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Paul Benedict

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Silver City, New Mexico, United States, 1938-09-17

Died: 2008-12-01

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	The Double-Barrelled Detective Story	Wells Fargo Ferguson	0
2	1968	The Virgin President	Rutherford Melon	70
3	1971	Cold Turkey	Zen Buddhist	62
4	1971	Taking Off	Ben Lockston	69
5	1971	They Might Be Giants	Chestnut Man	70
6	1971	The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight	Shots O'Toole	50
7	1972	Deadhead Miles	Hitchhiker	55
8	1972	Jeremiah Johnson	Reverend Lindquist	73
9	1972	Up the Sandbox	Dr. Beineke	58
10	1974	The Front Page	Plunkett	73
11	1975	Hustling	Lester Traube	60
12	1975	Mandingo	Brownlee	67
13	1976	Bad Dog	Owner	0
14	1977	The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'	Self	0
15	1977	The Goodbye Girl	Mark	69
16	1979	Billy in the Lowlands		0
17	1980	Desperate Moves	Cosmo	10
18	1982	The Electric Grandmother	Guido Fantoccini	68
19	1983	The Man with Two Brains	Butler	62
20	1984	The Lonely Guy	Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited)	63
21	1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Tucker 'Smitty' Brown	74
22	1988	Arthur 2: On the Rocks	Fairchild	55
23	1988	Cocktail	Finance Teacher	61
24	1988	The Chair	Warden Edward Dwyer	28
25	1989	Babycakes	Magleby	70
26	1990	The Freshman	Arthur Fleeber	63
27	1990	Sibling Rivalry	Dr. Plotner	51
28	1991	The Addams Family	Judge Womack	71
29	1993	Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's	Malcolm Maltved	0
30	1994	Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman	Dr. Victor Loeb	48
31	1995	Guns & Lipstick	Mickey	15
32	1996	Waiting for Guffman	Not Guffman	70
33	1997	The Devil's Advocate	Walter Krasna (uncredited)	75
34	1999	A Fish in the Bathtub	Milo	66
35	2000	Isn't She Great	Prof. Brainiac	49
36	2003	A Mighty Wind	Martin Berg	67
37	2004	After the Sunset	Night Shift Guard	62
38	2008	Side by Each		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	Sesame Street	The Mad Painter	71
2	1971	All in the Family	Harry Bentley	79
3	1973	Kojak	Kauldor	70
4	1975	The Jeffersons	Harry Bentley	73
5	1975	NBC Special Treat	Telegraph Man	0
6	1979	Sweepstakes		0
7	1982	The Blue and the Gray	Arbuthnot	69
8	1984	Mama Malone		0
9	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Friedrich Hoffman	75
10	1985	The Twilight Zone	Hoakie (segment "Song of the Younger World")	78
11	1987	A Different World	Mr. Ludlow	71
12	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Beaks	80
13	1989	Seinfeld	Mr. Elinoff	83
14	1995	The Drew Carey Show	Jeremy	66