Robert Benchley

He has a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Johnny Mack Brown died of heart failure in 1974 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. He was the grandfather of Jaws writer Peter Benchley. In recognition of his contribution to the motion picture industry, Brown was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd. His short film How to Sleep won an Academy Award in 1938. He returned more than ten years later to appear in secondary roles in a few western style films. Perelman, and James Thurber. When the western genre experienced a sharp drop in box office popularity, Johnny Mack Brown went into retirement in 1953.

J. Brown also starred in four serials for Universal Studios and was a hero to millions of young children at movie theaters and on their television screens. His style influenced other humorists such as S. After a few more films, Brown returned to making exclusively westerns and eventually became one of the screen's top cowboy stars, making 127 western films during his career. He was an early and regular contributor to the New Yorker Magazine. He appeared in minor roles until 1930 when he was cast as the star in a western movie titled Billy the Kid directed by King Vidor. Sherwood, he formed the Algonquin Round Table. His good looks and powerful physique saw him portrayed on Wheaties cereal boxes and in 1927, brought an offer for motion picture screen tests that resulted in a long and successful career in Hollywood.

With Dorothy Parker and Robert E. In that year's Rose Bowl, he scored two of his teams three touchdowns in an upset win over the favored Washington Huskies. At Harvard, he was a leading contributor to the Harvard Lampoon. Playing the halfback position on his university's Crimson Tide football team, Brown helped his team to become the 1926 NCAA Division I-A national football champions. His humor was based on everyday life, news oddities, and absurd, almost surreal essays such as his "Uncle Edith" series. Born and raised in Dothan, Alabama, Brown was a star of the high school football team, earning a football scholarship to the University of Alabama. His books were illustrated by Gluyas Williams, whose spare, knowing line drawings added to Benchley's success. Johnny Mack Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an All-American college football player and successful film actor.

His essays were published in collections including Of All Things, Benchley Beside Himself, Inside Benchley, and Chips Off the Old Benchley. Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts – November 21, 1945) was a humorist, newspaper columnist, film actor, drama editor.