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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Heat
as Timmons
1995
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Public Relations Man
1977
Imps*
as Bob
1983
MacShayne: Winner Takes All
as Charlie Dear
1994
The George McKenna Story
as Alan Keith
1988
The Adventures of Nellie Bly
as Kenny Thompson / Narrator
1981
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
as Dave Wolf
1985
Police Story: Gladiator School
as Heller
1988
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
as Dr. Mark Handelman
1977
The Jayne Mansfield Story
as Bob Garrett
1980
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History
as Director #1
2001
King Kong
as Naval Officer
1976
Shopgirl
as Shrink
2005
A Circle of Children
as Doctor Marino
1977
My Girl
as Danny
1991
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
as Fred
1983
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
as Robert Butler
2003
TV Appearances
L.A. Law
as Lenny Mullen, Car Dealer
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Kyle Laughlin
1984
Magnum, P.I.
as Bruce Kunkle
1980
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Rhoda
as Benny Goodwin
1974
Touched by an Angel
as Allan Pound
1994
Simon & Simon
1981
Hawaii Five-O
as Billy Grunwald
1968
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Take My Life...Please!")
1985
Hawkins
as Doctor
1973
Diagnosis: Murder
as Mike Baker
1993
JAG
as Art Scherer
1995