William F. Buckley

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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Thanks

(1992)

...and Then There's Claude. Soundtrack

(2009)

LateLine William F. Buckley

(1999)

Clare Booth Luce: Hell on Heels Interviewee

(1998)

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Actor (2 credits)

1999 LateLine (TV Series)
William F. Buckley

- Pearce on Conan (1999) ... William F. Buckley

1998 Clare Booth Luce: Hell on Heels (TV Movie)
Interviewee

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Soundtrack (1 credit)

2009 ...and Then There's Claude. (Documentary short) (music: "Miles Gone By")

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

1992 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Documentary) (archive source: TV and video - as William F. Buckley Jr.)

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Thanks (3 credits)

2005 Tanker Time Bomb (TV Movie documentary) (special thanks)

1992 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Documentary) (acknowledgment - as William F. Buckley Jr.)

1986 What Happened to Kerouac? (Documentary) (thanks - as William Buckley)

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Self (46 credits)

2010 Norman Mailer: The American (Documentary)

2010 Fox News Reporting: The Right, All Along - The Rise, Fall and Future of Conservatism (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

2008 The Unseen Alistair Cooke (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2008 William F. Buckley: Right from the Start (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1995-2007 Charlie Rose (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 28 December 2007 (2007) ... Himself

- Episode dated 27 December 1999 (1999) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 9 January 1995 (1995) ... Himself

2006 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (Documentary)
Himself

2006 Pluck (Documentary short)

2005 Hannity & Colmes (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 10 May 2005 (2005) ... Himself

2004 Future of Conservatism (TV Movie)
Himself

2003 JFK: The Day That Changed America (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Columnist

2002 First Monday (TV Series)
Himself

- Showdown (2002) ... Himself

2000 The American President (TV Series documentary)
Theodore Roosevelt

- Expanding Power (2000) ... Theodore Roosevelt (voice)

2000 Dirty Pictures (TV Movie)
Himself (Special Appearances by) (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

2000 New York in the 50's (Documentary)
Himself

1966-1999 Firing Line (TV Series)
Himself - Host / Himself (for the positive) / Himself - For the Affirmative

- Philanthropy and the Conservative Movement (1999) ... Himself - Host

- A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the Evolutionists Should Acknowledge Creation (1997) ... Himself (for the positive) (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

- A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That Trade with China Should Not Be Interrupted (1997) ... Himself - Host

- On Impeachability (1997) ... Himself - Host

- A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the Environmentalists Are Going Too Far, Too Fast (1997) ... Himself - Host

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1997 Mike Wallace Remembers (TV Movie)
Himself

1994 The Odyssey of John Dos Passos (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

1994 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) ... Himself

1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.31 (1993) ... Himself

1992 Alistair Cooke Salute (TV Movie)
Himself

1992 Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (Documentary)
Himself

1990 Who Wrote Shakespeare's Works? (TV Movie documentary)
Moderator of Panel Discussion

1982-1989 Late Night with David Letterman (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 7 June 1989 (1989) ... Himself

- Episode #2.106 (1983) ... Himself

- Episode dated 27 September 1982 (1982) ... Himself

1988 All-Star Celebration: The '88 Vote (TV Special)
Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

1988 An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (TV Movie)
Himself

1966-1987 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Guest

- Episode #26.89 (1987) ... Himself - Guest

- William F. Buckley/John Larroquette/Joe Williams (1985) ... Himself

- Episode #23.6 (1984) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 17 September 1982 (1982) ... Himself

- Patrick Duffy/Red Buttons/Ann Reinking/William F. Buckley (1980) ... Himself

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1986 Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas (Documentary)
Himself

1983 Freedom to Speak (TV Mini-Series)
Himself - Host

- The American Dream (1983) ... Himself - Host (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

1980-1982 Today (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 7 January 1982 (1982) ... Himself

- Episode dated 14 February 1980 (1980) ... Himself

1979 Good Morning America (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 18 December 1979 (1979) ... Himself

1968-1978 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Himself - Author / Himself - Journalist / Himself - Columnist / ...

