Buck Henry

Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman; December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included, his work as a co-director on Heaven Can Wait (1978) alongside Warren Beatty, and his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's The Graduate (1967) and Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972). His long career began on television with work on shows with Steve Allen in The New Steve Allen Show (1961). He went on to co-create Get Smart (1965-1970) with Mel Brooks, and hosted Saturday Night Live 10 times from 1976 to 1980. He later guest starred in such popular shows as Murphy Brown, Hot in Cleveland, Will & Grace, and 30 Rock. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award, for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Graduate (1967) and for Best Director for Heaven Can Wait (1978) alongside Warren Beatty. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buck Henry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1930-12-09

Died: 2020-01-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	The Troublemaker	T. R. Kingston	51
2	1967	The Graduate	Room Clerk	76
3	1968	Candy	Mental Patient (uncredited)	52
4	1970	Catch-22	Lt. Col. Korn	67
5	1971	I Miss Sonia Henie	Doctor	57
6	1971	Taking Off	Larry Tyne	69
7	1971	Is There Sex After Death?	Dr. Louise Manos	37
8	1973	The Day of the Dolphin	Man Standing Outside Women's Club (uncredited)	58
9	1976	The Man Who Fell to Earth	Oliver Farnsworth	65
10	1977	The Absent-Minded Waiter	Bernie Cates	65
11	1978	Heaven Can Wait	The Escort	66
12	1979	Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration	Self	10
13	1980	Gloria	Jack Dawn	69
14	1980	First Family	Father Sandstone / TV Anchorman	30
15	1981	Strong Medicine		56
16	1982	Eating Raoul	Mr. Leech	65
17	1984	Steve Martin: Homage to Steve	Self	64
18	1985	The Best of John Belushi	Various Characters	60
19	1987	Aria	Preston	56
20	1989	Rude Awakening	Lloyd Stool	46
21	1991	The Republic Pictures Story	Self	0
22	1992	The Player	Buck Henry	72
23	1993	Short Cuts	Gordon Johnson	72
24	1993	Grumpy Old Men	Snyder	66
25	1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	Dr. Dreyfus	44
26	1997	1999	Mr. Goldman	40
27	1998	Playboy: The Story of X	Self - Host	63
28	1998	The Real Blonde	Dr. Leuter	55
29	2001	Serendipity	Customer at Bloomingdales (uncredited)	69
30	2011	A Bird of the Air	Duncan Weber	66
31	2012	Casting By	Self	71
32		Mary Woronov: Cult Queen		0
33	1968	The Secret War of Harry Frigg	Stockade Commandant	60
34	1970	The Owl and the Pussycat	Man Looking Through Doubleday's Bookstore (uncredited)	62
35	1979	Old Boyfriends	Art Kopple	50
36	1989	Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary	Self	75
37	1990	Tune in Tomorrow...	Father Serafim	53
38	1991	Defending Your Life	Dick Stanley	69
39	1991	The Linguini Incident	Cecil	69
40	1992	'The Graduate' at 25	Self	60
41	1992	The Lounge People	Lewis Louis	0
42	1992	Keep the Change	Smitty	60
43	1992	Mastergate	Clay Fielder	20
44	1995	Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.	self	0
45	1995	Harrison Bergeron	TV Producer	68
46	1995	To Die For	Mr. H. Finlaysson	66
47	1996	Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space	The Priest	0
48	1998	I'm Losing You	Phillip Dagrom	49
49	1998	Curtain Call	Charles Van Allsburg	50
50	1999	Breakfast of Champions	Fred T. Barry	51
51	2000	Lisa Picard Is Famous	Buck Henry	51
52	2000	The Directors: Milos Forman	Self	0
53	2001	Town & Country	Suttler	44
54	2002	Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film	Self (uncredited)	0
55	2004	The Last Shot	Lonnie Bosco	57
56	2007	Students of 'The Graduate'	Self	0
57	2009	It Came from Kuchar	Self	70
58	2009	American Swing	Self	51
59	2013	Passion for Snow	Narrator	0
60	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self	82
61	2013	A Fuller Life	Self - Reader (segment "The Pursuit of Happiness")	66
62	2014	Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles	Self - Actor	67
63	2015	Kiss Kiss Fingerbang	Cat Owner	58
64		SEGAL	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
3	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
5	1977	Quark	Dignitary (uncredited)	66
6	1980	Great Railway Journeys	Self - Presenter	70
7	1981	Falcon Crest	Foster Glenn	55
8	1984	The New Show		50
9	1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Walter Lang	72
10	1988	Murphy Brown	Dr. Victor Rudman	65
11	1989	Tales from the Crypt	George	80
12	1992	Eek! The Cat	Cupid (voice)	68
13	1998	Will & Grace	Leonard	69
14	1999	Dilbert	Dadbert (voice)	69
15	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mr. Morton	79
16	2006	30 Rock	Dick Lemon	75
17	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Fred	74
18	2010	Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	Self	47
19	2011	Franklin & Bash	Judge Henry Dinsdale	72
20	2011	The Story of Film: An Odyssey	Self	76

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