OBITUARY

R.I.P.
PAUL BENEDICT
1938 - 2009



FILMOGRAPHY:

1972...Jeremiah Johnson
1974...The Front Page
1975..."The Jeffersons"
1977...The Goodbye Girl
1983...The Man with Two Brains
1984...This Is Spinal Tap
1988...Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1989...Cocktail
1990...The Freshman
1991...The Addams Family
1996...Waiting for Guffman
2000...Isn't She Great
2003...A Mighty Wind
2004...After the Sunset
2008...Side By Each

The name likely isn't familiar, but the face is. Paul Benedict was a character actor who helped create some of the most memorable scenes in film history. He is probably best known as Harry Bentley, a role he originated on "All in the Family" and played for several years on "The Jeffersons". He is memorable to younger audiences as the assumed Mr. Guffman in "Waiting for Guffman". I will always remember his brief but memorable role as the judge in "The Addams Family". Benedict was that rare breed of character actor -- and they don't make them like him anymore.