Editing Jack Benny (section)

==Films==
[[File:Jack and Joan Benny Jack Benny Show 1954.jpg|thumb|Jack Benny and daughter Joan on the set of his TV show, 1954]]
Benny also acted in films, including the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning ''[[The Hollywood Revue|The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]'', ''[[Broadway Melody of 1936]]'' (as a benign nemesis for [[Eleanor Powell]] and [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]]), ''[[George Washington Slept Here]]'' (1942), and notably, ''[[Charley's Aunt (1941 film)|Charley's Aunt]]'' (1941) and ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]'' (1942). He and Livingstone also appeared in [[Ed Sullivan]]'s ''[[Mr. Broadway (1933 film)|Mr. Broadway]]'' (1933) as themselves. Benny often parodied contemporary films and genres on the radio program, and the 1940 film ''[[Buck Benny Rides Again]]'' features all the main radio characters in a funny Western parody adapted from program skits. The failure of one cinematic Benny vehicle, ''[[The Horn Blows at Midnight]]'', became a running gag on his radio and television programs, although contemporary viewers may not find the film as disappointing as the jokes suggest.

Benny may have had an uncredited cameo role in ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', claimed by a contemporary newspaper article<ref>{{cite news|title=Jack Benny Sneaked into 'Casablanca' Scene|work=Milwaukee Sentinel|date=January 28, 1943|author=Herzog, Buck|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19430128&id=Z1NQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6943%2C1287647|access-date=January 31, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and advertisement<ref>{{cite news |title=Special Contest / Find Jack Benny in "Casablanca" |newspaper=The Evening Independent |date=February 4, 1943 |url=http://media.sdreader.com/img/photos/2014/10/19/92953_original_t670.jpg?b3f6a5d7692ccc373d56e40cf708e3fa67d9af9d|access-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref> and reportedly in the ''Casablanca'' press book. When asked in his column "Movie Answer Man", film critic [[Roger Ebert]] first replied, "It looks something like him. That's all I can say."<ref name=Ebert>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/answer-man/was-the-pres-crushed-and-drowned-before-or-after-the-arks |title=Movie Answer Man |author=Roger Ebert |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=December 9, 2009 |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708231215/http://www.rogerebert.com/answer-man/was-the-pres-crushed-and-drowned-before-or-after-the-arks |url-status=live }} [[RogerEbert.com]]</ref> He wrote in a later column, "I think you're right."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/answer-man/what-color-were-zuzus-petals-in-its-a-wonderful-life-easy |title=Movie Answer Man |author=Roger Ebert |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=December 23, 2009 |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709010134/http://www.rogerebert.com/answer-man/what-color-were-zuzus-petals-in-its-a-wonderful-life-easy |url-status=live }} RogerEbert.com</ref>

Benny also was caricatured in several [[Warner Brothers]] cartoons including ''[[Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur]]'' (1939, as Casper the Caveman), ''[[I Love to Singa]]'', ''Slap Happy Pappy'', and ''Goofy Groceries'' (1936, 1940, and 1941 respectively, as Jack Bunny<ref>{{cite video |title=I Love to Singa
| publisher=YouTube |access-date=December 20, 2010
| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akAEIW3rmvQ#t=04m24s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603042744/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akAEIW3rmvQ| archive-date=2010-06-03 | url-status=dead}}</ref>), ''Malibu Beach Party'' (1940, as himself),<ref>{{cite video| title=Malibu Beach Party |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH6AWh64lOc | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630061014/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH6AWh64lOc| archive-date=2014-06-30 | url-status=dead| date=1940}}</ref> and ''[[The Mouse that Jack Built]]'' (1959). The last of these is probably the most memorable: [[Robert McKimson]] engaged Benny and his actual cast (Mary Livingstone, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Don Wilson) to do the voices for the mouse versions of their characters, with [[Mel Blanc]]{{snd}}the usual Warner Brothers cartoon voicemeister{{snd}}reprising his old vocal turn as the always-aging Maxwell, always a ''phat''-phat-''bang!'' away from collapse. In the cartoon, Benny and Livingstone agree to spend their anniversary at the Kit-Kat Club, which they discover the hard way is inside the mouth of a live cat. Before the cat can devour the mice, Benny himself awakens from his dream, then shakes his head, smiles wryly, and mutters, "Imagine, me and Mary as little mice." Then, he glances toward the cat lying on a throw rug in a corner and sees his and Livingstone's cartoon alter egos scampering out of the cat's mouth. The cartoon ends with a classic Benny look of befuddlement. It was rumored that Benny requested that, in lieu of monetary compensation, he receive a copy of the finished film.

Benny made a cameo appearance in ''[[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''.