Buck Henry: movies and TV shows
Buck Henry has 120 credits in the archive: 88 films and 32 TV series, from 1961 to 2025. Highest rated: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1961 – 2025 · busiest year: 1992 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | SEGAL | Self | Film | — | 94 |
| 2015 | Kiss Kiss Fingerbang | Cat Owner | Film | 5.8 | 84 |
| 2014 | The Humbling | Film | 5.1 | 83 | |
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Actor | Film | 6.5 | 83 |
| 2013 | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self | Film | 8.2 | 82 |
| 2013 | A Fuller Life | Self - Reader (segment "The Pursuit of Happiness") | Film | 6.6 | 82 |
| 2013 | Passion for Snow | Narrator | Film | — | 82 |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self | Film | 6.9 | 81 |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Judge Henry Dinsdale | TV | 7.3 | 80 |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self | TV | 7.7 | 80 |
| 2011 | A Bird of the Air | Duncan Weber | Film | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Fred | TV | 7.2 | 79 |
| 2010 | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | TV | 5.4 | 79 |
| 2009 | American Swing | Self | Film | 4.9 | 78 |
| 2009 | It Came from Kuchar | Self | Film | 7.2 | 78 |
| 2008 | Get Smart | Film | 6.2 | 77 | |
| 2007 | Cinemaville | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2007 | Students of 'The Graduate' | Self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2007 | Students of 'The Graduate' | Himself | Film | — | 76 |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Dick Lemon | TV | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2004 | The Last Shot | Lonnie Bosco | Film | 5.7 | 73 |
| 2002 | Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film | Self (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2001 | Serendipity | Customer at Bloomingdales (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2001 | Town & Country | Suttler | Film | 4.5 | 70 |
| 2001 | Town & Country | Film | 4.5 | 70 | |
| 2000 | Lisa Picard Is Famous | Buck Henry | Film | 4.6 | 69 |
| 2000 | The Directors: Milos Forman | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mr. Morton | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1999 | Dilbert | Dadbert (voice) | TV | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1999 | Breakfast of Champions | Fred T. Barry | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 1999 | Psycho Path | Self | Film | 7.2 | 68 |
| 1998 | Will & Grace | Leonard | TV | 6.9 | 67 |
| 1998 | The Real Blonde | Dr. Leuter | Film | 5.3 | 67 |
| 1998 | Playboy: The Story of X | Self - Host | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1998 | I'm Losing You | Phillip Dagrom | Film | 4.9 | 67 |
| 1998 | Curtain Call | Charles Van Allsburg | Film | 5.1 | 67 |
| 1997 | 1999 | Mr. Goldman | Film | 4.3 | 66 |
| 1996 | Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space | The Priest | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1995 | To Die For | Mr. H. Finlaysson | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1995 | To Die For | Film | 6.6 | 64 | |
| 1995 | Harrison Bergeron | TV Producer | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1995 | Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. | self | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1994 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Dr. Dreyfus | Film | 4.4 | 63 |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Snyder | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Gordon Johnson | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1992 | Eek! The Cat | Cupid (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1992 | The Player | Buck Henry | Film | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1992 | Mastergate | Clay Fielder | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1992 | The Lounge People | Lewis Louis | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1992 | Keep the Change | Smitty | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1992 | 'The Graduate' at 25 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1992 | The Graduate at 25 | Himself | Film | — | 61 |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Dick Stanley | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1991 | The Linguini Incident | Cecil | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1991 | The Republic Pictures Story | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 1990 | Tune in Tomorrow... | Father Serafim | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | George | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | Film | 7.8 | 58 |
| 1989 | Rude Awakening | Lloyd Stool | Film | 4.7 | 58 |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Dr. Victor Rudman | TV | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1987 | Aria | Preston | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Walter Lang | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | TV | 7.2 | 54 | |
| 1985 | The Best of John Belushi | Various Characters | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1984 | Steve Martin Live! | Self | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1984 | The New Show | TV | 4.8 | 53 | |
| 1984 | Protocol | Film | 5.4 | 53 | |
| 1982 | Eating Raoul | Mr. Leech | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Foster Glenn | TV | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1981 | Strong Medicine | Film | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 1980 | Great Railway Journeys | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1980 | Gloria | Jack Dawn | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1980 | The Nude Bomb | Film | 5.3 | 49 | |
| 1980 | First Family | Father Sandstone / TV Anchorman | Film | 3.7 | 49 |
| 1980 | First Family | Film | 3.7 | 49 | |
| 1980 | First Family | Film | 3.7 | 49 | |
| 1979 | Old Boyfriends | Art Kopple | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 1979 | Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration | Self | Film | 1.0 | 48 |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | The Escort | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Film | 6.6 | 47 | |
| 1977 | Quark | Dignitary (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1977 | Quark | TV | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 1977 | Quark | TV | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 1977 | The Absent-Minded Waiter | Bernie Cates | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1976 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Oliver Farnsworth | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1973 | The Day of the Dolphin | Man Standing Outside Women's Club (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1973 | The Day of the Dolphin | Film | 5.9 | 42 | |
| 1972 | What's Up, Doc? | Film | 7.4 | 41 | |
| 1971 | I Miss Sonia Henie | Doctor | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1971 | I Miss Sonia Henie | Film | 5.4 | 40 | |
| 1971 | I Miss Sonia Henie | Film | 5.4 | 40 | |
| 1971 | Taking Off | Larry Tyne | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1971 | Is There Sex After Death? | Dr. Louise Manos | Film | 3.8 | 40 |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | Lt. Col. Korn | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | Film | 6.7 | 39 | |
| 1970 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Man Looking Through Doubleday's Bookstore (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1970 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Film | 6.2 | 39 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1968 | Candy | Mental Patient (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 37 |
| 1968 | Candy | Film | 5.1 | 37 | |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Stockade Commandant | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1967 | Captain Nice | TV | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Captain Nice | TV | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Captain Nice | TV | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Room Clerk | Film | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Film | 7.6 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Get Smart: A Man Called Smart | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | TV | 6.8 | 35 | |
| 1965 | Get Smart | TV | 7.9 | 34 | |
| 1965 | Get Smart | TV | 7.9 | 34 | |
| 1965 | Get Smart | TV | 7.9 | 34 | |
| 1965 | Get Smart | TV | 7.9 | 34 | |
| 1964 | The Troublemaker | T. R. Kingston | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1964 | The Troublemaker | Film | 5.7 | 33 | |
| 1964 | The Troublemaker | Film | 5.7 | 33 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 31 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 30 |
| Mary Woronov: Cult Queen | Self | Film | — | — |