Burglar (Benji)

Evil-doer
Full Name	Captain Newsome
Alias	The Burglar The Dogcatcher
Origin	Benji
Occupation	Burglar Dogcatcher
Powers / Skills	Gunmanship Trapping
Hobby	Robbing stores. Capturing dogs.
Goals	Rob the store and kill Benji's owner. Capture and kill Benji's mother.
Crimes	Burglary Murder Animal cruelty Homicide Abuse Torture Terrorism
Type of Villain	Pompous Criminal

The Burglar (or Dogcatcher) is a posthumous antagonist in Joe Camp's first film Benji, and the overarching antagonist in the 2018 Netflix reboot of the same name. He is the criminal who killed Benji's owner and the dogcatcher who kidnapped Benji's mother.

He was portrayed by the late Biff Painter in the first film, and Jim Gleason in the remake.

Biography

Benji (1974)

Upon seeing Mitch's Walther P38, Benji recognizes what it is and experiences a traumatic flashback wherein his former owner, a policeman, happens upon a man trying to burgle a store. The man turns revealing he has a gun, and kills Benji's owner with it offscreen.

For the Love of Benji

The Burglar appears briefly in Benji's flashback after Benji sees Chandler Dietrich holding Cindy hostage at gunpoint before Benji bites Dietrich to let go of the gun and rescue Cindy as the police arrest Dietrich.

Benji (2018)

At the beginning of the remake, the burglar is instead portrayed as an aggressive dogcatcher. Benji's mom barks at the dogcatcher, who brandishes a catcher pole. A struggle ensues and the dog is locked away in the truck, Benji watches from the trash pile as his mother is taken away.