Buck Henry, the legendary screenwriter behind 'The Graduate' and 'What’s Up, Doc?', died tonight of a heart attack at Cedars-Sinai Health Center in Los Angeles. He was 89.
A family member confirmed the news to Deadline.and another for directing with Warren Beatty the 1978 moviethe spy spoof he created with Mel Brooks, among many other accolades.He became a familiar face to a new generation of TV viewers by hosting several times during its first five seasons. He might be best remembered as John Belushi’s foil in the classic “Samurai” skits.Henry also had more than three dozen other acting credits.
He got his start writing for Steve Allen and Garry Moore’s TV shows in the 1960s before penning the script forMike Nichols’ seminal film starring Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross and Anne Bancroft. The film scored seven Oscar noms including Best Picture, with Nichols winning Best Director. The pic made the top 10 in the AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Movies list in 1998.starring Don Adams as the bumbling yet somehow effective Maxwell Smart, aka Agent 86, debuted on NBC in 1965.
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