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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: December 9, 1930 in New York City, NY Biography:"Buck Henry"'s meek and mild, ordinary guy demeanor belies a razor-sharp dry, wry wit that he aptly applies to his screenplays, the roles he portrays, and the projects he directs. Born Buck Henry Zuckerman to a successful Wall Street broker (who was once an Air Force general) and actress "Ruth Taylor", "Henry" launched his career as an actor at age 16, plying a small role in the Broadway version of Life With Father. During the Korean War, "Henry" served with the Seventh Army Repertory Company touring Germany performing in a musical comedy that he wrote and directed. During the '50s, "Henry" became somewhat famous for perpetrating the famous SINA hoax -- the acronym stands for the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals -- that made "Henry" a popular figure on talk shows where he would claim that naked animals were the cause of humanity's moral decay. In 1960, "Henry" worked briefly in an improvisational... Full Biography
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