Paul Benedict
Born: 1938-09-17 in Silver City, New Mexico, United States
Died: 2008-12-01
Known For: Acting
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, who was actually played by David Battley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Benedict, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2008
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)
1996
- Waiting for Guffman as Not Guffman
1995
- The Drew Carey Show as Jeremy
- Guns & Lipstick as Mickey
1994
- Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman as Dr. Victor Loeb
1993
- Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's as Malcolm Maltved
1991
- The Addams Family as Judge Womack
1990
- Sibling Rivalry as Dr. Plotner
- The Freshman as Arthur Fleeber
1989
- Seinfeld as Mr. Elinoff
- Tales from the Crypt as Beaks
- Babycakes as Magleby
1988
- Cocktail as Finance Teacher
- The Chair as Warden Edward Dwyer
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks as Fairchild
1987
- A Different World as Mr. Ludlow
1985
- The Twilight Zone as Hoakie (segment "Song of the Younger World")
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Friedrich Hoffman
- This Is Spinal Tap as Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
- The Lonely Guy as Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited)
- Mama Malone
1983
- The Man with Two Brains as Butler
1982
- The Blue and the Gray as Arbuthnot
- The Electric Grandmother as Guido Fantoccini
1980
- Desperate Moves as Cosmo
1977
- The Goodbye Girl as Mark
- The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl' as Self
1976
- Bad Dog as Owner
1975
- The Jeffersons as Harry Bentley
- Hustling as Lester Traube
- Mandingo as Brownlee
- Smile as Orren Brooks
- NBC Special Treat as Telegraph Man
1974
- The Front Page as Plunkett
1973
- Kojak as Kauldor
1972
- Jeremiah Johnson as Reverend Lindquist
- Up the Sandbox as Dr. Beineke
- Deadhead Miles as Hitchhiker
1971
- All in the Family as Harry Bentley
- Taking Off as Ben Lockston
- Cold Turkey as Zen Buddhist
- They Might Be Giants as Chestnut Man
- The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight as Shots O'Toole
1969
- Sesame Street as The Mad Painter
1968
- The Virgin President as Rutherford Melon
1965
- The Double-Barrelled Detective Story as Wells Fargo Ferguson