What is Frank Buxton?
[[File:Frank Buxton.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Buxton in 1966]] '''Frank Buxton''' (February 13, 1930 – January 2, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] actor, television writer, author, and television director. He was born in [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.frankbuxton.com/bio.html|website=Frank Buxton|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-date=20 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220003112/http://www.frankbuxton.com/bio.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1966, Buxton teamed up with [[Hal Seeger]] in the animated cartoon series ''[[Batfink]]''. He also hosted the game show ''[[Get the Message (game show)|Get the Message]]'' for ABC in 1964. He also had movie roles in ''[[What's Up, Tiger Lily?]]'' and ''[[Overboard (movie)|Overboard]]''. For the 1970s, Buxton worked as a writer, producer and director for [[Paramount Television]]. He served as a story editor for the comedy anthology series ''[[Love, American Style]]'', in addition to writing and directing episodes of ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]'', ''[[Happy Days]]'' and ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''. Buxton died at his home in [[Bainbridge Island, Washington|Bainbridge Island]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] of complications from [[heart disease]] on January 2, 2018 at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frank-buxton-dead-odd-couple-happy-days-writer-director-was-87-1071374|last1=Barnes|first1=Mike|last2=Bartlett|first2=Rhett|title=Frank Buxton, Writer and Director on 'The Odd Couple' and 'Happy Days,' Dies at 87|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=January 3, 2018|access-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *{{IMDb name|id=0125518}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buxton, Frank}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television directo