Paul Benedict

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.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

This Is Spinal Tap

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Addams Family

As Judge Womack

Cocktail

As Finance Teacher

Jeremiah Johnson

As Reverend Lindquist

The Man with Two Brains

As Butler

The Freshman

As Arthur Fleeber

Waiting for Guffman

As Not Guffman

The Front Page

As Plunkett

Topics

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Related people

Collaborators & neighbours

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  Michael McKean

  Shared 3 credits

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  Harry Shearer

  Shared 3 credits

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  Christopher Guest

  Shared 3 credits

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  Fred Willard

  Shared 3 credits

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  Ed Begley Jr.

  Shared 2 credits

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  Catherine O'Hara

  Shared 2 credits

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  Parker Posey

  Shared 2 credits

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  Bruno Kirby

  Shared 2 credits

Acted

A Mighty Wind

2003 · Martin Berg

A Fish in the Bathtub

1999 · Milo

Waiting for Guffman

1997 · Not Guffman

The Addams Family

1991 · Judge Womack

The Freshman

1990 · Arthur Fleeber

Cocktail

1988 · Finance Teacher

This Is Spinal Tap

1984 · Tucker 'Smitty' Brown

The Man with Two Brains

1983 · Butler

The Front Page

1974 · Plunkett

Jeremiah Johnson

1972 · Reverend Lindquist

The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

1965 · Wells Fargo Ferguson