Buck Henry

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 & recognition

• ★Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series · 1967
• ★Emmy Award
• ★Writers Guild of America Award
• ☆Academy Award — Best Director · 1979 · nominated
• ☆Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1968 · nominated