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Buck Henry

Buck Henry

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born December 9, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA

Died January 8, 2020

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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.

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Kiss Kiss Fingerbang -- SXSW Jury Winner for Midnight Short

THE ABSENT-MINDED WAITER (1977) Steve Martin, Buck Henry, Teri Garr Oscar nominated short film

The Absent Minded Waiter (1977) Steve Martin short [4K] [FTD-1250]

How to Smoke a Joint

Filmography

Actor

143

Type

Year

Segal Documentary2025Self

SNL50: The Anniversary Special Poster

SNL50: The Anniversary Special TV Special2025Self

Sue Short Film2021Self

TCM Remembers 2020 Poster

TCM Remembers 2020 TV Special2020Self

Hollywood Insider Poster

Hollywood Insider TV Series2018Self

Love, Gilda Poster

Love, Gilda Documentary2018Self

Becoming Mike Nichols Poster

Becoming Mike Nichols Documentary2016Self

Bitter Sweet with Buck Henry Documentary2016Self

Buck Henry and Lawrence Turman Discuss 'the Graduate' Poster

Buck Henry and Lawrence Turman Discuss 'the Graduate' Video2016Self

Everything Is Copy Poster

Everything Is Copy Documentary2015Self

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang Poster

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang Short Film2015Cat Owner

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Poster

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Documentary2014Self

A Fuller Life Poster

A Fuller Life Documentary2013Self - Reader

Streetcar Poster

Streetcar Short Film2013Sheriff

Casting By Poster

Casting By Documentary2012Self

A Bird of the Air Poster

A Bird of the Air Feature Film2011Duncan Weber

David Amram: The First 80 Years Poster

David Amram: The First 80 Years Documentary2011Self

Franklin & Bash Poster

Franklin & Bash TV Series2011Judge Henry Dinsdale

On Story Poster

On Story TV Series2011Self

Saturday Night Live Backstage Poster

Saturday Night Live Backstage Documentary2011Mr. Dantley

The Story of Film: An Odyssey Poster

The Story of Film: An Odyssey Mini-Series2011Self

Hot in Cleveland Poster

Hot in Cleveland TV Series2010Fred

John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge Documentary2010Self

Katz's: That's All Documentary2010Self

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood Poster

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood Mini-Series2010Self

It Came from Kuchar Poster

It Came from Kuchar Documentary2009Self

The Making of Sonia Henie Short Film2009Self

American Swing Poster

American Swing Documentary2008Self

Cinemaville Poster

Cinemaville Video2007Self

Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema Poster

Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema Documentary2007Self

30 Rock TV Series2006Dick Lemon

Greatest Movie Love Scenes Documentary2006Self

The Secret History of Get Smart Poster

The Secret History of Get Smart Documentary2006Self

Abel Raises Cain Poster

Abel Raises Cain Documentary2005Self

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases Documentary2005Self

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live Poster

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live Documentary2005Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner Poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner Video2005Mr. DiLaBounta

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi Poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi TV Special2005Self

TCM Guest Programmer Poster

TCM Guest Programmer TV Series2005Self - Special Guest

101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments Poster

101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments Documentary2004Self

The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments Poster

The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments Mini-Series2004Self

The Last Shot Poster

The Last Shot Feature Film2004Lonnie Bosco

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film Documentary2002Self

Serendipity Poster

Serendipity Feature Film2001Customer At Bloomingdale's

Town & Country Poster

Town & Country Feature Film2001Suttler

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies Documentary2000Self

Inside TV Land Poster

Inside TV Land TV Series2000Self

Lisa Picard Is Famous Poster

Lisa Picard Is Famous Feature Film2000Buck Henry

The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards TV Special2000Self - Presenter

Breakfast of Champions Poster

Breakfast of Champions Feature Film1999Fred T. Barry

Dilbert TV Series1999Dadbert

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV Series1999Mr. Morton

The Directors Poster

The Directors TV Series1999Self

Bravo Profiles Poster

Bravo Profiles TV Series1998Self

I'm Losing You Poster

I'm Losing You Feature Film1998Phillip Dagrom

It All Came True Poster

It All Came True Feature Film1998Charles Van Allsburg

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes Poster

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes TV Movie1998Self

Playboy: The Story of X Poster

Playboy: The Story of X Video1998Self - Host

Psycho Path Poster

Psycho Path Documentary1998Self - Screenwriter

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin Poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin TV Special1998Self

