Buz Kohan

Career Overview

Buz Kohan has 53 screen credits in a career dating back to 1953. Signature works include Sinatra: 80 Years My Way, Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home, Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

53

Birth Date

1933-08-09

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
• 

  Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home
• 

  Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
• 

  Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Real Love
• 

  Motown Returns to the Apollo
• 

  EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration

Frequent Collaborators

• Little Richard (3 collaborations)
• Patti LaBelle (2 collaborations)
• Dolly Parton (2 collaborations)
• Bill Cosby (2 collaborations)
• Frank Sinatra (1 collaborations)
• Bruce Springsteen (1 collaborations)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger (1 collaborations)
• Natalie Cole (1 collaborations)
• Patrick Swayze (1 collaborations)
• Lisa Niemi (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (2 credits)

  • Michael Jackson, Gone Too Soon

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Will & Grace

    - How To Succeed In Business Without Really Crying (2017) ... Buz actor actors
    2017

• writing (46 credits)

  • The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special

    writer

    writing
    2017
  • Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials

    writer

    writing
    2010
  • Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

    writer

    writing
    1995
  • Comic Relief VI

    writer

    writing
    1994
  • Bob Hope: The First 90 Years

    writer

    writing
    1993
  • Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home

    writer

    writing
    1990
  • Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

    writer

    writing
    1990
  • Julie Andrews in Concert

    writer

    writing
    1990
  • Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas

    writer

    writing
    1987
  • Nell Carter... Never Too Old to Dream

    writer

    writing
    1986
  • Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa

    writer

    writing
    1985
  • Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Real Love

    writer

    writing
    1985
  • The Shirley MacLaine Show

    writer

    writing
    1985
  • Motown Returns to the Apollo

    writer

    writing
    1985
  • Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember

    writer

    writing
    1984
  • Here's Television Entertainment

    writer

    writing
    1983
  • Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

    writer

    writing
    1983
  • EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration

    writer

    writing
    1982
  • The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

    writer

    writing
    1982
  • Baryshnikov in Hollywood

    writer

    writing
    1982
  • Doug Henning's World of Magic

    writer

    writing
    1982
  • Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary

    writer

    writing
    1982
  • Good Evening, Captain

    writer

    writing
    1981
  • Sixty Years of Seduction

    writer

    writing
    1981
  • John Denver with His Special Guest George Burns: Two of a Kind

    writer

    writing
    1981
  • Diana

    writer

    writing
    1981
  • Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev

    writer

    writing
    1980
  • Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'

    writer

    writing
    1980
  • Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls

    writer

    writing
    1980
  • Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

    writer

    writing
    1980
  • Cher... and Other Fantasies

    writer

    writing
    1979
  • The New Adventures of Heidi

    lyricist

    writing
    1978
  • Cher... Special

    writer

    writing
    1978
  • Doug Henning's World of Magic

    writer

    writing
    1977
  • Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back

    writer

    writing
    1977
  • Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

    writer

    writing
    1977
  • Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

    writer

    writing
    1977
  • Christmas in Disneyland

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • Doug Henning's World of Magic

    writer

    writing
    1976
  • Ann-Margret Smith

    writer

    writing
    1975
  • Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

    writer

    writing
    1973
  • Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas

    writer

    writing
    1971
  • Bing Crosby: Cooling It

    writer

    writing
    1970
  • Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love

    writer

    writing
    1969
  • TCB

    writer

    writing
    1968
  • The Oscars

    - 83rd Academy Awards (2011) ... writer writing

    - 82nd Academy Awards (2010) ... writer writing

    - 81st Academy Awards (2009) ... writer writing

    - 80th Academy Awards (2008) ... writer writing

    - 79th Academy Awards (2007) ... writer writing
    1953

• production (2 credits)

  • Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

    producer

    production
    1983
  • Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show

    producer

    production
    1973

• sound (3 credits)

  • Night of 100 Stars

    original music composer

    sound
    1982
  • The New Adventures of Heidi

    music

    sound
    1978
  • Nude in Charcoal

    music

    sound
    1961