring the Ducks'' (1934) as Nephew *''Radio Take It Away'' (1947)) as Radio Program Emcee *''Birch Street Gym'' (1991) as Nate
==Television credits== {{Div col}} *''Kraft Theater'' (1955) *''Studio One'' (1955) as Harvey *''The Milton Berle Show'' (1956) *''NBC Matinee Theater'' (1956) *''Playhouse 90'' (1956) *''General Electric Theater'' (1957) *''The Life of Riley'' (1957) as Lambert *''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' (1957) as Mr. Syms *''Maverick'' (1957) as Mike Brill *''The Real McCoys'' (1957) as Mr. Feeley *''The Thin Man'' (1957) as Curly Bascom *''Leave It to Beaver'' (1957) as Barber *''M Squad'' (1958) as Dutch *''Colt .45'' (1958) as Bartender / Hotel Clerk *''The Red Skelton Hour'' (1957-1958) as L. G. Heath Jr. / Sir Lancelot *''Sugarfoot'' (1958) as Irving *''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1958) (Season 3 Episode 31: "The Festive Season") as Al the Bartender *''Man Without a Gun'' (1958) as Phil *''The People's Choice'' (1958) as Harry Bailey *''The Silent Service'' (1957-1958) as Mayhew the Cook / Heinz *''The Bob Cummings Show'' (1958) as Hafter's Stooge *''Schlitz Playhouse'' (1957-1958) as Regal Hotel Receptionist / Henry, Cafe Proprietor *''Lawman'' (1961) as Dave the Bartender *''Surfside 6'' (1961) as Joe / Walter / Harry *''Hawaiian Eye'' (1961) as Jake *''Room for One More'' (1962) as Jedson *''McKeever and the Colonel'' (1962) as Mr. Anderson *''Cheyenne'' (1957-1962) as Barber / Doc Johnson / Tulliver *''The Jack Benny Program'' (1963) as Herbie *''The Danny Thomas Show'' (1958-1963) as Mailman / Mr. Foster / Poker Player *''77 Sunset Strip'' (1958-1963) as Maxie Tuttle / Doctor / Fred Webber *''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1964) *''The Cara Williams Show'' (1964) as Grady *''Broadside'' (1965) as Charlie Leff *''Hank'' (1965) as Bakery Man *''Perry Mason'' (1963-1965) as Jerry Ormond / Jerome Bentley / John Flickinger *''F Troop'' (1965-1966) as Pete / Pete (Bartender) *''Love on a Rooftop'' (1966) *''Felony Squad'' (1967) as Cab Driver *''The Bill Cosby Show'' (1970) as Mr. Apollo *''Ironside'' (1970) as Counterman *''Julia'' (1971) as Mr. Greenburg *''Green Acres'' (1971) as Bert Beamish *''Charlie's Angels'' (1977) as Murphy Myrphy *''The Love Boat'' (1978) as Grandad 'Jack Daniels' *''Kojak'' (1978) as Danny Fogarty *''Laverne & Shirley'' (1981) as Reverend Ernie *''Cagney & Lacey'' (1983) as Wally *''Goodnight, Beantown'' (1983) *''Trapper John, M.D.'' (1984) as Fred Romanis *''He's the Mayor'' (1986) as Benny *''Sledge Hammer!'' (1987) as Ice Cream Truck Driver *''The Bronx Zoo'' (1987) as Gideon *''Beauty and the Beast'' (1987) as Herman *''Out of This World'' (1988) as Old Man {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Benny}} Category:1907 births Category:1994 deaths Category:20th-century American male actors Category:American male comedians Category:American male film actors Category:Comedians from Missouri