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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 9, 1930
Died
January 8, 2020
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Henry Zuckerman
- Buck Henry Zuckerman
- 巴克·亨利
Buck Henry
1.4 Popularity
Biography
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
5.8
Cat Owner
Kiss Kiss Fingerbang
2015
6.7
Self - Actor
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
6.6
Self - Reader (segment "The Pursuit of Happiness")
A Fuller Life
2013
8.2
Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
0.0
Narrator
Passion for Snow
2013
7.1
Self
Casting By
2012
6.6
Duncan Weber
A Bird of the Air
2011
7.6
Self
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
7.2
Judge Henry Dinsdale
Franklin & Bash
2011
4.7
Self
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
Credits
Kiss Kiss Fingerbang
as Cat Owner
2015
5.8
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor
2014
6.7
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "The Pursuit of Happiness")
2013
6.6
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self
2013
8.2
Passion for Snow
as Narrator
2013
0.0
Casting By
as Self
2012
7.1
A Bird of the Air
as Duncan Weber
2011
6.6
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
7.6
Franklin & Bash
as Judge Henry Dinsdale
2011
7.2
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
as Self
2010
4.7
Hot in Cleveland
as Fred
2010
7.4
American Swing
as Self
2009
5.1
It Came from Kuchar
as Self
2009
7.0
Students of 'The Graduate'
as Self
2007
0.0
30 Rock
as Dick Lemon
2006
7.4
The Last Shot
as Lonnie Bosco
2004
5.7
🎬
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (uncredited)
2002
0.0
Serendipity
as Customer at Bloomingdales (uncredited)
2001
6.9
Town & Country
as Suttler
2001
4.4
The Directors: Milos Forman
as Self
2000
0.0
Lisa Picard Is Famous
as Buck Henry
2000
5.1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mr. Morton
1999
7.9
Breakfast of Champions
as Fred T. Barry
1999
5.1
Dilbert
as Dadbert (voice)
1999
6.9
Curtain Call
as Charles Van Allsburg
1998
5.0
Will & Grace
as Leonard
1998
6.8
I'm Losing You
as Phillip Dagrom
1998
4.9
The Real Blonde
as Dr. Leuter
1998
5.6
Playboy: The Story of X
as Self - Host
1998
6.3
1999
as Mr. Goldman
1997
4.0
Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
as The Priest
1996
0.0
To Die For
as Mr. H. Finlaysson
1995
6.6
Harrison Bergeron
as TV Producer
1995
6.8
Shotgun Freeway
as self
1995
0.0
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Dr. Dreyfus
1994
4.4
Grumpy Old Men
as Snyder
1993
6.6
Short Cuts
as Gordon Johnson
1993
7.2
Mastergate
as Clay Fielder
1992
2.0
Eek! The Cat
as Cupid (voice)
1992
6.8
Keep the Change
as Smitty
1992
6.0
The Player
as Buck Henry
1992
7.2
The Lounge People
as Lewis Louis
1992
0.0
'The Graduate' at 25
as Self
1992
6.0
The Linguini Incident
as Cecil
1991
6.9
Defending Your Life
as Dick Stanley
1991
6.9
The Republic Pictures Story
as Self
1991
0.0
Tune in Tomorrow...
as Father Serafim
1990
5.3
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1989
7.5
Rude Awakening
as Lloyd Stool
1989
4.6
Tales from the Crypt
as George
1989
8.0
Murphy Brown
as Dr. Victor Rudman
1988
6.5
Aria
as Preston
1987
5.6
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Walter Lang
1985
7.2
The Best of John Belushi
as Various Characters
1985
6.0
Steve Martin: Homage to Steve
as Self
1984
6.4
The New Show
1984
5.0
Eating Raoul
as Mr. Leech
1982
6.5
Falcon Crest
as Foster Glenn
1981
5.5
Strong Medicine
1981
5.6
First Family
as Father Sandstone / TV Anchorman
1980
3.0
Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
1980
7.0
Gloria
as Jack Dawn
1980
6.8
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
1979
1.0
Old Boyfriends
as Art Kopple
1979
5.0
Heaven Can Wait
as The Escort
1978
6.6
The Absent-Minded Waiter
as Bernie Cates
1977
6.5
Quark
as Dignitary (uncredited)
1977
6.6
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Oliver Farnsworth
1976
6.5
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
6.9
The Day of the Dolphin
as Man Standing Outside Women's Club (uncredited)
1973
5.8
🎬
Is There Sex After Death?
as Dr. Louise Manos
1971
3.7
Taking Off
as Larry Tyne
1971
6.9
I Miss Sonia Henie
as Doctor
1971
5.7
The Owl and the Pussycat
as Man Looking Through Doubleday's Bookstore (uncredited)
1970
6.2
Catch-22
as Lt. Col. Korn
1970
6.7
Candy
as Mental Patient (uncredited)
1968
5.2
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.7
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Stockade Commandant
1968
6.0
The Graduate
as Room Clerk
1967
7.6
The Troublemaker
as T. R. Kingston
1964
5.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Segal
as Self
N/A
0.0
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
N/A
0.0