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 (...
Now living in the Seattle area, Buxton regularly appears on the cooking/comedy webcast "Cookus Interruptus" and performs improv comedy. [February 2009]
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Was the bartender in a play called "Three Men on a Horse" with the legendary Buster Keaton at the Berkshire Playhouse, Summerstock in 1949.
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From November 1962 to 1969, Frank Buxton and actress/singer Virginia Gibson hosted the children's TV news magazine and travelogue, Discovery (1962), which was seen weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings on the ABC-TV network. Mr. Buxton served as the director during the show's last season, while the show's announcer, Bill Owen, served as the program's last co-host.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Indian Taker
1967
TV Short
Bat Patrol
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go
The Mark of Zero
1967
TV Short
Crime College
1967
TV Short
Goo-Goo a Go-Go
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go
Ringading Brothers
1967
TV Short
Batfink / The Ring-A-Ding Acrobat
Spin the Batfink
1967
TV Short
Batfink
M.P.F.T.B.R.M.
1967
TV Short
Batfink on the Rocks
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go / Various Characters
Ebenezer the Freezer
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-GO
Manhole Manny
1967
TV Short
Batfink Karate / The Chief Of Police / Manhole Manny
The Chocolate Covered Diamond
1967
TV Short
The Mad Movie Maker
1967
TV Short
Batfink
The Sonic Boomer
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Mr. Boomer
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966
Vocal Assist (voice)
Pink Pearl of Persia
1966
TV Short
Batfink
The Short Circuit Case
1966
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go
Get the Message
1964
TV Series
Host
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1959
TV Series
Gene Kirby
Two Friends
2013
Short
Bobby
Grassroots
2012
Old Man (uncredited)
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
2003
TV Movie
Doctor
The Fugitive
2000
TV Series
Priest
Roomates
1994
TV Movie
Mr. Thomas
All-New Dennis the Menace
1993
TV Series
With a Vengeance
1992
TV Movie
Dr. Rob Appling
Face of a Stranger
1991
TV Movie
Al Leeds
Frankie and Johnny
1991
Minister
Dark Avenger
1990
TV Movie
The Judge
The Bakery
1990
TV Movie
Frank
Garfield and Friends
1989
TV Series
Repairman
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
1989
TV Series
Mr. Starfish
Beaches
1988
Doctor
Overboard
1987
Elk Cove: Wilbur Budd
The Romance of Betty Boop
1985
TV Short
Parrot (voice, as Frank W. Buxton)
No Man's Valley
1981
TV Short
Elliot the condor (voice)
The Odd Couple
1974
TV Series
TV Announcer
Batfink: This Is Your Life
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go / Various Characters
Ego A-Go-Go
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go
The Baffling Bluffs of Hugo a Go-Go
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go
The Atom Boom
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go
Bouncey Bouncey Batfink
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Various Characters
Presto-Chango-Hugo
1967
TV Short
Backwards Box
1967
TV Short
Batfink / Hugo-A-Go-Go
The Kooky Chameleon
1967
TV Short
The Human Pretzel
1967
TV Short
Hugo for Mayor
1967
TV Short
Swami Salami
1967
TV Short
Crimes in Rhymes
1967
TV Short
Goldstinger
1967
TV Short
Stupidman
1967
TV Short
Dig That Crazy Mountain
1967
TV Short
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Live from Planet Earth
1987
TV Special
Mork & Mindy
1981
TV Series 4 episodes
Happy Days
1974-1976
TV Series 3 episodes
The Odd Couple
1973-1975
TV Series 9 episodes
Love, American Style
1972
TV Series 1 episode
Hot Dog
1970
TV Series 1 episode
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
No Man's Valley
1981
TV Short written by
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special
1981
TV Movie documentary
One Day at a Time
1976
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Happy Days
1974-1975
TV Series written by - 3 episodes
The Odd Couple
1972-1975
TV Series written by - 5 episodes
The Bob Newhart Show
1973
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Making of 'Silent Running'
1972
Documentary
Love, American Style
1972
TV Series 1 episode
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Odd Couple
1973
TV Series producer - 7 episodes
Hot Dog
1970
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Children's Letters to God
1969
TV Short producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
We Were Here
2011/I
Documentary major donor - as Cynthia Lovelace Sears and Frank Buxton