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Mark Buntzman

American actor and director

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ6766915 ↗
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Mark Buntzman (July 31, 1949 – June 8, 2018) was the film director, writer, producer and actor of the cult classic movie Exterminator 2. He was also the producer of its predecessor The Exterminator. Other than those two movies, he hasn't produced, directed, or written any other prominent films. He did, though, have a cameo in the 1993 movie Posse as Deputy Buntzman, as well as playing a reporter in the 1995 movie Panther. Both movies starred Mario Van Peebles, who also played a large role in Exterminator 2.

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The public source identifies “Mark Buntzman” as american actor and director. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mark, Buntzman and American.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 2018, 1993, 1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1901. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mark, Buntzman and American providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mark Buntzman” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.