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Acting

Buck Henry

Career: Active from 1964 to 2015, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 10
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Taking Off
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Buck Henry Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Historical
1.3, average 2.6
Tension
4.7, average 6.0
Scare
1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Quirky Characters 5
Romantic Comedy 4
Dark Humor 3
Black Comedy 3
Character-Driven 3
Social Commentary 3
Political Satire 3
Cynical Humor 2
Nostalgic 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Cult Classic 2
Episodic Storytelling 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

67

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Untitled Get Smart Reboot

Characters

2010s

6 titles · average score 58

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang

55

as Cat Owner

The Humbling

51

Screenplay

Passion for Snow

as Narrator

A Bird of the Air

47

as Duncan Weber

Franklin & Bash

68

TV show · as Judge Henry Dinsdale

Hot in Cleveland

70

TV show · as Fred

2000s

6 titles · average score 55

Get Smart

57

Characters

30 Rock

79

TV show · as Dick Lemon

The Last Shot

54

as Lonnie Bosco

Town & Country

31

as Suttler

Serendipity

63

as Customer at Bloomingdales (uncredited)

Lisa Picard Is Famous

45

as Buck Henry

1990s

22 titles · average score 62

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Mr. Morton

Dilbert

74

TV show · as Dadbert (voice)

Will & Grace

76

TV show · as Leonard

Curtain Call

54

as Charles Van Allsburg

1999

42

as Mr. Goldman

To Die For

78

as Mr. H. Finlaysson

Grumpy Old Men

65

as Snyder

Mastergate

as Clay Fielder

The Lounge People

as Lewis Louis

The Player

84

as Buck Henry

Eek! The Cat

70

TV show · as Cupid (voice)

The Linguini Incident

64

as Cecil

1980s

14 titles · average score 54

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as George

Rude Awakening

33

as Lloyd Stool

Murphy Brown

67

TV show · as Dr. Victor Rudman

Aria

54

as Preston

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

74

TV show · as Walter Lang

The Best of John Belushi

78

as Various Characters

Protocol

45

Screenplay

The New Show

TV show

Falcon Crest

59

TV show · as Foster Glenn

Gloria

67

as Jack Dawn

First Family

24

as Father Sandstone / TV Anchorman

The Nude Bomb

36

Characters

1970s

12 titles · average score 66

Old Boyfriends

55

as Art Kopple

Heaven Can Wait

73

as The Escort

Quark

68

TV show · as Dignitary (uncredited)

The Absent-Minded Waiter

70

as Bernie Cates

The Man Who Fell to Earth

73

as Oliver Farnsworth

The Day of the Dolphin

40

as Man Standing Outside Women's Club (uncredited)

What's Up, Doc?

81

Screenplay

Taking Off

87

as Larry Tyne

I Miss Sonia Henie

54

as Doctor

Is There Sex After Death?

45

as Dr. Louise Manos

Catch-22

73

as Lt. Col. Korn

The Owl and the Pussycat

72

as Man Looking Through Doubleday's Bookstore (uncredited)

1960s

5 titles · average score 63

Candy

48

as Mental Patient (uncredited)

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

48

as Stockade Commandant

The Graduate

83

as Room Clerk

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart

72

Writer

The Troublemaker

as T. R. Kingston

1950s

1 title · average score 90

The Bridge

90

as Voice of American Soldier