Paul Benedict
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.175 |
| Birthday | 1938-09-17 |
| Place of Birth | Silver City, New Mexico, United States |
| Also Known As |
1991
The Addams Family
7.048/4664
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely h...
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The Addams Family
1983
The Man with Two Brains
6.211/436
A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.
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The Man with Two Brains
1972
Jeremiah Johnson
7.282/616
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of th...
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Jeremiah Johnson
1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
5.5/146
Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way t...
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Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1977
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
0/0
Documentary of the making of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (1977)
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The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
1972
Up the Sandbox
5.9/18
Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mo...
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Up the Sandbox
1977
The Goodbye Girl
6.9/170
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Br...
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The Goodbye Girl
1975
Mandingo
6.7/135
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settle...
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Mandingo
1994
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
4.8/95
When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get revenge on her cheating husband and those who look...
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Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
1982
The Electric Grandmother
6.8/8
To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined...
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The Electric Grandmother
1965
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
0/0
Interesting and sometimes funny adaptation of a Mark Twain short story. Hatfield is a carpetbagger who marries the daughter of a prominent plantation...
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The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1979
Billy in the Lowlands
0/0
Billy is a rebellious teenager who lives with his mother and brother, and works in a foundry. His parents are separated and he has not seen his father...
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Billy in the Lowlands
1971
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
5/23
A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1988
The Chair
3.2/4
A psychologist, a psychiatrist and a prison warden open up a long-closed prison, unaware that the ghost of an electrocuted convict haunts it.
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The Chair
2008
Side by Each
0/0
Salty wants to launch his live-in boat and sail off, until crooks buy the boatyard, requiring him to move away. He soon meets and falls for a woman no...
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Side by Each
1971
They Might Be Giants
6.9/52
After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holme...
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They Might Be Giants
1980
Desperate Moves
0/0
A naive young man from rural Oregon travels to San Francisco to pursue his big city dreams.
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Desperate Moves
1972
Deadhead Miles
5.4/7
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non seq...
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Deadhead Miles
1995
Guns & Lipstick
2/1
A female private investigator's latest client turns up murdered, and she is thrust into a deadly underworld of bi-sexual strippers, a Chinese Godfathe...
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Guns & Lipstick
1990
Sibling Rivalry
5.1/52
Marjorie Turner is suffocating in her marriage and day to day life. An extramarital affair with a stranger seems to be the answer until her paramour h...
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Sibling Rivalry
1996
Waiting for Guffman
7.002/248
Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn tha...
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Waiting for Guffman
1974
The Front Page
7.3/348
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
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The Front Page
1984
This Is Spinal Tap
7.4/1450
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its...
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This Is Spinal Tap
1988
Cocktail
6.111/1484
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine ar...
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Cocktail
1990
The Freshman
6.3/278
After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds h...
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The Freshman
2003
A Mighty Wind
6.77/243
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion co...
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A Mighty Wind
1971
Taking Off
6.971/86
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose chil...
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Taking Off
1971
Cold Turkey
6.2/22
Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they c...
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Cold Turkey
2004
After the Sunset
6.2/769
An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers...
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After the Sunset
1997
The Devil's Advocate
7.466/6138
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that...
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The Devil's Advocate
2000
Isn't She Great
4.8/35
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.
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Isn't She Great
1999
A Fish in the Bathtub
6.9/6
A forty-year marriage begins to unravel when the husband brings home a pet fish that he wants to keep in the bathtub.
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A Fish in the Bathtub
1993
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
0/0
Newswoman Fay Sommerfield takes a morally outraged look at excessive violence, bad language and sacrilege that pass for entertainment in the early 90s...
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Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1989
Babycakes
7/38
Grace is an overweight mortuary cosmetician who falls in love with Rob, a handsome subway train conductor who doesn't even know she exists. When she f...
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Babycakes
1975
Hustling
6/7
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry...
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Hustling
1968
The Virgin President
7/1
The President of the U.S. is suceeded by his naive, wide-eyed son, and his advisors try to take advantage of the situation by planning to drop an atom...
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The Virgin President
1984
The Lonely Guy
6.3/141
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
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The Lonely Guy
1976
Bad Dog
0/0
A day in the life from dog’s point of view.
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