Biography: 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, NY and Chicago, IL and then began his performing career as a stand-up comedian, TV host ("Discovery", "Get The Message"), and stage performer ("Br ... show all 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, NY and Chicago, IL and then began his performing career as a stand-up comedian, TV host ("Discovery", "Get The Message"), and stage performer ("Brigadoon", "Bye Bye Birdie", "The Tender Trap", etc.). His television writing, producing and directing work included "The Odd Couple", "Happy Days", "Mork and Mindy", among many others, and he created the Peabody Award-winning series "Hot Dog" for NBC which starred Woody Allen and Jonathan Winters . As a film and TV actor he has appeared in "Overboard", "Beaches", "Frankie and Johnnie", "Face of a Stranger" (TV), "With a Vengeance" (TV) and "Roommates" (TV) as well as many series and specials. He wrote and created voices for Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lilly?" and has done cartoon and commercial voices for innumerable projects. hide |
