Dregs Benedict

Paul Benedict, best known for playing British neighbor Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons, has died at the age of 70. Born in New Mexico, but tall and goofy-looking enough to play a convincing Brit, he studied at the Theater Company of Boston alongside Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino. But only Benedict got walked on by Sherman Helmsley. Other brushes with greatness included replacing Sir John Gielgud as Arthur’s humorless valet in Arthur 2: On the Rocks, playing Arthur Fleeber, Clark Kellogg’s Godfather-obsessed film professor in The Freshman who grants him permission to leave after being summoned by Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy the Toucan, and playing The Mad Painter on Sesame Street.