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'''Frank Buxton''' (born February 13, 1930 in [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]]) <ref>{{imdb name|id=0125518}}</ref> is an [[United States|America]]n [[actor]], [[television]] [[writer]] and [[television director|director]]. His first credit was host and producer of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television [[Documentary film|documentary]] series, ''[[Discovery (1960s TV 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. Frank also co-wrote ''The Big Broadcast'', a book on the golden age of radio; the book was co-written with [[Bill Owen (writer)|Bill Owen]], who succeeded Buxton as host of ''Discovery'' from 1966 to 1971. He also hosted the game show ''[[Get the Message (game show)|Get the Message]]'' for ABC in 1964, later to be replaced by [[Robert Q. Lewis]].

He currently resides in the Pacific Northwest, where he is active in community theatre and numerous philanthropic activities.

==Filmography==
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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actors from Massachusetts]]
[[Category:American voice actors]]
[[Category:American television writers]]
[[Category:American television directors]]
[[Category:People from Norfolk County, Massachusetts]]


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