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)
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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

- Episode #24.180 (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:

Column, "It's Probably Too Late to Save Vietnam, but Whose Fault Is It?," Published in "The Los Angeles Times," 1 January 1965. 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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Personal Quote:

[to Gore Vidal in a heated on-air exchange,1968] Now listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I'll sock you in your goddamn face and you'll stay plastered. See more »

Trivia:

Brother of James Buckley, the U.S. senator from New York, who represented the Conservative Party. See more »

Trademark:

Patrician accent See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius

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