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In Memoriam · 1930 – 2020

Person · Screenwriter

Buck Henry

Born
1930
Died
2020
  • Also:
  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Producer
52
Credits on file
6
Decades active
3
Awards

In short · Wrote for six decades — 52 credits, 1 Primetime Emmy Award win.

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Director

1 credit

Writer

13 credits

Actor

29 credits

Awards & Nominations

1 win · 2 nominations

Primetime Emmy Award

  • Won1967Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series — Buck Henry
More awards & festivals (2) — regional academies & film-festival prizes

Academy Awards

  • Nom1978Oscar — Directing
  • Nom1967Oscar — Writing (adapted Screenplay)

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