Ray Buktenica
Born: 1943-08-06 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2005
- Shopgirl as Shrink
2001
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Allan Pound
- MacShayne: Winner Takes All as Charlie Dear
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Mike Baker
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Deyos
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Leo Nunk
- Cutters as Chad Conners
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Hugo Strange (voice)
1991
- My Girl as Danny
- Civil Wars as Ronald Peck
1989
1988
- Empty Nest as Alan
- The George McKenna Story as Alan Keith
- Police Story: Gladiator School as Heller
1986
- Matlock as Ron Winfield
- L.A. Law as Lenny Mullen, Car Dealer
- Designing Women
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Take My Life...Please!")
- Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story as Dave Wolf
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Kyle Laughlin
1983
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Imps* as Bob
- Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Fred
1981
- Simon & Simon
- The Adventures of Nellie Bly as Kenny Thompson / Narrator
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Bruce Kunkle
- The Jayne Mansfield Story as Bob Garrett
1979
- House Calls as Normon Solomon
1977
- The Love Boat as Simon Scott
- The Amazing Howard Hughes as Public Relations Man
- Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night as Dr. Mark Handelman
- A Circle of Children as Doctor Marino
1976
- King Kong as Naval Officer
1974
- Police Woman
- Rhoda as Benny Goodwin
1973
- Hawkins as Doctor
1970
- The Partridge Family as Assistant Director
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Billy Grunwald