Theater of the Mind
Jack Benny
Cast, Host

Born February 14, 1894.
632 episodes in 23 shows · 1932–1957
Radio Hall of Fame inductee.
Jack Benny was a vaudeville violinist turned comedian whose radio career began in 1932 with a guest spot on Ed Sullivan's program, soon followed by a sponsored show of his own. The Jack Benny Program spent years on NBC before moving to CBS in 1949, with Benny playing a vain miser who played his violin badly and always claimed to be 39. The show also ran on television from 1950 to 1965.
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The Jack Benny Program573 · Cast
1932
1933
- Outstanding Achievements of 1932
- Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
- She Done Him Right
- Edward G. Robinson
- Sherlock Holmes and King Kong, Part Two
- Who Killed Mr. X?
- Mary's Birthday
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
1934
- Miniature Women
- Don't Live Right
- My Life as a Floorwalker
- Duel in the Graveyard
- Haunted House
- An Arizona Western
- The Eternal Triangle
- Frank Parker's Music Store
- Bridge Game
- The Hills of Kentucky
- Home Cooking at Don's
- Jack Is Taking a Taxi to the Show
- Who Killed Mr. Stooge?, Part Five
- To New York on the Twentieth Century Limited
- The House of Rawchild
- The House of Benny
- School Days, Part Two
- School Days, Part Three
- More House of Rawchild
- The Jack Benny Grocery Store
- The Jack Benny Grocery Store, Part Two
- The Bennys of Wimpole Street
- Through Romantic Hawaii
- Charlie Chan in Radio City
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Onion Patch
- Rose of the Rio Grande
- Russia Through a Keyhole
1935
1936
- Jack and Johnny Are in Jail
- Benny of the Northwest Mounted
- Drug Store
- The Eternal Triangle (1936)
- The Gang Visits the Central Park Zoo
- Jack Is Guest of Honor at the French Embassy
- Little Nell
- Cinderallen
- Clown Hall Tonight
- Ah, Wilderness!
- I've Got a Heavy Date
- Boston Tea Party
- Code of the Hills
- Jack Test-Drives a Car
- Everybody's Not So Hot
- Travel Agent Pays a Visit
- Jack Forms Bennymount Pictures
- Opening of Bennymount Pictures
- Phil Harris Introduced
- Anthony Adverse, Part One
- Anthony Adverse, Part Two
- Previews Romeo and Juliet
- Doc Benny's Minstrels: Romeo and Juliet
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Part One
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Part Two
- Buck Benny Rides Again (November 29)
- Money Ain't Everything
- Buck Benny Rides Again (December 13)
- An Old-Fashioned Christmas
- Buck Benny Rides Again and Again
1937
- More Buck Benny
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Chapter Ten
- Next Sunday, Jack Will Play The Bee
- The Stolen Violin
- Jack's Birthday (1937)
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Chapter Twelve
- Jack's Violin Is Returned
- Fight of the Century
- From the Hotel Pierre
- From New York
- The Train Porter
- Back from New York
- Guests Burns and Allen
- Lady Millicent's Husband
- In the Spring, Tra-La
- Buck Benny Party
- The Mother's Day Program
- Ah, Wilderness! (1937)
- Death at Midnight, Part One
- Death at Midnight, Part Two
- Mary's Movie
- Jack's Movie
- Last Show of the Season (1937)
- Guest Abe Lyman
- Starring Jack What's-His-Name
- Jack Buys the Maxwell
- The Devine Farm
- Another Chapter in the Life of Buck Benny
- Lost Horizon
- Jack Cooked the Turkey
- The Big Game
- Christmas Shopping (1937)
- Little Red Riding Hood
1938
- Leaving for San Francisco Next Week
