Ray Buktenica
Known for: Acting
Born: August 6, 1943
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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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Filmography
17 movies · 28 TV shows, newest first
5.8
Shopgirl
2005
5.8
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
2003
7.2
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History
2001
7.9
Heat
1995
7.3
JAG
1995
5.9
Cybill
1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
5.0
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
1994
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
199310.0
Cutters
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
7.4
My Girl
1991
4.5
Civil Wars
1991
5.3
Booker
1989
NR
Police Story: Gladiator School
1988NR
Police Story
1988
5.9
Empty Nest
1988
6.3
The George McKenna Story
1988
6.8
Designing Women
1986
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.0
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
3.9
Imps*
1983
6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
5.6
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
5.5
The Adventures of Nellie Bly
1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
6.0
The Jayne Mansfield Story
1980
6.3
House Calls
1979
7.5
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.4
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
9.0
A Circle of Children
1977
6.3
King Kong
1976
6.4
Police Woman
1974
6.3
Rhoda
1974
7.8
Hawkins
1973
6.8
The Partridge Family
1970
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
6.0
The Art of Being Nick
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