Actor, writer and director Buck Henry died Jan. 8 at the age of 89. Known for co-creating with Mel Brooks Get Smart and and earning two Oscar nominations, for co-writing The Graduate and co-directi…
first original following Henry’s death, the show honored Henry with a card that aired afterHenry hosted the long-running NBC sketch program ten times between 1976 and 1980, making him the show’s most frequent host during its initial five-year run — regularly presiding over‘s season finales — and the first member of the Five-Times Club.
Forty years later, his 10 stints remain the fourth most ever for aAmong his memorable recurring characters on the show were the Samurai interviewer/straight man alongside John Belushi; the creepy Uncle Roy, who menaced children he was babysitting; a sadistic stunt coordinator; and Mr. Dantley, the father of Bill Murray’s uber-nerd Todd in the latter’s famous sketches with Gilda Radner.alongside then-cast member Belushi, which aired in the October 30, 1976 episode.
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