Buck Henry (1930 - 2020) باك هنري
Biography
American screenwriter, film director, and film actor, born on December 9, 1930 in New York. He received a BA in English literature and a senior fellowship in writing at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, where he wrote for the university's comedy magazine. After graduation, he...Read more joined the army during the Korean War. But rather than engaging in combat, he served in West Germany first as a helicopter mechanic and then transferred to the Special Services, where he toured with the Seventh Army Repertory Company, performing in a play he wrote and directed. Henry became a cast member on The New Steve Allen Show ( 1961) and the US version of That Was the Week That Was (1964-1965). He was a co-writer on the comedy television series Get Smart (1965-1970). He died on January 8, 2020, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- A Bird of the Air
- 2011 - Movie
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- The Last Shot
- 2004 - Movie
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- Breakfast of Champions
- 1999 - Movie
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- It All Came True
- 1998 - Movie
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- To Die For
- 1995 - Movie
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- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
- 1993 - Movie
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- Grumpy Old Men
- 1993 - Movie
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- Gloria
- 1980 - Movie
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- Catch-22
- 1970 - Movie
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- The Secret War of Harry Frigg
- 1968 - Movie
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- The Graduate
- 1967 - Movie
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- The Humbling
- 2014 - Movie
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- Get Smart
- 2008 - Movie
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- Town & Country
- 2001 - Movie
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- To Die For
- 1995 - Movie
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- Catch-22
- 1970 - Movie
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- Candy
- 1968 - Movie
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- The Graduate
- 1967 - Movie
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American screenwriter, film director, and film actor, born on December 9, 1930 in New York. He received a BA in English literature and a senior fellowship in writing at Dartmouth...Read more College in New Hampshire, where he wrote for the university's comedy magazine. After graduation, he joined the army during the Korean War. But rather than engaging in combat, he served in West Germany first as a helicopter mechanic and then transferred to the Special Services, where he toured with the Seventh Army Repertory Company, performing in a play he wrote and directed. Henry became a cast member on The New Steve Allen Show ( 1961) and the US version of That Was the Week That Was (1964-1965). He was a co-writer on the comedy television series Get Smart (1965-1970). He died on January 8, 2020, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California, United States.
- Nationality:
- US
- Date of Birth:
- 9 December 1930
