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Buck Henry

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American actor (1930-2020)

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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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Filmography 40

American Swing2009
The Graduate1967 · ★ 7.6
Serendipity2001 · ★ 7.0
The Player1992 · ★ 7.2
Grumpy Old Men1993 · ★ 6.7
To Die For1995 · ★ 6.6
Short Cuts1993 · ★ 7.2
Candy1968 · ★ 5.1
Catch-221970 · ★ 6.7
The Man Who Fell to Earth1976 · ★ 6.5
Heaven Can Wait1978 · ★ 6.6
What's Up, Doc?1972 · ★ 7.4
Defending Your Life1991 · ★ 6.9
Gloria1980 · ★ 6.9
Eating Raoul1982 · ★ 6.5
The Humbling2014 · ★ 5.1
The Last Shot2004 · ★ 5.7
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues1994 · ★ 4.4
Breakfast of Champions1999 · ★ 5.0
Taking Off1971 · ★ 6.9
Protocol1984 · ★ 5.5
Town & Country2001 · ★ 4.5
The Day of the Dolphin1973 · ★ 5.9
The Real Blonde1998 · ★ 5.3
The Owl and the Pussycat1970 · ★ 6.2
Casting By2012
Aria1987
Harrison Bergeron1995 · ★ 6.8
The Secret War of Harry Frigg1968
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles2014
A Bird of the Air2011
Rude Awakening1989
Tune in Tomorrow...1990
Curtain Call1998
The Linguini Incident1991
I Miss Sonia Henie1971
Old Boyfriends1979
The Absent-Minded Waiter1977
A Fuller Life2013
I'm Losing You1998

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Television 23

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
Saturday Night Live1975
The Mike Douglas Show1961
30 Rock2006
Falcon Crest1981
Get Smart1965
Will & Grace1998
Murphy Brown1988
Hot in Cleveland2010
Tales from the Crypt1989
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985
Franklin & Bash2011
The Dick Cavett Show1968
Dilbert1999
Eek! The Cat1992
The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011
Quark1977
ABC Stage 671966
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood2010
Captain Nice1967
The New Show1984
Great Railway Journeys1980

Awards 3

1967Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Writers Guild of America Award
Emmy Award

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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. 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).

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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2020 · aged 89
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