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