[Borges]

[kenavi]

One of those “I never realized” reactions...

[Travis T. OJustice]

Ah, from the Jeffersons.

[martin_fierro]

Geez, the guy was everywhere. Rest in Peace.

[opus86]

That’s sad...I loved that guy on The Jeffersons.

[i_dont_chat]

A fabulous actor and human being. He will be missed.

[RichInOC]

Dear God...if You have a house painter up there, tall guy wearing a long coat and a bowler, and he says “I’m gonna paint a 9”...let him.

[GOP Poet]

If you are going to go, Martha’s Vineyard is not a bad pick at all. RIP. Paul Benedict.

[PrinterEagle]

He was also the "Mad Painter" on Sesame Street. I don't know why I never made the connection to Mr. Bentley till many years later.

[DemforBush]

I first remember seeing Benedict on Sesame Street when I was a very little kid. He was “The Mad Painter”, and did these skits where he taught numbers through painting. I remember one in particular where he crashed a picnic and painted numbers in ketchup and mustard on slices of bread.

RIP, Mr Benedict, and thank you for all the laughs.

[ScottinVA]

He also was in the movie, “Jeremiah Johnson.”

[Deb]

My absolute fave Paul Benedict character was Arthur Fleeber (the drama teacher) in “The Freshman”!!! Brilliant!

[Pontiac]

May 09, 2007 Benedict taking the role of Hirst, in the American Repertory Theatre's "No Man's Land" in Cambridge.

[alwaysconservative]

Thanks for posting this! I loved him in the Christopher Guest movies, and in “Goodbye Girl”. He was one of those actors you never put a name to, and that is either really good or really bad for an actor.

RIP, Mr. Benedict.

[KingSnorky]

He was especially funny as the arrogant film professor in “The Freshman”.

[AnnGora]

He was as God made him.