Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict

September 17, 1938 · 88 years old

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 Bent…

Known For

14 titles
1
The Addams Family

The Addams Family

1991 · 1h 39m · Movie

Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.

7.0
2
This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

1984 · 1h 22m · Movie

Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

7.9
3
Cocktail

Cocktail

1988 · 1h 44m · Movie

A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.

5.9
4
Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

1972 · 1h 48m · Movie

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.

7.6
5
Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman

1997 · 1h 24m · Movie

An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.

7.4
6
The Man with Two Brains

The Man with Two Brains

1983 · 1h 33m · Movie

A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale whose life he saved, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go even more awry when he falls in love with a telepathic brain.

6.4
7
The Freshman

The Freshman

1990 · 1h 42m · Movie

An N.Y.C. film school student accepts a job with a local mobster who resembles a famous cinema godfather and who takes the young man under his wing, after demanding total loyalty.

6.5
8
The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

1977 · 1h 51m · Movie

After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, unemployed dancer Paula McFadden and her ten-year-old daughter Lucy are forced to live with struggling off-Broadway actor Elliot Garfield, who is subletting their apartment.

7.4
9
The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons

1975 · 30m · TV Show

Wealthy African American dry cleaner George Jefferson, his wife Louise, and son Lionel move into a luxury apartment building and develop occasionally fractious relations with other tenants, including their sassy maid Florence.

7.5
10
Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988 · 1h 53m · Movie

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 to get his money back, but first he must sober up and get a real job.

4.7
11
Taking Off

Taking Off

1971 · 1h 33m · Movie

While searching for their runaway teenage daughter, the parents rediscover the pleasures of life as they get acquainted with a self-help group for parents of vanished children.

7.4
12
Isn't She Great

Isn't She Great

2000 · 1h 35m · Movie

Bette Midler and Nathan Lane star in this comedy about Jacqueline Susann, the ambitious woman of dubious talent who wrote Valley of the Dolls, a best-selling novel that became a sensation.

5.3
13
Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey

1971 · 1h 39m · Movie

Hoping for positive publicity, a tobacco company offers $25 million to any American town that quits smoking for 30 days. Amidst a media frenzy, Eagle Rock, Iowa accepts the challenge while the company's PR man tries to sabotage th...

6.6
14
A Fish in the Bathtub

A Fish in the Bathtub

1999 · 1h 36m · Movie

An exasperated son and daughter plays mediator and matchmaker for her elderly, eccentric parents, who just cannot stop annoying each other.

5.9