Buck Henry
American actor (1930-2020) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
Buck Henry was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's The Graduate (1967) for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesFilm2011
Franklin & BashSeries, Judge Henry Dinsdale
A Bird of the AirFilm, 2011Duncan Weber2006
30 RockSeries, Dick Lemon2001
SerendipityFilm, Customer at Bloomingdales (uncredited)1998
Will & GraceSeries, Leonard
Curtain CallFilm, 1998Charles Van Allsburg1994
Even Cowgirls Get the BluesFilm, Dr. Dreyfus1991
Defending Your LifeFilm, Dick Stanley1989
Tales from the CryptSeries, George
Rude AwakeningFilm, 1989Lloyd Stool1987
AriaFilm, Preston1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Writer1982
Eating RaoulFilm, Mr. Leech1980
Great Railway JourneysSeries1978
Heaven Can WaitFilm, Director1976
The Man Who Fell to EarthFilm, Oliver Farnsworth1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1972
What's Up, Doc?Film, Writer1968
CandyFilm, Writer1967Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy SeriesAward
Captain NiceSeries, 1967Writer, Creator1965
Get SmartSeries, Writer, Creator1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959
The BridgeFilm, Voice of American Soldier1930Born9 December 1930People around Buck
Robert Altman Directed The Player, Short Cuts and Aria
Mike Nichols Directed The Graduate and The Day of the Dolphin
Gus Van Sant Directed Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
Rip Torn Buck directed First Family (1980)
Nicolas Roeg Directed The Man Who Fell to Earth and Aria
Charles Grodin Buck directed Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Herbert Ross Directed The Owl and the Pussycat and Protocol
Austin Pendleton Buck directed First Family (1980)
Joseph E. Levine Produced The Graduate and The Day of the Dolphin
Miloš Forman Directed Taking Off (1971)
Goldie Hawn Produced Protocol (1984)
Jack Lemmon Also in The Player and Short Cuts
Warren Beatty Buck directed Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Peter Falk Also in The Player and Tune in Tomorrow
Andie MacDowell Also in The Player and Short Cuts
Barbara Hershey Also in Tune in Tomorrow and Tune in Tomorrow...
Peter Gallagher Also in The Player and Tune in Tomorrow
Madeline Kahn Buck directed First Family (1980)
Dave Grusin Wrote The Graduate, Heaven Can Wait and Candy
Dan Hedaya Also in To Die For and Tune in Tomorrow
Elizabeth Wilson Also in The Graduate and Catch-22
Alan Rudolph Directed Breakfast of Champions (1999)
Peter Maloney Also in Tune in Tomorrow and Tune in Tomorrow...
Joan Tewkesbury Directed Old Boyfriends (1979)
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The Graduate 1967
The Bridge 1959
What's Up, Doc? 1972
Short Cuts 1993
The Player 1992
Filmography 40
123 credits on file
Television 23
Media & music
Photos 2
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He appeared in acting roles in Nichols's Catch-22 (1970) - also co-written with Nichols - Herbert Ross's The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), and Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972). In 1978, he co-directed Heaven Can Wait (1978) with Warren Beatty, receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. He later appeared in Albert Brooks's Defending Your Life (1991), and the Robert Altman films The Player (1992) and Short Cuts (1993).
