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Jack Benny

1894 - 1974

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Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success as a violinist on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film. He was known for his comic timing and the ability to cause laughter with a long pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated summation "Well! " His radio and television programs, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the sitcom genre. Benny portrayed himself as a miser who obliviously played his violin badly and claimed perpetually to be 39 years of age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Benny is the 3,760th most popular actor (down from 3,659th in 2019), the 6,099th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,464th in 2019) and the 1,761st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jack Benny ranks 3,760 out of 13,578. Before him are Golshifteh Farahani, Arturo de Córdova, Yvonne Strahovski, Mari Törőcsik, Irán Eory, and Charlie Robinson. After him are Sam Witwer, Akira Kamiya, Troy Donahue, Hugo Haas, Benoît-Constant Coquelin, and Emma Roberts.

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Among people born in 1894, Jack Benny ranks 171. Before him are Magda Julin, Robert Menzies, Yakov Frenkel, Alfred Romer, Francis Hunter, and Olive Thomas. After him are James Thurber, Wilhelm Hasse, Esfir Shub, José Bustamante y Rivero, Florbela Espanca, and Henryk Sławik. Among people deceased in 1974, Jack Benny ranks 153. Before him are Holger Meins, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Berdi Kerbabayev, Peter Revson, Franz Wagner, and Wally Kinnear. After him are Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Gunnar Olsson, Dušan Marković, Fernand de Montigny, Wolfgang Windgassen, and Glenn Morris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Benny ranks 6,099 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Straub (1943), Alexander Wetmore (1886), Eric Martin (1960), Melissa Mathison (1950), Charlie Robinson (1945), and Sonny Barger (1938). After him are Sam Witwer (1977), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Troy Donahue (1936), Hamilton Luske (1903), Emma Roberts (1991), and Robert Treat Paine (1731).

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Among actors born in United States, Jack Benny ranks 1,761. Before him are John Spencer (1946), Shemar Moore (1970), Alexis Bledel (1981), William Windom (1923), Phyllis Smith (1951), and Charlie Robinson (1945). After him are Sam Witwer (1977), Troy Donahue (1936), Emma Roberts (1991), Jason Robards Sr. (1892), William Daniels (1927), and Matthew Lillard (1970).

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