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

• 2008Side by Each — Chief Rodrocks
• 2004After the Sunset — Night Shift Guard
• 2003A Mighty Wind — Martin Berg
• 2000Isn't She Great — Prof. Brainiac
• 1999A Fish in the Bathtub — Milo
• 1997The Devil's Advocate — Walter Krasna (uncredited)
• 1997Waiting for Guffman — Not Guffman
• 1995Guns & Lipstick — Mickey
• The Drew Carey Show — Jeremy
• 1994Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman — Dr. Victor Loeb
• 1993Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's — Malcolm Maltved
• 1991The Addams Family — Judge Womack
• 1990Sibling Rivalry — Dr. Plotner
• 1990The Freshman — Arthur Fleeber
• 1989Babycakes — Magleby
• Seinfeld — Mr. Elinoff
• Tales from the Crypt — Beaks
• 1988Arthur 2: On the Rocks — Fairchild
• 1988Cocktail — Finance Teacher
• 1988The Chair — Warden Edward Dwyer
• A Different World — Mr. Ludlow
• The Twilight Zone — Hoakie (segment "Song of the Younger World")
• Mama Malone
• Murder, She Wrote — Friedrich Hoffman
• 1984The Lonely Guy — Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited)
• 1984This Is Spinal Tap — Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
• 1983The Man with Two Brains — Butler
• The Blue and the Gray — Arbuthnot
• 1982The Electric Grandmother — Guido Fantoccini
• 1981Spinal Tap: The Final Tour — Hotel Clerk
• 1980Desperate Moves — Cosmo
• $weepstake$
• 1979Billy in the Lowlands — Billy's Father
• 1977The Goodbye Girl — Mark
• 1976Bad Dog — Owner
• 1975Hustling — Lester Traube
• 1975Mandingo — Brownlee
• NBC Special Treat — Telegraph Man
• 1975Smile — Orren Brooks
• The Jeffersons — Harry Bentley, Director
• 1974The Front Page — Plunkett
• Kojak — Kauldor
• 1972Deadhead Miles — Hitchhiker
• 1972Jeremiah Johnson — Reverend Lindquist
• 1972Up the Sandbox — Dr. Beineke
• All in the Family — Harry Bentley
• 1971Cold Turkey — Zen Buddhist
• 1971Taking Off — Ben Lockston
• 1971The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight — Shots O'Toole
• 1971They Might Be Giants — Chestnut Man
• Sesame Street — The Mad Painter
• 1968The Virgin President — Rutherford Melon
• 1965The Double-Barrelled Detective Story — Wells Fargo Ferguson

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1977The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl' — Self