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.
Movie Appearances
The Addams Family
as Judge Womack
1991
The Man with Two Brains
as Butler
1983
Jeremiah Johnson
as Reverend Lindquist
1972
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Fairchild
1988
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
as Self
1977
Up the Sandbox
as Dr. Beineke
1972
The Goodbye Girl
as Mark
1977
Mandingo
as Brownlee
1975
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
as Dr. Victor Loeb
1994
The Electric Grandmother
as Guido Fantoccini
1982
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
as Wells Fargo Ferguson
1965
Billy in the Lowlands
1979
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Shots O'Toole
1971
The Chair
as Warden Edward Dwyer
1988
Side by Each
as Chief Rodrocks
2008
They Might Be Giants
as Chestnut Man
1971
Desperate Moves
as Cosmo
1980
Deadhead Miles
as Hitchhiker
1972
Guns & Lipstick
as Mickey
1995
Sibling Rivalry
as Dr. Plotner
1990
TV Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
as Friedrich Hoffman
1984
Seinfeld
as Mr. Elinoff
1989
The Twilight Zone
as Hoakie (segment "Song of the Younger World")
1985
All in the Family
as Harry Bentley
1971
The Jeffersons
as Harry Bentley
1975
Kojak
as Kauldor
1973
Mama Malone
1984
Tales from the Crypt
as Beaks
1989
Sesame Street
as The Mad Painter
1969
A Different World
as Mr. Ludlow
1987
NBC Special Treat
as Telegraph Man
1975
The Blue and the Gray
as Arbuthnot
1982