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His essays were published in collections including Of All Things, Benchley Beside Himself, Inside Benchley, and Chips Off the Old Benchley. His books were illustrated by Gluyas Williams , whose spare, knowing line drawings added to Benchley's success.
His humor was based on everyday life, news oddities, and absurd, almost surreal essays such as his "Uncle Edith" series. At Harvard, he was a leading contributor to the Harvard Lampoon. With Dorothy Parker and Robert E. Sherwood, he formed the Algonquin Round Table. He was an early and regular contributor to the New Yorker Magazine. His style influenced other humorists such as S. J. Perelman, and James Thurber. His short film How to Sleep won an Academy Award in 1938. He was the grandfather of JawsThis article is about the movie; for the body part, see jaw. For the James Bond character, see Jaws (James Bond). Jaws ( 1975) is an American film which tells the story of a resort town's sheriff who tries to protect beachgoers from the predations of a hu writer Peter Benchley . He has a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood.