Buddy Hackett

Career timeline

1. 1924 · Born

   Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

2. 1938 · Screen debut

   Saturday Night Swing Club (Movie)

3. 1983 · Writing debut

   Buddy Hackett: Live and Uncensored (Movie)

4. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Little Mermaid (Movie)

5. 2003 · Died

   June 30, 2003

6. 2023 · Latest release

   It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1930s

9 1950s

15 1960s

7 1970s

8 1980s

12 1990s

3 2000s

1 2010s

1 2020s

• Comedy37
• Family15
• Drama12
• Animation7
• Fantasy6
• Crime5

Highest-rated title Boy Meets World 1993 8.3 Most popular title The Little Mermaid 1989 7.4

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Buddy Hackett in our catalogue.

Lawrence Dobkin

3 titles together

Will Ryan

2 titles together

Kenneth Mars

2 titles together

Tress MacNeille

2 titles together

Edie McClurg

2 titles together

Christopher Daniel Barnes

2 titles together

Rob Paulsen

2 titles together

Robert Mitchum

2 titles together

Nancy Cartwright

2 titles together

Sid Caesar

2 titles together

1. 2023 It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point as Benjy Benjamin (archive footage) Movie
2. 2019 The Little Mermaid Live! as Scuttle (archive footage) (voice) 6.7 Movie
3. 2002 The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s Movie
4. 2001 Man and Cat as Narrator Movie
5. 2000 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea as Scuttle (voice) 6.4 Movie
6. 1999 Action as Uncle Lonnie 6.7 TV
7. 1998 Paulie as Artie 7.1 Movie
8. 1998 LateLine TV
9. 1997 Just Shoot Me! as Buddy Hackett 6.7 TV
10. 1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Car (voice) 7.8 TV
11. 1993 Boy Meets World as Mr. Fontaine 8.3 TV
12. 1993 Animaniacs as CEO (voice) 8.0 TV
13. 1993 Mouse Soup as Mouse Movie
14. 1992 Fish Police as Crabby (voice) TV
15. 1991 Dinosaurs as Louie (voice) 7.8 TV
16. 1990 Little Mermaid's Island as Scuttle (voice) TV
17. 1990 Ferris Bueller as Emcee TV
18. 1989 The Little Mermaid as Scuttle (voice) 7.4 Movie
19. 1988 Scrooged as Self 6.8 Movie
20. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Murray Gruen 7.5 TV
21. 1983 There Goes the Neighborhood as Leonard 'Boxcar' Mumfred Movie
22. 1983 Hey Babe! as Sammy Cohen Movie
23. 1981 The Fall Guy 7.7 TV
24. 1979 Jack Frost as Pardon-Me-Pete (voice) 6.5 Movie
25. 1978 Bud and Lou as Lou Costello Movie
26. 1978 Sword of Justice TV
27. 1978 Loose Shoes as Buddy Hackett - S.T.O.P.-I.T. Spokesman 3.9 Movie
28. 1977 The Love Boat as Mickey Greenbaum 6.3 TV
29. 1976 Quincy, M.E. as Ronnie Fletcher 7.5 TV
30. 1971 McMillan & Wife as Joey Germaine 6.9 TV
31. 1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Ed - Townsman (uncredited) 5.5 Movie
32. 1968 The Love Bug as Tennessee Steinmetz 6.6 Movie
33. 1967 The Danny Thomas Hour as Zeus TV
34. 1965 Get Smart as Wilbur (uncredited) 8.0 TV
35. 1965 The Dean Martin Show TV
36. 1965 The Big Valley as Charlie Sawyer 6.2 TV
37. 1965 Once Upon a Tractor as Garage Owner Movie
38. 1964 The Golden Head as Lionel Pack Movie
39. 1964 Muscle Beach Party as The Rich Business Manager 5.7 Movie
40. 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Benjy Benjamin 7.0 Movie
41. 1962 The Lucy Show as Harry Barton 7.1 TV
42. 1962 The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as Hans (segment "The Singing Bone") 5.9 Movie
43. 1962 The Music Man as Marcellus Washburn 7.1 Movie
44. 1961 Everything's Ducky as Seaman Admiral John Paul 'Ad' Jones Movie
45. 1961 All Hands on Deck as Shrieking Eagle Garfield Movie
46. 1958 The Rifleman 7.1 TV
47. 1958 God's Little Acre as Pluto Swint, Sheriff Candidate 6.2 Movie
48. 1956 Stanley TV
49. 1954 Tonight Starring Steve Allen TV
50. 1954 Max Liebman Presents TV
51. 1954 Fireman Save My Child as Smokey Hinkle Movie
52. 1953 Walking My Baby Back Home as Blimp Edwards Movie
53. 1952 The Jackie Gleason Show TV
54. 1950 King of the Pins as Inept Bowler Movie
55. 1938 Saturday Night Swing Club as Orchestra Leader Movie

1. 1986 Buddy Hackett II: On Stage At Caesars Movie
2. 1983 Buddy Hackett: Live and Uncensored Movie

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