Paul Benedict

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 childrens show Sesame Street and as the quirky English neighbor Harry Bentley on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons Often mistakenly credited as Charlie Buckets school teacher the uncredited role of Mr Turkentine in the cult classic Willy Wonka The Chocolate Factory who was actually played by David Battley Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Benedict licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia