Buck Henry, writer-actor who helped pen The Graduate, dies at 89
NEW YORK (AP) — Buck Henry, the versatile writer, director and character actor who co-wrote and appeared in “The Graduate, has died. He was 89.
Henry’s wife, Irene Ramp, told The Washington Post that his death Wednesday in Los Angeles was due to a heart attack.
Henry acted in and co-directed “Heaven Can Wait.” Henry and Mel Brooks helped created the classic 1960s spy sitcom “Get Smart.”
Short and deceptively mild, wearing black-rimmed glasses, Henry was an established film and television writer who became widely recognizable during the early years of “Saturday Night Live.
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