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Manuel Benitez
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Manuel Benitez, also known as Mark Everett, was among the group of seven BMX bikers at Chuck's Bike-O-Rama when Pee-wee visited to retrieve his horn from Dottie. He's remembered f…
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Manuel Benitez, also known as Mark Everett, was among the group of seven BMX bikers at Chuck's Bike-O-Rama when Pee-wee visited to retrieve his horn from Dottie. He's remembered for saying, "Sure is gettin' hot in here," upon Dottie's greeting to Pee-wee. Tragically, his life went downhill from there. He allegedly bludgeoned the mother of his child to death with a dumbbell - in front of their son - at their home in California in 2004. He then kidnapped their toddler son and went on the run. He was finally cornered at a restaurant in El Monte California on December 23, 2008. Benitez reportedly had his son in a headlock and had been holding a gun to his head. The police threw a flash grenade inside the restaurant police and killed Benitez in a gunfight. His son was shot in the thigh but survived. The former child actor was found to have a semi-automatic gun and a revolver on him.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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1998
2 Nuns in Danger
Movie
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1988
Stand and Deliver
Movie Heavy Metal Boy
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1988
Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell
Movie Soldier
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1987
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV show Student
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1985
Final Jeopardy
Movie Street Kid
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1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie BMX Kid #0
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1984
Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1984
Highway to Heaven
TV show Jeff
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1982
Silver Spoons
TV show Student
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1980
Galactica 1980
TV show Super Scout
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1979
Trapper John, M.D.
TV show