The Man Who Counted Short Film1998George Postlewait

Will & Grace Poster

Will & Grace TV Series1998Leonard

1999 Feature Film1997Mr. Goldman

SAG Foundation Conversations Poster

SAG Foundation Conversations TV Series1997Self

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television Poster

The Interviews: An Oral History of Television TV Series1997Self

The Real Blonde Poster

The Real Blonde Feature Film1997Dr. Leuter

Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space Poster

Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space Feature Film1996The Priest

The Daily Show Poster

The Daily Show TV Series1996Self - Commentator

Harrison Bergeron Poster

Harrison Bergeron TV Movie1995TV producer

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. Poster

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. Documentary1995Self

To Die For Poster

To Die For Feature Film1995Mr. H. Finlaysson

Great Railway Journeys Poster

Great Railway Journeys TV Series1994Self - Presenter

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Poster

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Feature Film1993Dr. Dreyfus

Grumpy Old Men Poster

Grumpy Old Men Feature Film1993Snyder

Late Show with David Letterman Poster

Late Show with David Letterman TV Series1993Self - Guest

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country Poster

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country Documentary1993Self

Short Cuts Poster

Short Cuts Feature Film1993Gordon Johnson

7th Annual Independent Spirit Awards Poster

7th Annual Independent Spirit Awards TV Special1992Self - Host

Eek! The Cat Poster

Eek! The Cat TV Series1992Cupid

Indecision '92: The Democratic National Convention TV Special1992Self

Indecision '92: The Republican National Convention TV Movie1992Self

Keep the Change Poster

Keep the Change TV Movie1992Smitty

Mastergate Poster

Mastergate TV Movie1992Clay Fielder

Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash Poster

Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash TV Special1992John Dean

The Graduate at 25 Poster

The Graduate at 25 Documentary1992Self

The Player Poster

The Player Feature Film1992Buck Henry

Defending Your Life Poster

Defending Your Life Feature Film1991Dick Stanley

The 6th Annual Independent Spirit Awards TV Special1991Self - Host

The Linguini Incident Poster

The Linguini Incident Feature Film1991Cecil

The Lounge People Poster

The Lounge People Feature Film1991Lewis Louis

The Republic Pictures Story Poster

The Republic Pictures Story Documentary1991Self

Tune in Tomorrow... Poster

Tune in Tomorrow... Feature Film1990Father Serafim

Rude Awakening Poster

Rude Awakening Feature Film1989Lloyd Stool

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary Poster

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary TV Special1989Self

Tales from the Crypt Poster

Tales from the Crypt TV Series1989George

Murphy Brown Poster

Murphy Brown TV Series1988Dr. Victor Rudman

Aria Feature Film1987Preston

Biography Poster

Biography TV Series1987Self

Trying Times Poster

Trying Times TV Series1987The Man on TV

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Series1985Walter Lang

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985Self

Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 Poster

Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 TV Movie1985Self

The Best of John Belushi Poster

The Best of John Belushi Video1985Self

Homage to Steve Poster

Homage to Steve Documentary1984Self

The New Show Poster

The New Show TV Series1984Various

Eating Raoul Poster

Eating Raoul Feature Film1982Mr. Leech

Late Night with David Letterman Poster

Late Night with David Letterman TV Series1982Self - Guest

CBS Evening News with Dan Rather Poster

CBS Evening News with Dan Rather TV Series1981G. Clifford Prout

Falcon Crest Poster

Falcon Crest TV Series1981Foster Glenn

Strong Medicine Poster

Strong Medicine Feature Film1981

First Family Poster

First Family Feature Film1980Father Sandstone

Gloria Feature Film1980Jack Dawn

Old Boyfriends Poster

Old Boyfriends Feature Film1979Art Kopple

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration Poster

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration Documentary1979Self

Heaven Can Wait Poster

Heaven Can Wait Feature Film1978The Escort

Thank You, Rock 'N' Roll: A Tribute to Alan Freed TV Special1978Self

Quark TV Series1977Dignitary

The Absent-Minded Waiter Poster