- In San Francisco
- Driving Back from San Francisco
- Scoop Benny, Ace Reporter
- Hurricane
- Jack Is Late
- Robert Taylor Plays the Cello
- Submarine D-1, Part One
- Submarine D-1, Part Two
- Don Wilson's Fifteenth Anniversary in Radio
- Death in the Nightclub
- Preparing for New York
- Harry Von Zell Subs for Don Wilson
- Back from New York (1938)
- A Yank at Oxford
- At the Circus
- Snow White and the Seven Gangsters
- Beverly Hills Home Under Construction
- Mother's Day Show (1938)
- Murder in the Library
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part One
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part Two
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part Three
- Artists and Models Abroad
- Back Home in Indiana
- Last Show of the Season (1938)
- Preparing to Return to Work
- Yellow Jack
- Farewell to the Old Studio
- Algiers
- Jack Throws a Halloween Party
- The Crowd Roars
- Jack Tries to Steal Phil's Girl
- Too Hot to Handle
- Flash Benny, Football Coach
- Murder at the Movies (1938)
- Christmas Shopping in New York
- Returning to Hollywood
- Jack's Christmas Open House
1939
- Goodbye 1938, Hello 1939
- Snow White and the Seven Gangsters (1939)
- Lunch at the Drugstore
- Jack Tells How He Saved Fred Allen's Life
- Jack Goes into Training
- Jack Challenges Fred Allen to a Boxing Match
- Love Finds Annie Hardy
- Carmichael, the Polar Bear
- Jesse James, Part One
- Jesse James, Part Two
- Carmichael Is Sick
- Jack Has a Cold
- Guest Ed Sullivan
- Four Girls in White
- Man About Town
- Guests Binnie Barnes and Mark Sandrich
- Jack's Seventh Anniversary on the Radio
- Kentucky Derby Bet
- Gunga Din, Part One
- Gunga Din, Part Two
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Hound of the Baskervilles Preview
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Father's Day Show (1939)
- From Waukegan, Illinois
- Introducing Dennis Day
- Dennis's Mother Interferes with the Show
- Stanley and Livingstone
- Masquerade Party
- The Women
- Jack Has a Toothache
- An Ostrich for Thanksgiving
- Jack Goes Duck Hunting
- Murder on the Gridiron, Part One
- Murder on the Gridiron, Part Two
- Christmas Shopping for Perfume and a Necktie
- Christmas Open House at Jack's
- Gladys Zybysko Stands Jack Up
1940
- Golden Boy
- Intermezzo
- Gladys Zybysko Is Discussed
- Murder on the Bay Bridge
- Leaving for Yosemite
- Arriving at Yosemite
- Skiing at Yosemite
- Jack's Birthday in Bed
- Gracie Allen for President
- Mr. Benny Goes to Washington
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Trailer on Pinocchio
- Pinocchio
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Episode 24
- Leaving for New York by Train
- In New York for the Premiere
- Buck Benny at the Paramount Theater
- Clown Hall Tonight (1940)
- Flying Home
- Northwest Passage
- Dinner for the Sponsor
- Hillbilly Feud
- Vacation Plans
- Father's Day (1940)
- Jack Tells His Childhood Story
- Phil Tries to Collect a World Series Bet
- Jack Tries to Trade In the Maxwell
- Hold That Line (1940)
- Jack's Halloween Party
- Dogcatcher of Beverly Hills
- Jack Waits to See a Movie Producer
- Jack Is Held Up on His Way to Don's House
- Jack Catches Cold at Don's House
- Don Is Mad and Walks Out
- Jack Has a Bodyguard
- Christmas Shopping (1940)
- Father Time Rides Again
1941
- At the Rose Bowl
- Jack Is Late, with No Script
- City for Conquest
- Jack Packs for New York
- The Sponsor Likes Herbert Marshall
- Surprise Birthday Party
