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Buck Henry Collection on Letterman, 1987-1994
Buck Henry, ‘Graduate’ screenwriter who co-created ‘Get Smart,’ dies at 89
Buck Henry, a comedian who created the satirical spy sitcom “Get Smart” with Mel Brooks, was a frequent early host of “Saturday Night Live” and turned “plastics” into a countercultural catchword with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for “The Graduate,” died Jan. 8 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 89.
The cause was a heart attack, said his wife, Irene Ramp.
A restless entertainer, Mr. Henry dabbled in improvisational comedy as well as theater, television and film. He received an Academy Award nomination for co-directing the 1978 afterlife comedy “Heaven Can Wait” with star Warren Beatty; wrote scripts for the sex farce “Candy” (1968), based on the novel by Terry Southern, and the Barbra Streisand screwball comedies “The Owl and the Pussycat” (1970) and “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972); and appeared as a droll supporting actor in nearly every film he helped create, including a turn as an anxiety-inducing hotel clerk in “The Graduate” (1967).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/buck-henry-graduate-screenwriter-who-co-created-get-smart-dies-at-89/2020/01/09/c133ffc0-3295-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html
Buck Henry, a comedian who created the satirical spy sitcom “Get Smart” with Mel Brooks, was a frequent early host of “Saturday Night Live” and turned “plastics” into a countercultural catchword with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for “The Graduate,” died Jan. 8 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 89.
The cause was a heart attack, said his wife, Irene Ramp.
A restless entertainer, Mr. Henry dabbled in improvisational comedy as well as theater, television and film. He received an Academy Award nomination for co-directing the 1978 afterlife comedy “Heaven Can Wait” with star Warren Beatty; wrote scripts for the sex farce “Candy” (1968), based on the novel by Terry Southern, and the Barbra Streisand screwball comedies “The Owl and the Pussycat” (1970) and “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972); and appeared as a droll supporting actor in nearly every film he helped create, including a turn as an anxiety-inducing hotel clerk in “The Graduate” (1967).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/buck-henry-graduate-screenwriter-who-co-created-get-smart-dies-at-89/2020/01/09/c133ffc0-3295-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html