The Absent-Minded Waiter Short Film1977Bernie Cates

That Was the Year That Was - 1976 TV Movie1976Self

The Man Who Fell to Earth Poster

The Man Who Fell to Earth Feature Film1976Oliver Farnsworth

Saturday Night Live Poster

Saturday Night Live TV Series1975Self - Host

The Owl and the Pussycat TV Movie1975Felix Sherman

AFI Life Achievement Award Poster

AFI Life Achievement Award TV Series1973Self

The Day of the Dolphin Poster

The Day of the Dolphin Feature Film1973Man Standing Outside Women's Club

Is There Sex After Death? Poster

Is There Sex After Death? Feature Film1971Dr. Louise Manos

Taking Off Poster

Taking Off Feature Film1971Larry Tyne

A Last Laugh at the Sixties TV Movie1970Self

Catch-22 Poster

Catch-22 Feature Film1970Colonel Korn

On Location with the Owl and the Pussycat Documentary1970Self

The Owl and the Pussycat Poster

The Owl and the Pussycat Feature Film1970Man Looking Through Doubleday's Bookstore

The David Frost Show Poster

The David Frost Show TV Series1969Self - Guest

Candy Feature Film1968Mental Patient

The Dick Cavett Show Poster

The Dick Cavett Show TV Series1968Self - Guest

The Secret War of Harry Frigg Poster

The Secret War of Harry Frigg Feature Film1968Stockade Commandant

The Graduate Poster

The Graduate Feature Film1967Room Clerk

The Troublemaker Poster

The Troublemaker Feature Film1964T. R. Kingston

That Was the Week That Was Poster

That Was the Week That Was TV Series1963Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self - Guest

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Guest

The New Steve Allen Show Poster

The New Steve Allen Show TV Series1961Self

The Bridge Poster

The Bridge Feature Film1959

Cult Queen Mary Woronov from Warhol to Corman Poster

Cult Queen Mary Woronov from Warhol to Corman DocumentarySelf

The Pillar Method Short FilmBucky

Writer

30

Type

Year

Babe West Feature Film2019

The Humbling Poster

The Humbling Feature Film2014

Get Smart Poster

Get Smart Feature Film2008

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control Poster

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control Video2008

The 74th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 74th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2002

Town & Country Poster

Town & Country Feature Film2001

To Die For Poster

To Die For Feature Film1995

Great Railway Journeys Poster

Great Railway Journeys TV Series1994

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Series1985

Protocol Poster

Protocol Feature Film1984

The New Show Poster

The New Show TV Series1984

First Family Poster

First Family Feature Film1980

The Nude Bomb Poster

The Nude Bomb Feature Film1980

Quark TV Series1977

The Owl and the Pussycat TV Movie1975

The Day of the Dolphin Poster

The Day of the Dolphin Feature Film1973

What's Up, Doc? Poster

What's Up, Doc? Feature Film1972

Is There Sex After Death? Poster

Is There Sex After Death? Feature Film1971

Catch-22 Poster

Catch-22 Feature Film1970

The Owl and the Pussycat Poster

The Owl and the Pussycat Feature Film1970

Candy Feature Film1968

Captain Nice Poster

Captain Nice TV Series1967

The Graduate Poster

The Graduate Feature Film1967

Three's a Crowd TV Movie1967

ABC Stage 67 Poster

ABC Stage 67 TV Series1966

Get Smart Poster

Get Smart TV Series1965

The Troublemaker Poster

The Troublemaker Feature Film1964

That Was the Week That Was Poster

That Was the Week That Was TV Series1963

The New Steve Allen Show Poster

The New Steve Allen Show TV Series1961

The Garry Moore Show Poster

The Garry Moore Show TV Series1958

Producer

2

Quark TV Series1977

Captain Nice Poster

Captain Nice TV Series1967

Thanks

7

Type

Year

The Last Laugh Poster

The Last Laugh Feature Film2019

The House of Tomorrow Poster

The House of Tomorrow Feature Film2017

Bitter Sweet with Buck Henry Documentary2016

Altman Documentary2014

The Story of Film: An Odyssey Poster

The Story of Film: An Odyssey Mini-Series2011

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film Documentary2002

Saturday Night Live Poster

Saturday Night Live TV Series1975

Director

4

Type

Year

I Miss Sonia Henie Poster

I Miss Sonia Henie Short Film2009

Trying Times Poster

Trying Times TV Series1987

First Family Poster

First Family Feature Film1980

Heaven Can Wait Poster

Heaven Can Wait Feature Film1978

Other Crew

1

Get Smart Poster

Get Smart Feature Film2008

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