Buck Henry
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Buck Henry (December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award, in 1968 for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Graduate and in 1979 for Best Director for Heaven Can Wait alongside Warren Beatty.
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Filmography
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Film
Source: Turner Classic Movies
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1959 | The Bridge | Voice, English version | |
1964 | The Troublemaker | T.R. Kingston | Also writer |
1967 | The Graduate | Desk Clerk | Also writer |
1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Stockade Commandant | |
1968 | Candy | Mental Patient | Also writer |
1970 | Catch-22 | Lieutenant Colonel Korn | Also writer |
1970 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Bookstore Man | Uncredited Also writer |
1971 | Taking Off | Larry Tyne | |
1971 | Is There Sex After Death? | Dr. Louise Manos | |
1973 | The Day of the Dolphin | Women's Club Man | Uncredited Also writer |
1976 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Oliver Farnsworth | |
1977 | The Absent-Minded Waiter | Bernie Cates | Short |
1978 | Heaven Can Wait | The Escort | Also writer/director |
1979 | Old Boyfriends | Art Kopple | |
1980 | Gloria | Jack Dawn | |
1980 | First Family | Father Sandstone / TV Anchorman | Also writer / director |
1981 | Strong Medicine | ||
1982 | Eating Raoul | Mr. Leech | |
1987 | Aria | Preston | (segment "Rigoletto") |
1989 | Rude Awakening | Lloyd Stool | |
1990 | Tune In Tomorrow | Father Serafim | |
1991 | Defending Your Life | Dick Stanley | |
1991 | The Linguini Incident | Cecil | |
1991 | Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space | The Priest | |
1992 | The Player | Himself | |
1992 | The Lounge People | Lewis Louis | |
1993 | Short Cuts | Gordon Johnson | |
1993 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Dr. Dreyfus | |
1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Snyder | |
1995 | To Die For | H. Finlaysson | Also writer |
1997 | The Real Blonde | Dr. Leuter | |
1998 | 1999 | Mr. Goldman | |
1998 | I'm Losing You | Phillip Dagrom | |
1998 | Curtain Call | Charles Van Allsburg | |
1998 | The Man Who Counted | George Postlewait | Short |
1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Fred T. Barry | |
2000 | Lisa Picard is Famous | Himself | |
2001 | Town & Country | Suttler | Also writer |
2001 | Serendipity | Himself | Uncredited |
2004 | The Last Shot | Lonnie Bosco | |
2011 | A Bird of the Air | Duncan Weber | |
2013 | Streetcar | Sheriff | Short |
2015 | Kiss Kiss Fingerbang | Cat Owner | Short |
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Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1961 | The New Steve Allen Show | Regular | 5 episodes |
1964–1965 | That Was the Week That Was | Himself | |
1975 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Felix Sherman | TV pilot |
1976–1980, 1989 | Saturday Night Live | Host/Himself | 17 episodes |
1976 | That Was the Year That Was - 1976 | News Reporter | TV Movie |
1978 | Quark | Dignitary | 1 episode Uncredited |
1984 | The New Show | Regular | 9 episodes |
1985 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Walter Lang | 1 episode |
1987–1988 | Falcon Crest | Foster Glenn | 3 episodes |
1989 | Murphy Brown | Victor Rudman | Episode: "My Dinner With Einstein" |
1989 | Trying Times | Man on TV | 1 episode |
1992 | Keep the Change | Smitty | TV Movie |
1992 | Tales from the Crypt | George | 1 episode |
1992 | Eek! The Cat | Cupid (voice) | 1 episode |
1992 | Mastergate | Clay Fielder | TV Movie |
1995 | Harrison Bergeron | TV Producer | TV Movie |
1999 | Dilbert | Dadbert (voice) | 1 episode |
2005 | Will & Grace | Leonard | 1 episode |
2007 | The Daily Show | Contributor | 2 episodes |
2007–2010 | 30 Rock | Dick Lemon | 2 episodes |
2011 | Hot in Cleveland | Fred | 3 episodes |
2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mr. Morton | 1 episode |
2013 | Franklin & Bash | Judge Henry Dinsdale | 2 episodes |
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Writing credits
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Film
Source: Turner Classic Movies
- The Troublemaker (1964) (with Theodore J. Flicker)
- The Graduate (1967) (with Calder Willingham)
- Candy (1968)
- Catch-22 (1970)
- The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
- Is There Sex After Death? (1971) (Uncredited)
- What's Up, Doc? (1972) (with Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Benton and David Newman)
- The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
- Heaven Can Wait (1978)
- First Family (1980)
- Protocol (1984)
- To Die For (1995)
- Town & Country (2001)
- The Humbling (2014) (with Michal Zebede)
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Television
- That Was the Week That Was (1964) (3 episodes)
- Captain Nice (1967) (2 episodes) (creator)
- Get Smart (1965–1970) (co-creator)
- Quark (1978) (7 episodes)
- The New Show (1984) (TV) (5 episodes)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (1 episode "Wake Me When I'm Dead")
- Trying Times (1989) (TV) (director)
- Tales from the Crypt (1992) (1 episode)
- Great Railway Journeys (1996) (1 episode)
- Dilbert (2000) (1 episode)
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Directing credits
- I Miss Sonja Henie (1971) (Short film)
- Heaven Can Wait (1978) (with Warren Beatty)
- First Family (1980)
- Trying Times (1989) (TV) (director)
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