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As a young man, Benedict suffered from [[Acromegaly]], a [[pituitary]] disorder that affects the [[extremities]] and face, which accounts for his slightly oversized jaw and nose. |
As a young man, Benedict suffered from [[Acromegaly]], a [[pituitary]] disorder that affects the [[extremities]] and face, which accounts for his slightly oversized jaw and nose. |
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Benedict played the director of the ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' production in the movie ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' starring [[Richard Dreyfuss]], in which play Richard was to be portrayed as a stereotypical gay man. He was in a short scene in the [[mockumentary]] film ''[[This is Spinal Tap]]''. He also made a memorable appearance as the incorrectly assumed title character in the [[1996 in film|1996]] film ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'', another mockumentary involving many of the same writers and actors. |
Benedict played the director of the ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' production in the movie ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' starring [[Richard Dreyfuss]], in which play Richard was to be portrayed as a stereotypical gay man. He was in a short scene in the [[mockumentary]] film ''[[This is Spinal Tap]]''. He also made a memorable appearance as the incorrectly assumed title character in the [[1996 in film|1996]] film ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'', another mockumentary involving many of the same writers and actors. |
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Revision as of 02:02, 22 July 2007
Paul Benedict (born September 17, 1938 in Silver City, New Mexico) is an American character actor who has made several appearances in television and movies from the 1960s on. He is probably best recognized for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show Sesame Street, and as the quirky English neighbor "Harry Bentley" on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons.
As a young man, Benedict suffered from Acromegaly, a pituitary disorder that affects the extremities and face, which accounts for his slightly oversized jaw and nose.
As one can hear in his other film and TV roles, he has a slight English accent even when not in character as Bentley.
Benedict played the director of the Richard III production in the movie The Goodbye Girl starring Richard Dreyfuss, in which play Richard was to be portrayed as a stereotypical gay man. He was in a short scene in the mockumentary film This is Spinal Tap. He also made a memorable appearance as the incorrectly assumed title character in the 1996 film Waiting for Guffman, another mockumentary involving many of the same writers and actors.