Frank Buxton(1930-2018)

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 Un couple à la mer (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 Lily la tigresse (1966) and has done cartoon and commercial voices for innumerable projects.