# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-benchley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:13:17.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-benchley"
name: "Robert Benchley"
slug: "robert-benchley"
description: "Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist, newspaper columnist and actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and his acclaimed short films, Benchley's style of humor brought him respect and success during his life, from his peers at the Algonquin Round Table in New York City to contemporaries in the burgeoning film industry."
tagline: "American writer and actor (1889-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Benchley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1889-09-15"
deathDate: "1945-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.02536189818704
  historical:           23.173088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump