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 cu...
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The Addams Family
As Judge Womack
The Man with Two Brains
As Butler
Jeremiah Johnson
As Reverend Lindquist
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
As Fairchild
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
As Self
Up the Sandbox
As Dr. Beineke
The Goodbye Girl
As Mark
Mandingo
As Brownlee
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
As Dr. Victor Loeb
The Electric Grandmother
As Guido Fantoccini
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
As Wells Fargo Ferguson
Billy in the Lowlands
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
As Shots O'Toole
The Chair
As Warden Edward Dwyer
Side by Each
They Might Be Giants
As Chestnut Man
Desperate Moves
As Cosmo
Deadhead Miles
As Hitchhiker
Guns & Lipstick
As Mickey
Sibling Rivalry
As Dr. Plotner
Waiting for Guffman
As Not Guffman
The Front Page
As Plunkett
This Is Spinal Tap
As Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
Cocktail
As Finance Teacher
The Freshman
As Arthur Fleeber
A Mighty Wind
As Martin Berg
Taking Off
As Ben Lockston
Cold Turkey
As Zen Buddhist
After the Sunset
As Night Shift Guard
The Devil's Advocate
As Walter Krasna (uncredited)
Isn't She Great
As Prof. Brainiac
A Fish in the Bathtub
As Milo
The Return of Spinal Tap
As Hotel Concierge (uncredited)
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
As Malcolm Maltved
Babycakes
As Magleby
Hustling
As Lester Traube
The Virgin President
As Rutherford Melon
The Lonely Guy
As Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited)
Bad Dog
As Owner
Murder, She Wrote
As Friedrich Hoffman
Seinfeld
As Mr. Elinoff
The Twilight Zone
As Hoakie
All in the Family
As Harry Bentley
The Jeffersons
As Harry Bentley
Kojak
As Kauldor
Mama Malone
Sweepstakes
Tales from the Crypt
As Beaks
Sesame Street
As The Mad Painter
A Different World
As Mr. Ludlow
NBC Special Treat
As Telegraph Man
The Blue and the Gray
As Arbuthnot
The Drew Carey Show
As Jeremy