People
Gertrude Benchley
Benchley's childhood sweetheart and wife
Lillian Duryea
MacGregor
Donald Ogden Stewart
Benchley was best man at his wedding.
Robert Sherwood
Friend of Benchley's since their days at Vanity Fair
Dorothy Parker
Friend of Benchley's since their days at Vanity Fair
Fellow 'Round Table' founder
Ernest Hemingway
the mistresses
Nathaniel Benchley:
Benchley's first son, and first biographer.
Playwright.
Robert Benchley (junior)
Benchley's second son.
Peter Benchley
Son of Nathaniel, author.
Wrote Jaws, The Deep, and other popular works.
Howard Dietz
Friend, and author.
Gluyas Williams
Friend of Benchley since their days at the Harvard Lampoon.
Illustrated most of Benchley's books.
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