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RIP: Paul "Mr. Bentley" Benedict
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_en_tv/obit_benedict_2 ^

Posted on 12/04/2008 5:16:40 PM PST by Charles Bronson Forever

BOSTON – Paul Benedict, the actor who played the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 70. Benedict was found dead Monday on Martha's Vineyard and his brother, Charles, said authorities were still investigating the cause of death. 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 went on to appear in a number of movies, including a role as the oddball director in "The Goodbye Girl" with Richard Dreyfuss. But he was mainly known for his role as Bentley in "The Jeffersons," which ran on CBS from 1975 to '85.

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KEYWORDS: hollywood; jeffersons; obituary; rip
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1 posted on 12/04/2008 5:16:40 PM PST by Charles Bronson Forever
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

He ruled!!!!! Real sad. Get down, Freepers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzR4pTlApFo


2 posted on 12/04/2008 5:17:26 PM PST by Charles Bronson Forever
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

RIP

http://www.amrep.org/people/benedict.html


3 posted on 12/04/2008 5:21:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever
I loved him on The Jeffersons.
4 posted on 12/04/2008 5:25:20 PM PST by wally_bert (Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair! Star Wreck In The Pirkinning......)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

RIP


5 posted on 12/04/2008 5:26:50 PM PST by IAMIUBU
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

So sad. What a funny guy.

RIP, Sir.


6 posted on 12/04/2008 5:29:22 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (I'll give Obama the same amount of respect the left gave Bush)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

7 posted on 12/04/2008 5:34:01 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever; Thebaddog
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 06:48:43 PM · 35 of 36

Thebaddog to capydick

Who is the goofy white guy lower left?

We were just talking about him a month ago tomorrow.

badddog - he died.

8 posted on 12/04/2008 5:35:22 PM PST by capydick ("History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid".)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever
Benedict was found dead Monday on Martha's Vineyard and his brother, Charles, said authorities were still investigating the cause of death.

Did Sherman Hemsley find him when he came in to walk on Paul's back?

9 posted on 12/04/2008 5:38:23 PM PST by x
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

NOOOO!!!! Now who will I get to walk on my back?


10 posted on 12/04/2008 5:40:43 PM PST by pvoce ('Good' sense and 'Common' sense are two entirely different concepts.)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

NUMBER 8! Dead!


11 posted on 12/04/2008 5:42:20 PM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

Paul Benedict was also the dude who played the ‘Mad Painter’ on Sesame Street. (The guy who was always painting numbers on things, people)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2dTJJ0PdTI


12 posted on 12/04/2008 5:48:11 PM PST by golas1964 (www.imwithfred.com)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

He used drive George Jefferson nuts LOL!


13 posted on 12/04/2008 5:53:03 PM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

I guess he didn’t leave a wife and any children behind.


14 posted on 12/04/2008 5:53:07 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Charles Bronson Forever
I always thought he looked related to the Royal Family of England. That face and head where so British looking, whatever that means.
15 posted on 12/04/2008 6:10:50 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: BallyBill

Actually, according to Wikipedia, his head size was the result of a childhood illness/deformity.


16 posted on 12/04/2008 6:31:24 PM PST by Scarchin (Withholding judgement)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever; Clemenza; Clintonfatigued; Impy

RIP.


17 posted on 12/04/2008 6:50:29 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

He will always be Professor Fleeber from “The Freshman” for me...


18 posted on 12/04/2008 7:22:31 PM PST by Clemenza (Red is the Color of Virility, Blue is the Color of Impotence)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever

“...the oddball director in “The Goodbye Girl” with Richard Dreyfuss.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_gTPqrFKZg


19 posted on 12/04/2008 7:36:08 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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To: Charles Bronson Forever; Clemenza; fieldmarshaldj

I didn’t realize I’d seen him in a few other roles.

The judge in the Addams family movie for one.

Good character actor.


20 posted on 12/04/2008 9:33:30 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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