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

Film

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

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
3	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	66
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	69
5	1975	Saturday Night Live	Mr. Dantley	69
6	1977	Quark	Dignitary (uncredited)	65
7	1980	Great Railway Journeys	Self - Presenter	70
8	1981	Falcon Crest	Foster Glenn	55
9	1984	The New Show		50
10	1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Walter Lang	73
11	1988	Murphy Brown	Dr. Victor Rudman	64
12	1989	Tales from the Crypt	George	80
13	1992	Eek! The Cat	Cupid (voice)	68
14	1998	Will & Grace	Leonard	68
15	1999	Dilbert	Dadbert (voice)	69
16	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mr. Morton	79
17	2006	30 Rock	Dick Lemon	74
18	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Fred	74
19	2010	Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	Self	47
20	2011	Franklin & Bash	Judge Henry Dinsdale	73
21	2011	The Story of Film: An Odyssey	Self	76