Ray Buktenica

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1943-08-06

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Ray Buktenica

Biography

Ray Buktenica /bʌkˈtɛniːˈkɑː/ (born August 6, 1943) is an American film and television character actor. He has played numerous roles, primarily on television since 1972. He is best known for playing the character Benny Goodwin, the boyfriend and later fiancé of Brenda Morgenstern on the 1970s sitcom Rhoda, Dr. Solomon on House Calls and Jerry Berkson, Libby's boss on Life Goes On. He provided the voice of Hugo Strange in the character's sole appearance on Batman: The Animated Series. In 1996, he guest-starred on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Leo Nunk, a newspaper reporter. In 1997, he guest-starred on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in the episode "By Inferno's Light", as Deyos, the Vorta in command of the Dominion's Internment Camp 371.

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Acting History

2005
Shopgirl as Shrink
2001
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History as Director #1
1995
Heat as Timmons
1995
JAG as Art Scherer
1995
JAG as ZNN Reporter
1995
Cybill as Bill Witlow
1994
Touched by an Angel as Allan Pound
1994
MacShayne: Winner Takes All as Charlie Dear
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Mike Baker
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Leo Nunk
1993
Cutters as Chad Conners
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Deyos
1992
Batman: The Animated Series as Hugo Strange (voice)
1991
My Girl as Danny
1991
Civil Wars as Ronald Peck
1989
Booker
1988
Police Story: Gladiator School as Heller
1988
Empty Nest as Alan
1988
The George McKenna Story as Alan Keith
1986
Designing Women
1986
L.A. Law as Lenny Mullen, Car Dealer
1986
Matlock as Ron Winfield
1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Take My Life...Please!")
1985
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story as Dave Wolf
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Kyle Laughlin
1983
Imps* as Bob
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Fred
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
The Adventures of Nellie Bly as Kenny Thompson / Narrator
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Bruce Kunkle
1980
The Jayne Mansfield Story as Bob Garrett
1979
House Calls as Normon Solomon
1977
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Dr. Mark Handelman
1977
The Love Boat as Simon Scott
1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes as Public Relations Man
1977
A Circle of Children as Doctor Marino
1976
King Kong as Naval Officer
1974
Police Woman
1974
Rhoda as Benny Goodwin
1973
Hawkins as Doctor
1970
The Partridge Family as Assistant Director
1970
The Partridge Family as Newsman
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Billy Grunwald
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Clifford Sprague
The Art of Being Nick as Bob