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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-writer for Mike Nichols 's The Graduate (1967) for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .
Buck Henry was a prolific and versatile comedy writer, actor and director, known for The Graduate, Get Smart, Saturday Night Live and more. He also co-created and starred in a hoax society for indecent animals and appeared in various films and TV shows.
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Jan 9, 2020 · Henry is pictured above in New York in 2006. Buck Henry, who co-wrote the screenplay for the classic 1967 film The Graduate, co-directed 1978's Heaven Can Wait, and made regular appearances as a ...
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Screenwriter and actor Buck Henry has died at age 89 after suffering a heart attack. Among his many credits, he co-wrote the screenplay for The Graduate and hosted Saturday Night Live 10 times.
Jan 9, 2020 · Buck Henry was born Henry Zuckerman in New York City on Dec. 9, 1930, to Paul and Ruth (Taylor) Zuckerman. His father was a stockbroker and an Army Air Corps pilot; his mother was a Ziegfeld ...
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Jan 9, 2020 · Buck Henry, who wrote Oscar-nominated adaptations of novels and plays, co-created the spy comedy 'Get Smart' and appeared in many films and shows, died at 89. He was known for his wit, humor and improvisation, and for inventing the line "I just want to say one word to you - plastics".
Jan 9, 2020 · Buck Henry at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles. Comedy writer Buck Henry, the legendary scribe who co-wrote “The Graduate,” “Catch-22” and “To Die For” and co-created ...
