Buck Henry

Buck Henry was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's The Graduate (1967) for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also appeared in Nichols' Catch-22 (1970), Herbert Ross' The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), and Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972). In 1978, he co-directed Heaven Can Wait (1978) with Warren Beatty receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. He later appeared in Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life (1991), and the Robert Altman films The Player (1992) and Short Cuts (1993).

9 December 1930

Born on the same birth date (9 December 1930): Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores

Born on the same birth day (9 December): Beau Bridges • Billy Edd Wheeler • Caroline Lucas • Cliff Hagan • Colin McCool • Gastón Gaudio • Gustavus Adolphus • Imogen Heap • Jean Mermoz • Kirk Douglas • Kwadwo Asamoah • Michael Nouri • Morton Downey Jr. • Simon Helberg • Wendy Dillinger • Ángel Guirado • Émile Waldteufel

Born in the same month (December 1930): Armenak Alachachian • Bill Young (Florida politician) • Dorothy Rowe • Edna O'Brien • Elmira Minita Gordon • Hal W. Smith • Jim Hall (musician) • John J. Kelley • Margaret Bakkes • Mariam A. Aleem • Mary Rose Tuitt • Michael Jopling • Raul M. Gonzalez • Sam Most • Yi-Fu Tuan • Yves Trudeau (artist) • Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores