--- name: "Victor Buono" canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-buono" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 February 1938" died: "1 January 1982" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T16:45:17.822879+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Victor Buono Actor. Born 3 February 1938 in San Diego, California, United States. Died 1 January 1982. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 February 1938, San Diego, California, United States - **Died:** 1 January 1982 - **Also known as:** Victor Charles Buono, ویکتور بونو - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Buono, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557601, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120658/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24811 ## Biography Victor Buono was an American actor. Born in San Diego, California, on 3 February 1938, he began performing in high-school productions and studied at the Globe Theater in San Diego. A Warner Bros. talent scout saw him there in 1959 and arranged a screen test. Buono made his film debut as Edwin Flagg in *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1962), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He appeared in *Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte* (1964), *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965) and *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970) as the Fat Man. On television he played King Tut in the series *Batman* (1966–1968) and guest-starred in series including *Get Smart* and *Hawaii Five-O*. He also worked as a comic and recording artist. Buono died on 1 January 1982. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, planetoftheapes.fandom.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), Fi1m 50, as Fat Man — [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) ## Complete filmography (94) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Reel Horror* (1985), as Skippy (archive footage) - *The Flight of Dragons* (1982), as Aragh (voice) - *Here's Boomer* (1981), series, Actor - *More Wild Wild West* (1980), as Dr. Henry Messenger - *The Man with Bogart's Face* (1980), as Commodore Anastas - *Target... Earth?* (1980), as Homer The Archivist - *Murder Can Hurt You!* (1980), as Chief Ironbottom - *Better Late Than Never* (1979), as Dr. Zoltan Polos - *The Return of Mod Squad* (1979), as Keith Starr - *Supertrain* (1979), series, as Misto - *Backstairs at the White House* (1979), series, as Pres. William Howard Taft - *Flying High* (1978), series, Actor - *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor - *Taxi* (1978), series, as Mr. Caldwell - *The Evil* (1978), as The Devil - *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Dr. Albert Z. Fell / Jack the Ripper - *Man from Atlantis* (1977), series, as Mr. Schubert - *Man from Atlantis* (1977), as Mr. Schubert - *The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries* (1977), series, Actor - *Sirota's Court* (1976), series, Actor - *The Tony Randall Show* (1976), series, as Bernard Gluck - *Alice* (1976), series, Actor - *High Risk* (1976), as Sebastian - *Brenda Starr* (1976), as Lance O'Toole - *The Practice* (1976), series, Actor - *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, as Dr. Friedland - *Khan!* (1975), series, Actor - *The Chinese Caper* (1975), Actor - *The Lives of Benjamin Franklin* (1974), series, Actor - *Moonchild* (1974), as Maitre D' - *Northeast of Seoul* (1974), as Portman - *The Snoop Sisters* (1973), series, as Nathan - *Arnold* (1973), as Minister - *Orson Welles' Great Mysteries* (1973), series, as Sam Adelbert - *The Lie* (1973), as Bancks - *Crime Club* (1973), as Judge Roger Knight - *Goodnight, My Love* (1972), as Julius Limeway - *The Wrath of God* (1972), as Jennings - *The Trial of Socrates* (1971), as Socrates - *The Man with Icy Eyes* (1971), as John Hammond - *The Mad Butcher* (1971), as Otto Lehman - *The Wild Season* (1971), as Horacio Fatt - *Up Your Teddy Bear* (1970), as Lyle "Skippy" Ferns - *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Vampire - *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Dr. Clove, Hugo Lovelace - *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), as Fat Man — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) - *Boot Hill* (1969), as Honey Fisher - *Big Daddy* (1969), as A. Lincoln Beauregard - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Eric Damien - *Target: Harry* (1969), as Mosul Rashi - *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, as Alexander Vlahos - *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Mr. Vermillion - *The Legend of Robin Hood* (1968), as Sir Guy - *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Mr. Kent - *Who's Minding the Mint?* (1967), as Captain - *Mannix* (1967), series, as Hamilton Starr - *The Danny Thomas Hour* (1967), series, as Hippie - *The Flying Nun* (1967), series, as Marko - *Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO* (1967), as Mr. Memory - *T.H.E. Cat* (1966), series, as General Burek - *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966), series, as Sir Cecil Seabrook - *The Silencers* (1966), as Tung-Tze - *Batman* (1966), series, as King Tut - *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Hannibal Day - *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, as Count Carlos Manzeppi, Wing Fat, Count Carlos Mario Vincenzo Robespierre Manzeppi - *Young Dillinger* (1965), as Prof. Hofman - *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965), as Sorak - *Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte* (1964), as Big Sam Hollis - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Mr. Quaife - *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Colonel Hubris - *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1964), series, as Tabor Ulrich - *Robin and the 7 Hoods* (1964), as Sheriff Potts - *The Strangler* (1964), as Leo Kroll - *4 for Texas* (1963), as Harvey Burden - *My Six Loves* (1963), as Man at Press Party (uncredited) - *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1962), as Edwin Flagg - *General Electric True* (1962), series, Actor - *The New Loretta Young Show* (1962), series, as Ralph Fraser - *Everglades* (1961), series, Actor - *The New Breed* (1961), series, as Manrique - *Harrigan and Son* (1960), series, Actor - *Surfside 6* (1960), series, as Mr. Beamish - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Carolik, Dr. Van de Velde - *The Story of Ruth* (1960), as Guard (uncredited) - *The Detectives* (1959), series, as Gustafson - *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Parnise Surigao, Melanthos Moon - *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, as Malegra, Egeloff - *Bourbon Street Beat* (1959), series, Actor - *The Rebel* (1959), series, as Young, Ralph Babcock - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Bennie, Gunther, Bongo Bennie, Charlie Case, Stanison, Victor Traymund - *Sea Hunt* (1958), series, as Seminard, Dr. Tank Wallace - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Alexander Glovatski, John Sylvester Fossette, Nathon Fallon, Ben Huggins - *Sugarfoot* (1957), series, as S. F. Bartender (uncredited) - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Bagoas ## Gallery - ![Victor Buono in 1972, in a promotional picture of the series "The Mod Squad"](https://film.one/media/person/1097653/gallery-964832310152.jpg) Victor Buono in 1972, in a promotional picture of the series "The Mod Squad" — ABC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Victor_Buono_1972.jpg/1280px-Victor_Buono_1972.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Victor Buono in 1972, in a promotional picture of the series "The Mod Squad"](https://film.one/media/person/1097653/gallery-d46f11172e62.jpg) Victor Buono in 1972, in a promotional picture of the series "The Mod Squad" — ABC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Victor_Buono_1972_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Victor Buono](https://film.one/media/person/1097653/gallery-b47194ff1054.jpg) Victor Buono — Image via TMDB - ![Victor Buono](https://film.one/media/person/1097653/gallery-eb07fd6bd9ef.jpg) Victor Buono — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1963: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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