Paul Benedict
Birthday
1938/09/17
Day of death
2008/12/01 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Silver City, New Mexico, United States
Also know as
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Biography
Paul Benedict (September 17, 1938 – December 1, 2008) was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and movies beginning in the 1960s. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the popular PBS children's show Sesame Street, and as the quirky English neighbor "Harry Bentley" on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. Often mistakenly credited as Charlie Bucket's school teacher (the uncredited role of Mr. Turkentine), in the cult classic Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, wh...Read more
Acting
(1991) The Addams Family
as Judge Womack
(1983) The Man with Two Brains
as Butler
(1972) Jeremiah Johnson
as Reverend Lindquist
(1988) Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Fairchild
(1977) The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
as Self
(1972) Up the Sandbox
as Dr. Beineke
(1977) The Goodbye Girl
as Mark
(1975) Mandingo
as Brownlee
(1994) Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
as Dr. Victor Loeb
(1982) The Electric Grandmother
as Guido Fantoccini
(1965) The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
as Wells Fargo Ferguson
(1979) Billy in the Lowlands
as ---
(1971) The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Shots O'Toole
(1988) The Chair
as Warden Edward Dwyer
(2008) Side by Each
as ---
(1971) They Might Be Giants
as Chestnut Man
(1980) Desperate Moves
as Cosmo
(1972) Deadhead Miles
as Hitchhiker
(1995) Guns & Lipstick
as Mickey
(1990) Sibling Rivalry
as Dr. Plotner
(1996) Waiting for Guffman
as Not Guffman
(1974) The Front Page
as Plunkett
(1984) This Is Spinal Tap
as Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
(1988) Cocktail
as Finance Teacher
(1990) The Freshman
as Arthur Fleeber
(2004) After the Sunset
as Night Shift Guard
(2003) A Mighty Wind
as Martin Berg
(2000) Isn't She Great
as Prof. Brainiac
(1999) A Fish in the Bathtub
as Milo
(1997) The Devil's Advocate
as Walter Krasna (uncredited)
(1971) Taking Off
as Ben Lockston
(1971) Cold Turkey
as Zen Buddhist
(1993) Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
as Malcolm Maltved
(1989) Babycakes
as Magleby
(1975) Hustling
as Lester Traube
(1968) The Virgin President
as Rutherford Melon
(1984) The Lonely Guy
as Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited)
(1976) Bad Dog
as Owner
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Friedrich Hoffman
(1989) Seinfeld
as Mr. Elinoff
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as Hoakie (segment "Song of the Younger World")
(1971) All in the Family
as Harry Bentley
(1975) The Jeffersons
as Harry Bentley
(1973) Kojak
as Kauldor
(1984) Mama Malone
as ---
(1979) Sweepstakes
as ---
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Beaks
(1969) Sesame Street
as The Mad Painter
(1987) A Different World
as Mr. Ludlow
(1975) NBC Special Treat
as Telegraph Man
(1982) The Blue and the Gray
as Arbuthnot
(1995) The Drew Carey Show
as Jeremy