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Victor Buono (1938–1982)

Actor

Larger than life, Laughtonesque, and with an eloquent, king-sized appetite for maniacal merriment, a good portion of the work of actor Victor Buono was squandered on hokey villainy on both film and TV. Ostensibly perceived as bizarre or demented, seldom did Hollywood give this cultivated cut-up the... See full bio »

Born:

Charles Victor Buono
in San Diego, California, USA

Died:

(age 43) in Apple Valley, California, USA
Still of Bette Davis and Victor Buono in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Still of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Victor Buono in 4 for Texas
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1982 The Flight of Dragons
Aragh (voice)
 
1981 Here's Boomer (TV series)
Dr. Frankenstein
– Camityville's Boomer (1981) … Dr. Frankenstein
 
1980-1981 Vega$ (TV series)
'Diamond' Jim
– Seek and Destroy (1981) … 'Diamond' Jim
– The Killing (1981) … 'Diamond' Jim
– A Deadly Victim (1980) … 'Diamond' Jim
– Black Cat Killer (1980) … 'Diamond' Jim
 
1980 Taxi (TV series)
Mr. Caldwell
– Going Home (1980) … Mr. Caldwell
 
1980 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Dr. Albert Z. Fell
– With Affection, Jack the Ripper/Gigolo (1980) … Dr. Albert Z. Fell
 
1980 More Wild Wild West (TV movie)
Dr. Henry Messenger
 
1980 The Man with Bogart's Face
Commodore Anastas
 
1980 Murder Can Hurt You! (TV movie)
Chief Ironbottom
 
1980 Katmandu (TV short)
 
1979 Better Late Than Never (TV movie)
Dr. Zoltan Polos
 
1979 The Return of Mod Squad (TV movie)
Keith Starr
 
1979 Supertrain (TV series)
Misto
– Hail to the Chief (1979) … Misto
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
President William Howard Taft
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … President William Howard Taft (credit only)
– Episode #1.1 (1979) … President William Howard Taft
 
1978 Flying High (TV series)
Smith
– South by Southwest (1978) … Smith
 
1978 The Evil
The Devil
 
1978 The Chinese Caper
Everett Maddox
 
1977 Man from Atlantis (TV series)
Dr. Schubert / Mr. Schubert
– Crystal Water, Sudden Death (1977) … Dr. Schubert
– Man O'War (1977) … Dr. Schubert
– The Hawk of Mu (1977) … Dr. Schubert
– The Mudworm (1977) … Dr. Schubert
– Melt Down (1977) … Mr. Schubert
See all 6 episodes »
 
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
Seth Taylor
– A Haunting We Will Go (1977) … Seth Taylor
 
1976 Sirota's Court (TV series)
– The Reporter (1976)
 
1976 Alice (TV series)
Mr. James
– The Last Review (1976) … Mr. James
 
1976 The Tony Randall Show (TV series)
Judge Bernard Gluck
– Case: The Ego Affair (1976) … Judge Bernard Gluck
 
1976 High Risk (TV movie)
Sebastian
 
1976 Brenda Starr (TV movie)
Lance O'Toole
 
1976 The Practice (TV series)
Bernard
– Jules and the Bum (1976) … Bernard
 
1976 Don Carmelo il capo
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Dr. Friedland
– The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) … Dr. Friedland
 
1975 Khan! (TV series)
– Khan (1975)
 
1973-1975 The Odd Couple (TV series)
Dr. Clove / Hugo Lovelace
– The Rent Strike (1975) … Hugo Lovelace
– The Exorcists (1973) … Dr. Clove
 
1974 Benjamin Franklin (TV mini-series)
– The Ambassador (1974)
 
1974 Moonchild
Maitre D'
 
1973 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
Nathan
– Corpse and Robbers (1973) … Nathan
 
1973 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Eric Damien
– The $100,000 Nickel (1973) … Eric Damien
 
1973 Mannix (TV series)
Hamilton Starr
– Search in the Dark (1973) … Hamilton Starr
 
1973 Arnold
Minister
 
1973 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Sam Adelbert
– Money to Burn (1973) … Sam Adelbert
 
