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Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict

Birthday: 1938-09-17 | Place of Birth: Silver City, New Mexico, United States

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2000
Isn't She Great

as    Prof. Brainiac

1995
Guns & Lipstick

as    Mickey

1994
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

as    Dr. Victor Loeb

1989
Babycakes

as    Magleby

1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks

as    Fairchild

1983
The Man with Two Brains

as    Butler

1982
The Electric Grandmother

as    Guido Fantoccini

1980
Desperate Moves

as    Cosmo

1977
The Goodbye Girl

as    Mark

1975
Mandingo

as    Brownlee

1975
The Jeffersons

as    Harry Bentley

1972
Jeremiah Johnson

as    Reverend Lindquist

1971
Taking Off

as    Ben Lockston