Ray Buktenica
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Ray Buktenica | |
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| Born | August 6, 1943 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972–2006 |
| Partner | Joyce DeWitt (1973-1980) |
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 additionally had a guest role as the voice of Hugo Strange in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne". 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
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | Hawaii Five-O | Billy Grunwald | Episode: "Chain of Events" |
| 1972 | The Partridge Family | Assistant Director | Episode: "Whatever Happened to Keith Partridge?" |
| 1973 | Hawaii Five-O | Clifford Sprague | Episode: "Jury of One" |
| 1973 | Police Story | Supermarket Manager | Episode: "Slow Boy" |
| 1973 | Hawkins | Doctor | Episode: "Murder in Movieland" |
| 1973 | The Partridge Family | Newsman | Episode: "The Diplomat" |
| 1974 | Police Woman | Resident | Episode: "Warning: All Wives" |
| 1976 | King Kong | Naval Officer | Feature film |
| 1977 | A Circle of Children | Dr. Marino | Television film |
| 1977 | Police Woman | Morris | Episode: "Deadline: Death" |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Public Relations Man | Television film |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | Chalmers | Episode: "Quarantine" |
| 1977 | Bumpers | Mr. Dickey | TV pilot episode |
| 1977 | Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night | Dr. Mark Handelman | Television film |
| 1977–78 | Rhoda | Benny Goodwin | Main cast (28 episodes) |
| 1979 | The Love Boat | Scott Allen | Episode: "The Scoop" |
| 1979–82 | House Calls | Dr. Normon Solomon | Main cast (57 episodes) |
| 1980 | The Jayne Mansfield Story | Bob Garrett | Television film |
| 1981 | The Adventures of Nellie Bly | Kenny Thompson / Narrator | Television film |
| 1983 | Wait till Your Mother Gets Home! | Fred | Television film |
| 1983 | Fantasy Island | Andy Durant | Episode: "The Tallowed Image" |
| 1983 | Imps* | Bob | Feature film (segment: "Long Distances") |
| 1983 | The Love Boat | Harold Pack / Jack Honeycutt | Episode: "The Dog Show: Whose Dog Is It Anyway" |
| 1984 | W*A*L*T*E*R | Wendell Micklejohn | TV pilot episode |
| 1984 | The Love Boat | Marvin Cooperman | Episode: "Dont' Get Mad, Get Even" |
| 1984 | Hardcastle and McCormick | David Waverly | Episode: "You and the Horse You Rode in On" |
| 1984 | For Love or Money | TV Director | Television film |
| 1985 | Simon & Simon | Robert Talbot | Episode: "Simon Without Simon" (Parts 1 & 2) |
| 1985 | Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story | Dave Wolf | Television film |
| 1985 | Goodbye Charlie | Ray Lemmon | TV pilot episode |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Max | Episode: "Take My Life...Please!" |
| 1986 | The George McKenna Story | Alan Keith | Television film |
| 1986 | The Art of Being Nick | Bob | TV pilot episode |
| 1987 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | Dr. Adam Shapiro | Episode: "Shapiro's Carmen" |
| 1987 | The Hogan Family | Roger | Episode: "Movin' On" |
| 1988 | Magnum, P.I. | Bruce Kunkle | Episode: "Transitions" |
| 1988 | Police Story: Gladiator School | Heller | Television film |
| 1988 | Mutts | Glen | TV pilot episode |
| 1989 | Murder, She Wrote | Kyle Laughlin | Episode: "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" |
| 1989 | Empty Nest | Alan | Episode: "Blame It on the Moon" |
| 1989 | Head of the Class | Frank Tarish | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Heartland | Elton | Episode: "The Sky Is Falling" |
| 1989 | Designing Women | Donald | Episode: "One Night with You" |
| 1989–93 | Life Goes On | Jerry Berkson | Main cast (23 episodes) |
| 1989 | Open House | Dave Hayes | Episode: "Torn Between Two Houses" |
| 1990 | Booker | Michael | Episode: "Who Framed Roger Thornton?" |
| 1990 | Who's the Boss? | Hank Sloan | Episode: "Sit Down and Be Counted" |
| 1990 | Matlock | Ron Winfield | Episode: "The Blackmailer" |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Ricky Dupree | Episode: "The Showgirl Mystery" |
| 1991 | My Girl | Danny | Feature film |
| 1991–92 | Civil Wars | Ronald Peck | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Hugo Strange | Voice, episode: "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne" |
| 1993 | Cutters | Chad Conners | Main cast (5 episodes) |
| 1993 | The Mommies | Bob | Episode: "Much I Do About Nothing" |
| 1994 | Diagnosis: Murder | Mike Baker | Episode: "Murder with Mirrors" |
| 1994 | MacShayne: Winner Takes All | Charlie Dear | Television film |
| 1994 | L.A. Law | Lenny Mullen | Episode: "How Am I Driving?" |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue | Mauro Graciale | Episode: "Don We Now Our Gay Apparel" |
| 1995 | Heat | Timmons | Feature film |
| 1996 | Cybill | Bill Witlow | Episode: "Bringing Home the Bacon" |
| 1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Leo Nunk | Episode: "Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding" |
| 1996 | Touched by an Angel | Allan Pound | Episode: "The Sky Is Falling" |
| 1997 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Deyos | Episode: "By Inferno's Light" |
| 1998–99 | JAG | Art Scherer | Recurring role (3 episodes) |
| 2001 | Surviving Gilligan's Island | Director #1 | Television film |
| 2003 | Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt | Robert Butler | Television film |
| 2005 | Shopgirl | Shrink | Feature film |
| 2006 | The Sopranos: Road to Respect | Additional voices | Video game |
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