- Teepee Hotel
- Climb to Tahquitz Falls
- Murder at the Racquet Club
- Palm Springs Prices
- Tobacco Road
- Jack Works in His Garden
- Quiz Kids versus Jell-O Kids
- Jack Prepares for The Quiz Kids
- Jack's Upset about The Quiz Kids
- Murder at the Movies
- Jack's Tenth Anniversary on Radio
- NBC Tribute to Jack's Tenth Anniversary
- Charley's Aunt
- The Life of Philbert Harris
- From San Diego Naval Base
- From New York (1941)
- Columbus Day
- Returning to Hollywood (1941)
- Dive Bomber
- Halloween Celebration
- Guest Leo Durocher
- He Fumbled the Ball
- Thanksgiving Dinner
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part One
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part Two
- Horseradish
- The Christmas Tree
- Goodbye '41, Hello '42
1942
- New Year's Eve at the Biltmore Bowl
- From March Field
- The Frightwig Murder Case, Part One
- The Frightwig Murder Case, Part Two
- Fred Allen Moves to Sundays
- Jack's Birthday Party
- At the San Francisco Presidio
- Jack Starts a Campaign for an Oscar
- From San Diego Marine Base
- Jack Lends Fred Allen Ten Dollars
- Jack Plays Golf with Phil
- Doc Benny's Minstrel Show
- Don's Commercial
- Try and Get It
- Don's Play
- Jack Hawkins' Revenge
- Visiting Jack at Warner Brothers
- Jack's Last Season for Jell-O
- I Am an American Day
- Phil Becomes a Father
- Cavalcade of Eight Years for Jell-O
- Jack Rounds Up the Gang in the Maxwell
- Two Cadets at Barbara Stanwyck's House
- Jack Gives the Maxwell for Scrap
- Tales of Manhattan
- Jack and Phil Go Target Shooting
- The Twink Family, Part One
- The Twink Family, Part Two
- George Washington Slept Here Premiere
- Going After Rommel
- Liberty Ship
- From New York (1942)
- George Washington Slept Here
- New Year's Eve Skit
1943
- Bear Hunting
- The Sixty-Four Dollar Question
- Information Please Spoof
- Mr. Benny Goes to Washington (1943)
- From Quantico, Virginia
- Jack Is Late for the Program
- From Toronto
- A Monument for Jack
- Kit Carson Benny
- Jack Returns after Illness
- Jack Opens His Swimming Pool
- Rochester's Horse in the Kentucky Derby
- Renting Eddie Cantor's House
- Jack Jams with Louis Armstrong
- Rancho Benny
- Parachute Jump
- Guest Deanna Durbin
- Jack Recalls His African Trip
- Casablanca
- Algiers (1943)
- Jack in Brazil
- From the Mojave Desert
- The Lone Palm
- Jack Dreams He Is a Turkey
- Dennis Wants a Raise
- Jack Gets a Driver's License
- Dennis's Mother Visits
- Jack and Mary Go Christmas Shopping
- Christmas at Jack's House
1944
- The New Tenant (1944)
- Jack Has a Pet Camel
- From Camp El Toro
- From Muroc Army Air Base
- The Horn Blows at Midnight
- From Terminal Island
- From March Field (1944)
- Guest Groucho Marx
- Hollywood Canteen
- From Lemoore Air Base
- From Livermore Air Base
- Dennis Dreams He Has a Radio Program
- Dennis Leaves for the Navy
- Dick Haymes Subs for Dennis
- The Wright Brothers
- Infantry
- Split Personality
- The Life Story of Jack Benny
- Final Grape-Nuts Flakes Show
- Jack Looks for a Replacement Singer
- Frank Sinatra
- From Gardner Field (1944)
- Captain O'Benny
- Allen's Alley
- Guests Amos 'n' Andy
- Jack Hires Larry Stevens
- From Corona Naval Hospital
- How the Gang Spent Thanksgiving
- Jack Gets Mad and Goes Home
- From San Bernardino
- Trimming the Tree
- Jack Resolves to Be Friends with Fred Allen
1945
- Leaving for New York City
- Mrs. Nussbaum's Restaurant
- Ice Skating in Central Park
- From Mitchell Field
- From St. Albans Naval Hospital