1973 Crime Club (TV movie)
Judge Roger Knight
 
1973 The Lie (TV movie)
 
1972 Mod Squad (TV series)
Vlahos
– Sanctuary (1972) … Vlahos
 
1972 Assignment Vienna (TV series)
– Annalisa (1972)
 
1972 Goodnight, My Love (TV movie)
Julius Limeway
 
1972 The Wrath of God
Jennings
 
1972 Northeast of Seoul
Portman
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Customer / Vampire (segment "A Midnight Visit")
– House - With Ghost/A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank/Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator/Hell's Bells (1971) … Vampire (segment "A Midnight Visit")
– Satisfaction Guaranteed (1971) … Customer
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
Al Connors
– Operation: Bribery (1971) … Al Connors
 
1971 The Wild Season
 
1971 The Man with Icy Eyes
John Hammond
 
1971 The Mad Butcher
Otto Lehman
 
1970 Up Your Teddy Bear
Lyle "Skippy" Ferns
 
1970 Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Fat Man
 
1970 Get Smart (TV series)
Hannibal Day
– Moonlighting Becomes You (1970) … Hannibal Day
 
1969 Boot Hill
Honey Fisher
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Mr. Kent
– The Three Virgins of Rome (1969) … Mr. Kent
 
1969 Big Daddy
A. Lincoln Beauregard
 
1969 Target: Harry
Mosul Rashi
 
1969 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Mr. Vermillion
– Lucy Gets Her Man (1969) … Mr. Vermillion
 
1969 The Flying Nun (TV series)
Marko 'The Magnificent' Antonio
– Sister Socko in San Tanco (1969) … Marko 'The Magnificent' Antonio
 
1966-1968 Batman (TV series)
King Tut
– I'll Be a Mummy's Uncle (1968) … King Tut
– The Great Train Robbery (1968) … King Tut (uncredited)
– The Unkindest Tut of All (1967) … King Tut
– A Horse of Another Color (1967) … King Tut (uncredited)
– Batman's Waterloo (1967) … King Tut
See all 10 episodes »
 
1968 The Legend of Robin Hood (TV series)
Sir Guy
 
1967 Who's Minding the Mint?
Captain
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Mr. Quaife
– The Ballad of Sidewinder and Cherokee (1967) … Mr. Quaife
 
1967 T.H.E. Cat (TV series)
General Burek
– Lisa (1967) … General Burek
 
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Sir Cecil Seabrook
– The Phi Beta Killer Affair (1967) … Sir Cecil Seabrook
 
1965-1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Count Carlos Mario Vincenzo Robespierre Manzeppi / Juan Manolo aka Wing Fat
– The Night of the Feathered Fury (1967) … Count Carlos Mario Vincenzo Robespierre Manzeppi
– The Night of the Eccentrics (1966) … Count Carlos Mario Vincenzo Robespierre Manzeppi
– The Night of the Inferno (1965) … Juan Manolo aka Wing Fat
 
1967 Dick Tracy (TV short)
Mr. Memory
 
1962-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Alexander Glovatski / Ben Huggins / John Sylvester Fossette / …
– The Case of the Twice Told Twist (1966) … Ben Huggins
– The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1965) … Nathon Fallon
– The Case of the Simple Simon (1964) … John Sylvester Fossette
– The Case of the Absent Artist (1962) … Alexander Glovatski
 
1966 The Silencers
Tung-Tze
 
1966 I Spy (TV series)
Karafatma
– Turkish Delight (1966) … Karafatma
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Colonel Hubris
– The Deadly Goddess Affair (1966) … Colonel Hubris
 
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
General Leo Chareet / Grebb
– Russian Roulette (1965) … Grebb
– Memorandum for a Spy: Part 2 (1965) … General Leo Chareet
– Memorandum for a Spy: Part 1 (1965) … General Leo Chareet
 
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Tabor Ulrich
– The Cyborg (1965) … Tabor Ulrich
 
1965 Young Dillinger
Prof. Hofman
 
1965 Memorandum for a Spy (TV movie)
Leo Khareet
 
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
Sorak
 
1964 Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Big Sam
 
1964 Robin and the 7 Hoods
Sheriff Potts
 
1964 The Strangler
Leo Kroll
 
1963 4 for Texas
Harvey Burden (President, Galveston Savings & Trust)
 
