Paul Benedict, the actor who played Mr. Bentley, the English neighbor to George Jefferson on The Jeffersons, was found dead in his home on December 1. He was 70 years old.
It turns out that Paul Benedict wasn’t even English. He was as American as fat-free hot dogs or sugar-free apple pie. It seems that when he was speaking with an English accent, he was merely acting. He was an accomplished stage actor, but he was probably more well know for being yelled at by that cantankerous Mr. Jefferson.