- From Glenview Naval Air Station
- From St. Joseph, Missouri
- From Fitzsimons Hospital, Denver
- The Train Station
- How Jack Found Rochester
- How Jack Found Mary
- The Woman in the Window
- How Jack Found Phil
- From Torney Hospital, Palm Springs
- Professor LeBlanc's First Lesson
- How Jack Found Don
- Jack Is Going to San Francisco
- From San Francisco
- Steve Bradley Wants to Be Jack's Publicity Man
- Jack Listens to the World Series
- Gaslight
- Texas Sandman
- The Robbery
- Joe Louis, Bodyguard
- From Birmingham General Hospital
- Tire Trouble
- The I Can't Stand Jack Benny Contest
- Dinner at the Colmans'
- Hello, Louella
- The English Butler
- End of the Contest
1946
- The Rose Bowl Game
- State Fair
- Contest Winners
- The Winning Letter
- From Palm Springs (1946)
- Rochester Lost at Sea
- Guest Gilbert Seldes
- Murder at Lone Palm
- Lost Weekend
- Dennis Returns from the Navy
- I Stand Condemned
- A Sad Soldier Is Discharged
- Weekend at the Acme Plaza
- Jack Practices Next Door to Ronald Colman
- Aboard the Saratoga
- The Kid from Brooklyn
- Leaving for Chicago on the Train
- Quiz Kids Contest
- Fred Allen Asks Jack to Be on His Show
- Ed Sullivan Gives Jack an Award
- Phil and Dennis Have Their Own Shows
- Jack Listens to the World Series (1946)
- Jack and Mary Walk to the Studio
- Jack Tries to Break His Contract with the Sportsmen
- Rochester Gives Jack a Haircut
- Guests Ronald and Benita Colman
- The Killers
- Phil Baker Wants a Room
- Shoelaces for Don
- Jack Exchanges Don's Gift
- A Night at the Nightclub
1947
- Guests Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
- Gracie Wants to Listen to Jack
- I Was Condemned
- Jack Fires the Sportsmen
- Jack Tries to Rehire the Sportsmen
- Jack Looks for a New Quartet
- The Sportsmen's Replacements
- The Sportsmen Are Hired Back
- From San Francisco (1947)
- Jack Wants Goldwyn to Film His Life
- Jack Buys a Baseball Team
- The Egg and I
- Leaving for Chicago
- To the Train Station for Chicago
- From Chicago
- From New York (1947)
- Benny's Boulevard
- Back from Sun Valley
- Jack Goes for a Physical
- Golf at Hillcrest
- The Seventh Hole at Hillcrest
- Dark Passage
- Corner Drugstore
- Jack Renews His Driver's License
- The Movie of Jack's Life
- Turkey Dream
- Violin Lesson and the Vault
- The New Tenant (1947)
1948
- Rose Bowl Tickets
- Going to Denver
- In Denver for the March of Dimes
- On the Train to Hollywood
- Jack and Mary See the Colmans' Movie
- Nightmare Alley
- Jack's Thirty-Ninth Birthday
- Jack's New House in Palm Springs
- Gladys Comes to Rehearsal
- The Walking Man
- Winner of the Walking Man Contest
- Jack Lectures the Beavers
- Your Money or Your Life
- Jack Wants to Borrow Bing's Oscar
- From Palm Springs (1948)
- Murder at the Racquet Club (1948)
- Charley's Aunt (1948)
- Guest Frank Sinatra
- Ronald Colman's Oscar
- The Egg and I (1948)
- I Was Framed
- Jack Leaves for Detroit
- From Detroit
- From Cleveland
- From New York (1948)
- Back from Europe
- World Series at Jack's
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- The Colmans Have Dinner at Jack's
- Jack Goes Trick-or-Treating
- Jack Sees a Psychiatrist
- Mary Is Late
- Jack Calls the Ad Agency
- Thanksgiving at Mary's
- Professor LeBlanc's Lesson
- Jack Tries to Relax at Home
- A Wallet for Don
- Last Show for NBC
1949
- First Show for CBS
- Lunch at the Brown Derby
- Jack's Scrapbook
- Don Won't Sign His Contract
- Don Still Won't Sign
- Don Signs a New Contract
- Jack's Birthday Is Tomorrow
- The Horn Blows at Midnight (1949)
- A Day at the Races
- After the Races
- Mary and Van Are Late
- Spring Cleaning
- Flying to New York
- Jack Shops for a New Car
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Jack Is Upset with the Cast
- Mary Is Sick
- Bus Tour of Beverly Hills
- Jack Meets the Stars of CBS
- Jack Becomes Generous
- Jack's Memory Is Lost and Found
- Recovering from a Cold
- Jack Rides in a Yacht
- Last Week's Mistakes
- Texas Benefit
1950
- Stood Up on New Year's Eve
- Drear Poosen
- How Jack and Fred Allen Met
- I Was Betrayed
- To New York for the Heart Fund
- From New York for the Heart Fund
- Allen's Alley Spoof
- Gin Rummy on the Super Chief
- The Fiddler
- Buck Benny Rides Again (1950)
- Sagebrush Soap Contest
- The Champion
- From Palm Springs (1950)
- From Palm Springs, with Al Jolson
- Fifty Cents to a Bum
- Jack Gets the House Painted
- The Beavers Do the Show
- Jack Buys a New Suit
- Mother's Day Gags
- Back from London
- The Gold Rush of '49
- A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and Murder
- USC-UCLA Game
- Grass Reek
- Murder at the Racquet Club (1950)
- Christmas Shopping for Golf Tees
1951
- King Solomon's Mines, Part One
- Jack Goes to the Doctor
- How Palm Springs Was Founded
- Jack Watches TV
- Jack Goes to the Dentist
- Jack Is Sick in Bed
- Sunset Boulevard
- Jack Leaves for New York to Do a TV Show
- The Tax Men Visit Jack
- The Tax Men Come Back
- The Tax Men and the Circus
- From Nellis Air Force Base
- I Was Shanghaied
- Jack Plans to Drive to New York
- The Cast Is Unhappy with Their Contracts
- Speed Riggs at the Doctor's
- The Cast Sings the Commercial
- Back from Korea
- At a Nightclub to Hear the Sportsmen
- Jack Loses His Song
- Saturday's Hero
- Golden Girl
- Cuff Links for Don
- The Guadalajara Trio Sings Jack's Song
- Decorating the Christmas Tree
1952
- George Burns Sings Jack's Song
- Wolfe Gilbert to Publish Jack's Song
- Sinatra, Kaye and Burns Sing Jack's Song
- My Career as a Hospital Nurse
- The Easter Parade
- Bend in the River
- Jack Prepares for London
- Last Show with Phil Harris
- The Happy Time
- A Gopher Trap for Don
- Setting Up the Christmas Tree
1953
- The Road to Bali
- Jack Buys an Umbrella Stand
- Bets on Our Fancy
- High Noon
- Steak Ride
- The Life of Bing Crosby
- The Beavers Impersonate the Show
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro
- A Walk Through Beverly Hills
- Mississippi Gambler
- From San Francisco (1953)
- From San Francisco, Week Two
- Insurance Medical Exam
- Jack Listens to the Indy 500
Command Performance9 · Cast, Host
- Betty Grable, Jack Benny
- Program 41: Jack Benny, Alice Faye, Cass Daley
- Christmas Special, 1942
- Program 125: Jack Benny, Harpo Marx, Bing Crosby
- Program 135: Fred Allen, Rochester, Ginny Simms
- Program 140: Deanna Durbin, Jack Benny, Ginger Rogers
- Program 174: Jack Benny, Paulette Goddard, Hoagy Carmichael, Jeri Sullivan
- Program 177: Rita Hayworth, Charles Boyer, Nat King Cole
- Program 209: Chico Marx, Jack Benny, Lina Romay
Suspense5 · Cast
The Eddie Cantor Show5 · Cast
The Fred Allen Show5 · Cast
The Screen Guild Theater5 · Cast
Family Theater4 · Cast, Host
Lux Radio Theatre4 · Cast
Recollections at Thirty3 · Cast
The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show3 · Cast
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show2 · Cast
Mail Call1 · Host
The Bing Crosby Show1 · Cast
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