Paul Benedict
Actor
Born September 17, 1938 in 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.
Filmography
After the Sunset
Night Shift Guard
A Mighty Wind
Martin Berg
Isn't She Great
Prof. Brainiac
A Fish in the Bathtub
Milo
The Devil's Advocate
Walter Krasna (uncredited)
Waiting for Guffman
Not Guffman
The Drew Carey Show
Jeremy
Guns & Lipstick
Mickey
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
Dr. Victor Loeb
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
Malcolm Maltved
The Addams Family
Judge Womack
Sibling Rivalry
Dr. Plotner
The Freshman
Arthur Fleeber
Seinfeld
Mr. Elinoff
Tales from the Crypt
Beaks
Babycakes
Magleby
The Chair
Warden Edward Dwyer
Cocktail
Finance Teacher
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Fairchild
A Different World
Mr. Ludlow
The Twilight Zone
Hoakie (segment "Song of the Younger World")
Murder, She Wrote
Friedrich Hoffman
Mama Malone
This Is Spinal Tap
Tucker 'Smitty' Brown
The Lonely Guy
Dr. Zook (voice) (uncredited)
The Man with Two Brains
Butler
The Blue and the Gray
Arbuthnot
The Electric Grandmother
Guido Fantoccini
Spinal Tap: The Final Tour
Hotel Clerk
Desperate Moves
Cosmo
Billy in the Lowlands
Billy's Father
The Goodbye Girl
Mark
Bad Dog
Owner
Smile
Orren Brooks
Mandingo
Brownlee
Hustling
Lester Traube
The Jeffersons
Harry Bentley
The Front Page
Plunkett
Kojak
Kauldor
Up the Sandbox
Dr. Beineke
Jeremiah Johnson
Reverend Lindquist
Deadhead Miles
Hitchhiker
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Shots O'Toole
They Might Be Giants
Chestnut Man
Taking Off
Ben Lockston
Cold Turkey
Zen Buddhist
All in the Family
Harry Bentley
Sesame Street
The Mad Painter
The Virgin President
Rutherford Melon
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
Wells Fargo Ferguson