Person Details

Birthday: 1938-09-17 23:43:23

Death: 2008-12-01 23:43:23

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Silver City, New Mexico, United States

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Movie Involvements: 7

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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

Most Famous Work

Murder, She Wrote
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8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Friedrich Hoffman
The Twilight Zone
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8

The Twilight Zone

(1985) Hoakie
The Devil's Advocate
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8

The Devil's Advocate

(1997) Walter Krasna (uncredited)
Kojak
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7

Kojak

(1973) Kauldor
Mandingo
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7

Mandingo

(1975) Brownlee
Jeremiah Johnson
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7

Jeremiah Johnson

(1972) Reverend Lindquist
The Blue and the Gray
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7

The Blue and the Gray

(1982) Arbuthnot
The Electric Grandmother
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7

The Electric Grandmother

(1982) Guido Fantoccini

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2008 N/A
2004 Night Shift Guard
2003 Martin Berg
2000 Prof. Brainiac
1999 Milo
1997 Walter Krasna (uncredited)
1996 Not Guffman
1995 Mickey
1993 Dr. Victor Loeb
Malcolm Maltved
1992 Hotel Concierge (uncredited)
1991 Judge Womack
1990 Dr. Plotner
Arthur Fleeber
1989 Mr. Elinoff
Magleby
1988 Warden Edward Dwyer
Finance Teacher
Fairchild
1987 Mr. Ludlow
1985 Hoakie
1984 Friedrich Hoffman
Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
N/A
Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited)
1983 Butler
1982 Arbuthnot
Guido Fantoccini
1980 Cosmo
1979 N/A
N/A
1977 Mark
Self
1976 Owner
1975 Brownlee
Lester Traube
Harry Bentley
1974 Plunkett
1973 Kauldor
1972 Dr. Beineke
Reverend Lindquist
Hitchhiker
1971 Shots O'Toole
Chestnut Man
Ben Lockston
Zen Buddhist
Harry Bentley
1969 The Mad Painter
1968 Rutherford Melon
1965 Wells Fargo Ferguson
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1975 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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