Cast · Writer

Buck Henry

1930 – 2020

Active years (films on this site)

1967–1980

Genres

DramaComedyRomanceWarMusical

Schools and movements

New HollywoodBritish CinemaCzechoslovak New Wave

Directors worked with

Mike Nichols2 filmsMiloš Forman1 filmPeter Bogdanovich1 filmNicolas Roeg1 filmJohn Cassavetes1 film

Biography

Buck Henry 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. He appeared in acting roles in Nichols's Catch-22 (1970) and Herbert Ross's The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), both of which he also wrote. He was a co-writer on Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972). In 1978, he co-directed Heaven Can Wait (1978) with Warren Beatty, receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. He later appeared in Albert Brooks's Defending Your Life (1991), and the Robert Altman films The Player (1992) and Short Cuts (1993).

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Awards and honours

International

• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series 1967
• BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay
• Emmy Award

National / local

• Writers Guild of America Award

6 films on this site

1. The Graduate 1967 · Mike Nichols · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
2. Catch-22 1970 · Mike Nichols · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
3. Taking Off 1971 · Miloš Forman · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
4. What's Up, Doc? 1972 · Peter Bogdanovich · IMDb 7.6 · Writer
5. The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 · Nicolas Roeg · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
6. Gloria 1980 · John Cassavetes · IMDb 7.1 · Cast