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'''Robert Benchley''' (1889-1945) was an [[American ]] [[humorist ]] and [[actor]]. His works include ''Love Conquers All'' (1922), ''My Ten Years in a Quandary'' (1936), and ''Benchley Beside Himself'' (1943).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref> He is best remembered for a single quote:{{cquote|Opera is when a man gets stabbed in the back, and, instead of bleeding, sings.<br> --Robert Benchley}}

Benchley was born September 15, 1889, into a superficially tragic childhood in the 1890s of [[bee ]] stings and cuts, though it was truly darkened by the [[death ]] of his [[brother ]] Edmund in the Spanish–American [[Spanish-American War]].<ref>https://users.wpi.edu/~cityofwords/benchley.html</ref> He attended [[Harvard University]], where he wrote for the ''Harvard Lampoon'', and later wrote several essays for the ''New Yorker''.<ref>"Benchley, Robert." ''The Famous People''. http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/robert-benchley-2682.php</ref> He was their lead [[drama ]] [[critic ]] and wrote for the Wayward Press under the name Guy Fawkes before his monologue "The Treasurer's Report," introduced him to the revue and the cinema.<ref>"Benchley, Robert." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>

''Infoplease''. https://www.infoplease.com/people/who2-biography/robert-benchley</ref> He also worked as an actor, receiving over 40 small roles in films [[film]]s including ''How to Sleep''.<ref>"Robert Benchley, Synopsis." ''Biography.com''. http://www.biography.com/people/robert-benchley-9206715#synopsis</ref> He considered himself, over all, a lazy [[man]], and member of the Algonquin Club along with [[Dorothy Parker]], Robert Sherwood, and Alexander Parker, a group also called the ''Vicious Circle''.<ref>Pietruza, David. "Robert Benchley: A Profile in Humor." http://www.davidpietrusza.com/benchley.html</ref> Over time, his interested in [[writing ]] decreased and he appeared more in films until his death on November 21, 1945.<ref>"Benhcley, Robert."