What is Victor Buono?
{{Infobox person | name = Victor Buono | image = | caption = | birth_name = Victor Charles Buono | birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|2|3}} | birth_place = [[San Diego, California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|1|1|1938|2|3}} | death_place = [[Apple Valley, California]], U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|recording artist}} | years_active = 1959–1981 | spouse = }} '''Victor Charles Buono''' (February 3, 1938{{spaced ndash}}January 1, 1982) was an American actor, comedian and recording artist. He was known for playing the villain King Tut in the television series ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' (1966–1968) and musician Edwin Flagg in ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'' (1962), for which he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. He was secretly [[gay]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Mann| first=William J.| title=Behind the screen: how gays and lesbians shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969| year=2001| publisher=Viking| location=New York| isbn=978-0-6700-3017-0| pages=[https://archive.org/details/behindscreenhowg00mann/page/340 340–348]| url=https://archive.org/details/behindscreenhowg00mann/page/340}}</ref> Buono died on January 1, 1982 in [[Apple Valley, California]] of a [[heart attack]], aged 43.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949485,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727054037/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949485,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 27, 2009| title=Milestones| date=January 18, 1982| magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| access-date=2009-05-01}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buono, Victor}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:1982 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from San Diego, California]] [[Category: