Buck Henry is one of the most talented men in Hollywood, having garnered success as a writer, director, and actor. Get Smart was probably his first really big success, but it certainly wasn’t his last.

Henry was born December 9, 1930 in New York as Buck Henry Zuckerman. He began his acting career early, touring with Life With Father at sixteen. He moved on to the Army and then improvisational comedy in New York. Henry then worked as a writer for both The Steve Allen show and the Garry Moore show. From that, Henry became a writer and performer on That Was the Week That Was, a critical smash. That led to Dan Melnick offering him the job as co-creator of Get Smart.

After Get Smart, Henry produced Captain Nice, a superhero parody that flopped. His next move was to the movies, where The Graduate became an instant classic. Henry has had an incredibly successful movie career, with my favorite being To Die For.

Breakfast of Champions (1999) .... Fred T. Barry
Curtain Call (1999) .... Charles Van Allsburg
1999 (1998) .... Mr. Goldman
I'm Losing You (1998) .... Philip Dragom
Playboy: The Story of X (1998) (V) Host
The Real Blonde (1997) .... Dr. Leuter
Curtain Call (1997)
To Die For (1995) .... Mr. H. Finlaysson W
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV) .... TV producer
Short Cuts (1993) .... Gordon Johnson
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) .... Dr Dreyfus
Grumpy Old Men (1993) .... Snyder
Keep the Change (1992) (TV) .... Smitty
The Player (1992) .... Himself
Lounge People, The (1992) .... Lewis Louis
Linguini Incident, The (1991) .... Cecil
Defending Your Life (1991) .... Dick Stanley
Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) .... Father Serafim
Dark Before Dawn (1989)
Rude Awakening (1989) .... Lloyd Stool
Aria (1987) .... Preston
Protocol (1984) W
Eating Raoul (1982) .... Mr. Leech
First Family (1980) .... Father Sandstone/TV Anchorman W D
Gloria (1980) .... Jack Dawn
Old Boyfriends (1979) .... Art Kopple
Strong Medicine (1979)
Heaven Can Wait (1978) .... The Escort D
The Absent-Minded Waiter (1976) Customer
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) .... Oliver Farnsworth
The Day of the Dolphin (1973) W
What's Up, Doc? (1972) W
Taking Off (1971) .... Larry Tyne
The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) W
Is There Sex After Death? W
Catch-22 (1970) .... Colonel Korn W
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968) .... Stockade Commandant
Candy (1968) W
The Graduate (1967) .... Room Clerk W
The Troublemaker (1964) W

The New Show - Guest Host
Saturday Night Live - Frequent host
Captain Nice (1967) - Creator, writer, producer
Get Smart (1965-67) - Co-creator, writer, producer
That Was the Week That Was (1964) - Performer, writer
The Garry Moore Show W
The Steve Allen Show (1956) TV Series W

W – writer