Buck Henry
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday9 December 1930
Died8 January 2020 (age 89)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits100
Biography
Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman; December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. His 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. Henry later guest starred in such p…
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2025 · Self
Kiss Kiss Fingerbang
2015 · Cat Owner
The Humbling
2014 · Screenplay
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Actor
A Fuller Life
2013 · Self - Reader (segment "The Pursuit of Happiness")
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 · Self
Passion for Snow
2013 · Narrator
Casting By
2012 · Self
A Bird of the Air
2011 · Duncan Weber
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Self
Franklin & Bash
2011 · Judge Henry Dinsdale
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010 · Self
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Fred
American Swing
2009 · Self
It Came from Kuchar
2009 · Self
Get Smart
2008 · Characters
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007 · Himself
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007 · Self
Cinemaville
2007 · Self
30 Rock
2006 · Dick Lemon
The Last Shot
2004 · Lonnie Bosco
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002 · Self (uncredited)
Serendipity
2001 · Customer at Bloomingdales (uncredited)
Town & Country
2001 · Suttler
Town & Country
2001 · Writer
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000 · Self
Lisa Picard Is Famous
2000 · Buck Henry
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Mr. Morton
Psycho Path
1999 · Self
Breakfast of Champions
1999 · Fred T. Barry
Dilbert
1999 · Dadbert (voice)
Curtain Call
1998 · Charles Van Allsburg
Will & Grace
1998 · Leonard
I'm Losing You
1998 · Phillip Dagrom
The Real Blonde
1998 · Dr. Leuter
Playboy: The Story of X
1998 · Self - Host
1999
1997 · Mr. Goldman
Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
1996 · The Priest
To Die For
1995 · Mr. H. Finlaysson
To Die For
1995 · Screenplay
Harrison Bergeron
1995 · TV Producer
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995 · self
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · Dr. Dreyfus
Grumpy Old Men
1993 · Snyder
Short Cuts
1993 · Gordon Johnson
Mastergate
1992 · Clay Fielder
Eek! The Cat
1992 · Cupid (voice)
Keep the Change
1992 · Smitty
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