Henry Zuckerman, better known as
Buck Henry (born December 9, 1930), is an
American actor,
writer,
film director, and
television director.
Biography
Early life
Henry was born in
New York City, the son of silent film actress
Ruth Taylor and Paul S. Zuckerman, a former air force
general and
stockbroker.
[Buck Henry Biography (1930-)][That Old Feeling: Sweet Smells - TIME] He went to boarding school at
Choate Rosemary Hall and graduated from
Dartmouth College, where he worked on the
Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern humor magazine. He soon cultivated a flair for deadpan humor, saying the most nonsensical things with utter conviction. From 1959 to 1962, as part of an elaborate hoax by comedian
Alan Abel, he pretended to be G. Clifford Prout, president of the
Society for Indecency to Naked Animals. Henry, as the quietly outraged Mr. Prout, presented his point of view on talk shows.
