Benny Baker Explained

Benny Baker
Birth Date:	5 May 1907
Birth Place:	St. Joseph, Missouri
Death Place:	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Occupation:	Actor, comedian
Spouse:	Edith Turgell Margery Chapin

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.^[1] He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.^[2]

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
• (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

• 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 (TV series) (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

Notes and References

1. News: Denis . Gifford . Obituary: Benny Baker . . October 10, 1994 . April 5, 2019.
2. News: Benny Baker; Comedian, 87 . . . September 26, 1994 . April 5, 2019.