Frank Buxton

Frank Buxton

actor, producer, director

Frank Buxton was born on Feb 13, 1930 in USA. Frank Buxton's big-screen debut came with What's Up, Tiger Lily? directed by Woody Allen in 1966, strarring Vocal Assist (voice). Frank Buxton is known for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers directed by John Kimball, Tress MacNeille stars as Chip and Corey Burton as Dale. The most recent award Frank Buxton achieved is Western Heritage Awards. The upcoming new movie Frank Buxton plays is Grassroots which will be released on Nov 09, 2012.

Born in Wellesley, MA, USA, Buxton grew up in Larchmont, NY, USA, graduated from Northwestern University (BS) and Syracuse University (MS). After service in the U.S. Army in the Korean War, he worked in local television as a producer-director in Buffalo, N.Y. and Chicago, IL and then began his performing career as a stand-up comedian, TV host (Discovery (1962), Get the Message (1964)), and stage performer ("Brigadoon", "Bye Bye Birdie", "The Tender Trap", etc.). His television writing, producing and directing work included The Odd Couple (1970), Happy Days - Les jours heureux (1974), Mork & Mindy (1978), among many others, and he created the Peabody Award-winning series Hot Dog (1970) for NBC which starred Woody Allen and Jonathan Winters. As a film and TV actor, he has appeared in Overboard (1987), Au fil de la vie (1988), Frankie & Johnny (1991), Face of a Stranger (1991), Dans les yeux de l'assassin (1992) and Une place vide (1994), as well as many series and specials. He wrote and created voices for Woody Allen's Woody Allen Number One (1966) and has done cartoon and commercial voices for innumerable projects.

  • Birthday

    Feb 13, 1930
  • Place of Birth

    Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Western Heritage Awards
1963
Factual Television Program
Winner - Bronze Wrangler
Discovery (1962)

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