Paul Benedict
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1938-09-17
Deathday 2008-12-01 (70 years old)
Place of Birth Silver City, New Mexico, United States
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.
Known For
Actor
as Night Shift Guard
as Martin Berg
as Prof. Brainiac
as Milo
as Walter Krasna (uncredited)
as Not Guffman
as Mickey
as Jeremy
as Dr. Victor Loeb
as Malcolm Maltved
as Hotel Concierge (uncredited)
as Judge Womack
as Dr. Plotner
as Arthur Fleeber
as Magleby
as Mr. Elinoff
as Beaks
as Warden Edward Dwyer
as Finance Teacher
as Fairchild
as Mr. Ludlow
as Hoakie
as Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
as Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited)
as Friedrich Hoffman
as Butler
as Guido Fantoccini
as Arbuthnot
as Cosmo
as Mark
as Self
as Owner
as Brownlee
as Lester Traube
as Telegraph Man
as Harry Bentley
as Plunkett
as Kauldor
as Dr. Beineke
as Reverend Lindquist
as Hitchhiker
as Shots O'Toole
as Chestnut Man
as Ben Lockston
as Zen Buddhist
as Harry Bentley
as The Mad Painter
as Rutherford Melon
as Wells Fargo Ferguson
Director
as Director