Frank Buxton

Frank Buxton (b. February 13, 1930-d. January 2, 2018) was an American actor, television writer, author and television director.

Career
Buxton's first credit was host and producer of the ABC television documentary series Discovery in which he hosted from 1962 to 1966. Buxton also did the narration, as well as all of the voices for the "Silly Record" LP (1962 on Harmony Records).

In 1966, Buxton teamed up with Hal Seeger in the animate cartoon series Batfink providing the voice for the title character in all 100 episodes as well as its recurring villain Hugo A-Go-Go. Frank co-wrote The Big Broadcast a book on the golden age of radio; the book was co-written with Bill Owen, who succeeded Buxton as host of Discovery from 1966 to 1971. He also hosted the short-lived daytime network game show Get the Message for ABC from March until September in 1964, later to be replaced by Robert Q. Lewis from September until December. He also had movie roles in What's Up, Tiger Lily? and Overboard.

For much of 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, Happy Days and Mork & Mindy.

Buxton also created, wrote, produced and directed the television series Hot Dog for NBC, which starred Woody Allen, Tom Smothers, Jonathan Winters and Joanne Worley. The series won a Peabody Award in 1970.

In the 80s, Buxton was the voice of Mr. Starfish in the cartoon Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.

He spent the end of his life in Brainbridge Island, Washington when he was active in community theatre and numerous philanthropic activities. Frank continued to perform regularly with The Edge, an improvisational comedy group at Brainbridge Performing Arts. He was also a regular cast member on the web cooking show Cooking Interruptus.

Death
On January 2, 2018. Buxton died in Brainbridge Island, Washington due to heart-related issues. At the time of his death, he was still active in local theater and improve.

Show he Hosted
Get the Message (1964)