Career
Buxton's first credit was host and producer of the ABC television documentary series, Discovery, which he hosted from 1962 to 1966.
In 1966 he teamed up with Hal Seeger in the animated cartoon series Batfink. Frank provided the voice for Batfink in all 100 episodes. He also voiced 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 game show Get the Message for ABC in 1964, later to be replaced by Robert Q. Lewis. He also had movie roles in What's Up, Tiger Lily? and Overboard.
He created, wrote, produced and directed the television series Hot Dog for NBC-TV, which starred Woody Allen, Tom Smothers, Jonathan Winters, and Joanne Worley which won a Peabody Award in 1970.
He currently resides in Bainbridge Island, Washington, where he is active in community theatre and numerous philanthropic activities. Frank continues to perform regularly with The Edge, an improvisational comedy group at Bainbridge Performing Arts. He is also a regular cast member on the web cooking show Cookus Interruptus.
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