Max Büttner was born on 6 March 1859 in Potsdam, Germany. He was an actor, known for Eine moderne Jungfrau von Orleans (1900). He died on 30 May 1927 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
After a happily completed guest performance as "Friedrich von Telramund" in Richard Wagner's Lohengrin and in the role of "Dutchman" in The Flying Dutchman, he joined the association of the court theater in Karlsruhe as successor to Fritz Plank in 1901. He was employed there until 1924.