Paul Benedict
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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
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- Born:
- Sep 17, 1938 In Silver City, New Mexico, United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 46
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Double-Barrelled Detective Story 1965-12-31
- Latest Project:
- Movie Side by Each 2008-01-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Side by Each | 2008-01-01 | |
| Movie | After the Sunset | Night Shift Guard | 2004-11-12 |
| Movie | A Mighty Wind | Martin Berg | 2003-04-16 |
| Movie | Isn't She Great | Prof. Brainiac | 2000-01-28 |
| Movie | A Fish in the Bathtub | Milo | 1999-03-01 |
| Movie | The Devil's Advocate | Walter Krasna (uncredited) | 1997-10-17 |
| Movie | Waiting for Guffman | Not Guffman | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Guns & Lipstick | Mickey | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman | Dr. Victor Loeb | 1994-09-28 |
| Movie | Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's | Malcolm Maltved | 1993-09-09 |
| Movie | The Return of Spinal Tap | Hotel Concierge (uncredited) | 1992-12-31 |
| Movie | The Addams Family | Judge Womack | 1991-11-22 |
| Movie | Sibling Rivalry | Dr. Plotner | 1990-10-26 |
| Movie | The Freshman | Arthur Fleeber | 1990-07-20 |
| Movie | Babycakes | Magleby | 1989-02-14 |
| Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1989-07-05 |
| Movie | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Fairchild | 1988-07-08 |
| Movie | Cocktail | Finance Teacher | 1988-07-29 |
| Movie | The Chair | Warden Edward Dwyer | 1988-10-08 |
| Movie | Moonstruck | Diner | 1987-12-16 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | This Is Spinal Tap | Tucker 'Smitty' Brown | 1984-03-02 |
| Movie | The Lonely Guy | Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited) | 1984-01-27 |
| Series | Mama Malone | Unknown | 1984-03-07 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | The Man with Two Brains | Butler | 1983-06-10 |
| Movie | The Electric Grandmother | Guido Fantoccini | 1982-01-17 |
| Series | The Blue and the Gray | Arbuthnot | 1982-11-14 |
| Movie | Desperate Moves | Cosmo | 1980-01-01 |
| Series | Sweepstakes | Unknown | 1979-01-26 |
| Movie | The Goodbye Girl | Mark | 1977-11-27 |
| Movie | Hustling | Lester Traube | 1975-02-22 |
| Series | The Jeffersons | Harry Bentley | 1975-01-18 |
| Movie | Smile | Orren Brooks | 1975-07-09 |
| Movie | Mandingo | Brownlee | 1975-06-06 |
| Movie | The Front Page | Plunkett | 1974-11-01 |
| Series | Kojak | Unknown | 1973-10-24 |
| Movie | Jeremiah Johnson | Reverend Lindquist | 1972-09-10 |
| Movie | Deadhead Miles | Hitchhiker | 1972-08-08 |
| Movie | Up the Sandbox | Dr. Beineke | 1972-12-21 |
| Movie | Cold Turkey | Zen Buddhist | 1971-02-19 |
| Series | All in the Family | Unknown | 1971-01-12 |
| Movie | Taking Off | Ben Lockston | 1971-03-28 |
| Movie | They Might Be Giants | Chestnut Man | 1971-06-09 |
| Movie | The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Shots O'Toole | 1971-12-22 |
| Movie | The Double-Barrelled Detective Story | Wells Fargo Ferguson | 1965-12-31 |