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Buck Henry. Writer: The Graduate. Prolific, multi-talented comedy writer, story editor, actor and director. His father was an Air Force general (Paul Steinberg Zuckerman) turned stockbroker and his mother was silent screen star Ruth Taylor, formerly a member of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties.
- December 9, 1930
- January 8, 2020
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Jan 9, 2020 · He was 89. Henry died Wednesday in Los Angeles following a heart attack. Reports of his death were confirmed to NPR by a longtime friend. The son of a silent film star, Henry also co-created the...
Jan 9, 2020 · Short and deceptively mild, wearing black-rimmed glasses, Henry was an established film and television writer who became widely recognizable during the early years of “Saturday Night Live.”
Jan 9, 2020 · Buck Henry, a writer and actor who exerted an often overlooked but potent influence on television and movie comedy — creating the loopy prime-time spy spoof “Get Smart” with Mel Brooks, writing...
Jan 9, 2020 · Comedy writer Buck Henry, the legendary scribe who co-wrote “The Graduate,” “Catch-22” and “To Die For” and co-created the TV series “Get Smart,” has died. He was 89.
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Jan 9, 2020 · 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.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buck Henry, “The Graduate” co-writer who as screenwriter, character actor, “Saturday Night Live” host and cherished talk-show and party guest became an all-around cultural superstar of the 1960s and 70s, has died. He was 89.