1960-1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Bongo Bennie / Victor Traymund / Charlie Case / …
– 5: Part 2 (1963) … Victor Traymund
– 5: Part 1 (1963) … Victor Traymund
– The Disappearance (1962)
– Bullets for Santa (1961) … Charlie Case
– The Legend of Leckonby (1961) … Gunther
See all 7 episodes »
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Victor Buono
– Last of the Private Eyes (1963) … Victor Buono (unconfirmed)
 
1963 My Six Loves
Gatecrasher (uncredited)
 
1963 G.E. True (TV series)
Charles Colvin
– Firebug (1963) … Charles Colvin
 
1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Edwin Flagg
 
1961-1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Melanthos Moon / Parnise Surigao
– The Gang War (1962) … Parnise Surigao
– Mr. Moon (1961) … Melanthos Moon
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
Manrique
– Cross the Little Line (1962) … Manrique
 
1961 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Egeloff / Raul Malegra
– Point Zero (1961) … Egeloff
– Dragon Road (1961) … Raul Malegra
 
1961 The Detectives (TV series)
Gustafson
– A Piece of Tomorrow (1961) … Gustafson
 
1960-1961 Thriller (TV series)
Carolik / Dr. Van de Velde
– God Grante That She Lye Stille (1961) … Dr. Van de Velde
– Girl with a Secret (1960) … Carolik
 
1961 Everglades (TV series)
Wikkament
– Heat in Town (1961) … Wikkament
 
1961 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
– Pier 60 (1961)
 
1961 Harrigan and Son (TV series)
Dr. Blaine
– The Testimonial (1961) … Dr. Blaine
– Hans Is Hot (1961) … Dr. Blaine
– The Case of the Missing Case (1961) … Dr. Blaine
 
1960-1961 Sea Hunt (TV series)
Dr. Tank Wallace / Seminard
– The Saint Story (1961) … Dr. Tank Wallace
– Underwater Drop (1960) … Seminard
 
1961 The Guns of Navarone
Greek Cleric at Wedding Plaza (uncredited)
 
1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Calder Lamont
– The Trouble with Ernie (1961) … Calder Lamont
 
1960 Outlaws (TV series)
Mayor
– Starfall: Part 2 (1960) … Mayor
 
1960 Checkmate (TV series)
Carlos Rodriguez
– Moment of Truth (1960) … Carlos Rodriguez
 
1960 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Mr. Beamish
– Deadly Male (1960) … Mr. Beamish
 
1960 The Story of Ruth (uncredited)
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Ralph Babcock / Young
– The Earl of Durango (1960) … Ralph Babcock
– Blind Marriage (1960) … Young
 
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Joe Leslie
– Six Hours to Midnight (1960) … Joe Leslie
 
1959 Bronco (TV series)
Man on Train
– Night Train to Denver (1959) … Man on Train (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
1981 The Alan Thicke Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 September 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1971-1980 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 December 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 January 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 August 1973 (1973) … Himself
See all 15 episodes »
 
1980 Target... Earth? (documentary)
Homer the Archivist
 
1967-1972 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 September 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1967) … Himself
– Episode #2.4 (1967) … Himself
– Episode #2.3 (1967) … Himself
See all 17 episodes »
 
1970-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.216 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.265 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.169 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.138 (1970) … Himself
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Bette Davis (1971) … Himself
 
1967-1970 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 August 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1968-1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.66 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1968) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #4.36 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #3.141 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #3.131 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #3.47 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #3.25 (1968) … Himself
See all 14 episodes »
 
1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 March 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Everybody's Talking (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 August 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 August 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 February 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1963 The 35th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee:Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1985 Reel Horror
Skippy
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
 

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I've heard or read about actors being asked the immortal question 'Why have you never married?' They answer with the immortal excuse 'I just haven't found the right girl.' Because I'm on the hefty side, no one's asked me yet. If they do, that's the answer I'll give. After all, if it was good enough for Monty Clift or Sal Mineo... See more »

Trivia:

Will always be remembered by baby-boomers for his role as the villainous King Tut and Count Manzeppi on the Batman and The Wild Wild West TV series, respectively. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius