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Paul Benedict was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and movies beginning in 1965. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show Sesame Street and as the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons.
Born
Saturday, 17 September 1938
Died
Monday, 01 December 2008
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self | 2021 |
| Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Self | 2016 |
| Side by Each | Chief Rodrocks | 2008 |
| After the Sunset | Night Shift Guard | 2004 |
| A Mighty Wind | Martin Berg | 2003 |
| Between the Lions | Fay's Father | 2000 |
| Isn't She Great | Prof. Brainiac | 2000 |
| A Fish in the Bathtub | Milo | 1999 |
| The Devil's Advocate | Walter Krasna | 1997 |
| Waiting for Guffman | Roy Loomis / Not Guffman | 1996 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self | 2021 |
| Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Self | 2016 |
| Side by Each | Chief Rodrocks | 2008 |
| After the Sunset | Night Shift Guard | 2004 |
| A Mighty Wind | Martin Berg | 2003 |
| Between the Lions | Fay's Father | 2000 |
| Isn't She Great | Prof. Brainiac | 2000 |
| A Fish in the Bathtub | Milo | 1999 |
| The Devil's Advocate | Walter Krasna | 1997 |
| Waiting for Guffman | Roy Loomis / Not Guffman | 1996 |
| Time & Again | (archive footage) | 1996 |
| The Drew Carey Show | Jeremy | 1995 |
| Guns & Lipstick | Mickey | 1995 |
| Pig Sty | Milt | 1995 |
| Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman | Dr. Victor Loeb | 1993 |
| A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out | Hotel Concierge | 1992 |
| The Addams Family | Judge Womack | 1991 |
| Morton & Hayes | Mr. Nicolides | 1991 |
| Sibling Rivalry | Dr. Plotner | 1990 |
| The Freshman | Arthur Fleeber | 1990 |
| Seinfeld | Mr. Elinoff | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Beaks | 1989 |
| Babycakes | Magleby | 1989 |
| Cocktail | Finance Teacher | 1988 |
| Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Fairchild | 1988 |
| The Chair | Warden Edward Dwyer | 1988 |
| Moonstruck | Diner | 1987 |
| A Different World | Mr. Ludlow | 1987 |
| The Twilight Zone | Hoakie (segment "Song of the Younger World") | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Friedrich Hoffman | 1984 |
| Mama Malone | Calvin Klinger | 1984 |
| This Is Spinal Tap | Tucker 'Smitty' Brown | 1984 |
| The Lonely Guy | Dr. Zook | 1984 |
| The Man with Two Brains | Butler | 1983 |
| The Blue and the Gray | Arbuthnot | 1982 |
| The Electric Grandmother | Guido Fantoccini | 1982 |
| Steigler and Steigler | Cosmo | 1980 |
| Billy in the Lowlands | Billy's Father | 1979 |
| The Goodbye Girl | Mark | 1977 |
| NBC Special Treat | Telegraph Man | 1975 |
| Smile | Orren Brooks | 1975 |
| Mandingo | Brownlee | 1975 |
| Hustling | Lester Traube | 1975 |
| The Jeffersons | Harry Bentley | 1975 |
| The Front Page | Plunkett | 1974 |
| Kojak | Kauldor | 1973 |
| Harry O | Bud Veneman | 1973 |
| Up the Sandbox | Dr. Beineke | 1972 |
| Maude | Minister | 1972 |
| Jeremiah Johnson | Reverend Lindquist | 1972 |
| Deadhead Miles | Hitchhiker | 1972 |
| The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Shots O'Toole | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Ernest - Tall Goon | 1971 |
| They Might Be Giants | Chestnut Man | 1971 |
| Taking Off | Ben Lockston | 1971 |
| Cold Turkey | Zen Buddhist | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Harry Bentley | 1971 |
| Sesame Street | The Mad Painter / Mad Painter | 1969 |
| The Virgin President | Rutherford Melon | 1968 |
| The Double-Barrelled Detective Story | Wells Fargo Ferguson | 1965 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Jeffersons | 1975 |
