Benny Buettner
Biography
Benny Buettner is a professional actor trained in Germany and New York. He works under the stage name Benny Bendini as a professional magician and performer. He and his wife own the company Magic Circus that produces a variety of shows and educational school assembly programs with science and multicultural learning. Credits include Winner of the 2o21 Bay Area Virtual Magic Contest, Finalist in the 2020 Cyber Magic Contest and Winner of the Bay Area Oakland Magic Circle and Pacific Coast Stage Magic Contests.
Known For & Full Filmography5 Titles
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • as Maximillian von Moll
Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become Bridges' wisecracking yet more rule-abiding partner.
Movie - 1998, 2h 15m • as Circus Clown (uncredited)
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Puppeteer
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Window Cleaner
TV star Benjamin inherits from his uncle a cloak of invisibility. Invisible he must discover that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and asks her in front of the television camera, it does not do to. A journalist on the hunt for a story, adds to the confusion.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Dr. Hasselblad /Henry (as Bennie Buttner)
A scarf, a chainsaw, and a mysterious blonde are the only clues to a growing number of stiffs (and not all of them are dead bodies!) Who can the police turn to? Harry Bates, of course, the smartest officer on the force. TOO BAD HARRY CAN’T OUTWIT A HOUSEPLANT! Lucky for him he has his trusted partner Dick Smoker and his faithful dog (who seems to be a guy in a dog suit) to help him solve the case. The only suspects are a pair of beautiful sisters, Montana and Dakota. When the trigger happy Harry gets romantically involved with the twin half step-sisters will he lose more than his cool? Inspired lunacy ensues as BLONDES HAVE MORE GUNS parodies the likes of PULP FICTION and INDECENT PROPOSAL with razor… er… chainsaw sharp wit!