Short Films
- The Treasurer's Report (1928) - Fox Film Corporation
- The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928) - Fox
- The Spellbinder (1928) - Fox
- Lesson No. 1 (1929) - Fox
- Stewed, Fried, and Boiled (1929) - Fox
- Furnace Trouble (1929) - Fox
- Your Technocracy and Mine (1933) - Universal Pictures
- How to Break 90 at Croquet (1935) - RKO Radio Pictures
- How to Sleep (1935) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Written and acted by Benchley, the short was based on a study on sleep and won the Academy Award in 1935 for Best Short Film. Benchley played narrator and sleeper.
- How to Behave (1936) - MGM
- How to Train a Dog (1936) - MGM
- How to Vote (1936) - MGM
- How to Be a Detective (1936) - MGM
- The Romance of Digestion (1937) - MGM
- How to Start the Day (1937) - MGM
- A Night at the Movies (1937) - MGM - Written and acted by Benchley, this short was his most well-received since How to Sleep. About a man going to the movies, the short was nominated for an Academy Award.
- How to Figure Income Tax (1938) - MGM
- Music Made Simple (1938) - MGM
- An Evening Alone (1938) - MGM
- How to Raise a Baby (1938) - MGM
- The Courtship of the Newt (1938) - MGM
- How to Read (1938) - MGM
- How to Watch Football (1938) - MGM
- The Opening Day (1938) - MGM
- Mental Poise (1938) - MGM
- How to Sub-Let (1939) - MGM
- An Hour for Lunch (1939) - MGM
- Dark Magic (1939) - MGM
- How to Eat (1939) - MGM
- The Day of Rest (1939) - MGM
- See Your Doctor (1939) - MGM
- Inferiority Complex (1939) - MGM - Also known as That Inferior Feeling
- Home Movies (1939) - MGM
- The Trouble with Husbands (1941) - Paramount Pictures - Written by and starring Benchley
- Waiting for Baby (1941) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- Crime Control (1941) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- The Forgotten Man (1941) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- How To Take a Vacation (1941) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- Nothing But Nerves (1942) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- The Witness (1942) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- Keeping In Shape (1942) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- The Man's Angle (1942) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- My Tomato (1943) - MGM - Starring Benchley
- No News Is Good News (1943) - MGM - Written by and starring Benchley
- Important Business (1944) - MGM - Written by and starring Benchley
- Why, Daddy? (1944) - MGM - Written by and starring Benchley (his last short film for MGM)
- Boogie Woogie (1945) - Paramount - Written by and starring Benchley
- Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945) - Paramount and the United States Treasury Department - Starring Benchley, a film version of the touring show
- I'm a Civilian Here Myself (1945) - United States Navy - Written by and starring Benchley
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