He played the New Yorker magazine fellow, "Mr. Elinoff", in Season 9's "The Cartoon" trying to explain the meaing of a cartoon to Elaine.
Next day at the New Yorker
Mr. Elinoff: So, J. Peterman wants to hire some of our cartoonists to illustrate your catalog?
Elaine: Well we're hoping that if perhaps that the catalog is a little funnier ,people
won't be so quick to return the clothes ha ha....For example.. I..I really do....Well I love this one
Elaine shows him the cartoon
Mr. Elinoff: Oh! yeah... That's a rather clever jab at inter office politics don't you think.
Elaine: Ahan, Ahan....yeah...Euh but, Why is it that the, that the animals enjoy reading the email?
Mr. Elinoff: Well Miss Benes . Cartoons are like gossamer and one doesn't dissect gossamer. heh..hemm..
Elaine; Well you don't have to dissect if you can just tell me. Why this is suppose to be funny?
Mr. Elinoff: Ha! It's merely a commentary on contemporary mores. (slides the magazine to her)
Elaine: But, what is the comment. (she slides the magazine back to him)
Mr. Elinoff: It's a slice of life.
Elaine: No it isn't.
Mr. Elinoff: Pun?
Elaine: I don,t think so.
Mr Elinoff: Vorshtein?
Elaine: That's not a word.....You have no idea what this means do you?
Mr Elinoff: No.
Elaine: Then why did you print it.
Mr. Elinoff: I liked the kitty.
Elaine: (gets up) You know what? you people should be ashamed of yourself, you know ya doodle a couple of bears
at a cocktail party talking about the stock market. You think you're doing comedy.
Mr. Elinoff: Actually that's not bad..
Elaine: Oh! really (laughs) well you know..... I have others
He is best known as "Bentley" the doorman in "The Jeffersons".
He also played "Tucker", a Memphis hotel clerk in "This Is Spinal Tap".
Brown, Tucker "Smitty": Hotel receptionist in Memphis who finds himself facing off with an angry Ian Faith over the band's room reservations during the 1982 U.S. tour. Mistakenly put band on seventh floor with one King Leisure suite instead of setting aside seven suites on one floor. His remark to Ian, "I'm just as God made me, sir," became a catch-phrase among circus performers but never spread further. Nigel would later claim that Brown knocked on his door at 4 a.m. wearing Japanese slippers and a mumu. "He said he had the wrong room. Yeah, right. I had to slam the door in his face."