- Episode #17.170 (1978) ... Himself - Author

- Episode #15.101 (1976) ... Himself - Author

- Episode #14.31 (1974) ... Himself - Journalist

- Episode #12.42 (1972) ... Himself - Columnist

- Episode #7.249 (1968) ... Himself - Author

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1976 Donahue (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 9 December 1976 (1976) ... Himself

1975 Dinah! (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.31 (1975) ... Himself

1973 ABC Late Night (TV Series)

- That Was the Year That Was (1973)

1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #4.21 (1971) ... Himself

- Episode #2.249 (1970) ... Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

- Episode #2.39 (1969) ... Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

- Episode #1.32 (1969) ... Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

1970 Laugh-In (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #4.15 (1970) ... Himself

- Episode #4.14 (1970) ... Himself (uncredited)

1970 NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series)
Himself

- This Is Al Capp (1970) ... Himself

1969 NET Journal (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Conservative Mr. Buckley (1969) ... Himself

1969 The Leslie Uggams Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.1 (1969) ... Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

1967 The Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Himself

- Woody Allen Looks at 1967 (1967) ... Himself

1967 NBC television special: The Pursuit of Pleasure (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1965 Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

1964 The Les Crane Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.9 (1964) ... Himself

1962 The David Susskind Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 23 September 1962 (1962) ... Himself

1962 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #5.82 (1962) ... Himself

1952 Longines Chronoscope (TV Series)
Himself - Panelist

- Episode dated 28 March 1952 (1952) ... Himself - Panelist

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Archive footage (25 credits)

2017 The Andrew Klavan Show (TV Series)
Himself - 'Firing Line' Host

- The Hefner Legacy (2017) ... Himself - 'Firing Line' Host

2017 The Michael Knowles Show (TV Series)
Himself - 'Firing Line' Host

- RIP, Hef (2017) ... Himself - 'Firing Line' Host

2017 Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All (Documentary)
Himself

2015 Media Buzz (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 6 September 2015 (2015) ... Himself

2015 Conspiracy Theorists Lie (Documentary)
Himself

2015 Charlie Rose (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 31 July 2015 (2015) ... Himself - Guest

2015 The Seventies (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Host

- Battle of the Sexes (2015) ... Himself - Host

2015 Best of Enemies (Documentary)
Himself

2015 The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Documentary)
Himself - Firing Line (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

2014 The Sixties (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Host (as William F. Buckley, Jr.) / Himself - Conservative columnist

- Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll (2014) ... Himself - Host (as William F. Buckley, Jr.)

- 1968 (2014) ... Himself - Conservative columnist

2013 The Trials of Muhammad Ali (Documentary)
Himself

2013 Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (Documentary)
Himself

2012 How Playboy Changed the World (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2012 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012) ... Himself

2010 Public Speaking (Documentary)

2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (Documentary)
Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

2008 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary)
Himself (segment "Andy Rooney")

- The Wrong Medicine/The Science of Sleep (2008) ... Himself (segment "Andy Rooney")

2008 Democracy Now! (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 28 February 2008 (2008) ... Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

2001 A Huey P. Newton Story (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1999 The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (Documentary)
Himself

1997 No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997 (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1992 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Documentary)
Himself (as William F. Buckley Jr.)

1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #30.120 (1992) ... Himself

1986 What Happened to Kerouac? (Documentary)
Himself

1985 Kerouac, the Movie (Documentary)
Himself - Interviews Kerouac (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

(March 1 to April 8, 1989) His play, "Stained Glass," was performed in a Humana Festival production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with William McNulty (Count Axel Wintergrin); William Carden (Blackford Oakes); Adale O'Brien (Countess Wintergrin); Barbara Gulan (Erika Chadinoff); Donald Symington (... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 3 Print Biographies | 23 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Official Sites:

National Review (founder)

Alternate Names:

William F. Buckley Jr. | William Buckley

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich. See more »

Trivia:

Responding to Edward R. Murrow's public attacks on him, Joseph McCarthy challenged Morrow to debate Buckley about Communists within the U.S. Government. Morrow refused. See more »