Tuesday, December 2, 2008

R.I.P Paul Benedict

Versatile American actor Paul Benedict - probably best known for his portrayals of English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom The Jeffersons, the Memphis hotel desk clerk in the film This is Spinal Tap and the The Number Painter on Sesame Street - died on December 1.

Benedict began his acting career in the 1960s in the Theatre Company of Boston, alongside such future stars as Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino.

Benedict was found dead at his home in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He was 70 years old

Read the L.A Times obituary

Watch the "4" episode of the Number Painter, co-starring a very cute Stockard Channing

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