Biography

Henry Beard was born on June 7, 1945 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier (1993), Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video (1997) and Bad Golf My Way (1994).

Friend of Douglas Kenney. They met while attending Harvard College, and they both served as editor of the Harvard Lampoon. In 1970 he was one of three former Harvard Lampoon editors to found National Lampoon magazine (the others were Douglas Kenney and Robert Hoffman).

Has written 39 short books of linguistically oriented humor, three guides to politically correct language and thee handbooks of Latin adapted to contemporary usage.

In 1968, Beard and Douglas Kenney wrote the successful parody Bored of the Rings.