Buckwheat Zydeco(1947-2016)

Actor
Composer
Soundtrack

Buckwheat Zydeco was born on 14 November 1947 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Mission to Mars (2000), Hard Target (1993) and Straw Dogs (2011). He was married to Bernite Dural. He died on 24 September 2016 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

Known for

Mission to Mars

5.7

Soundtrack

2000

Hard Target

6.2

Soundtrack

1993

Straw Dogs

5.9

Soundtrack

2011

Point of No Return

6.1

Soundtrack

1993

Credits

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Actor

Eddy Raven & Buckwheat Zydeco: New Orleans Is a Mighty Good Town
Music Video
- Buckwheat Zydeco
- 2002
Late Night with David Letterman
7.5
TV Series
- 1987

Composer

Soundtrack

Hit Man
6.8
- performer: "Space Zydeco"
- writer: "Space Zydeco"
- 2023
The Smurfs 2
5.3
- performer: "Tutti Frutti"
- 2013
Straw Dogs
5.9
- performer: "Hey Good Lookin'"
- 2011
Bones
7.8
TV Series
- performer: "Tee Nah Nah"
- 2006
Mission to Mars
5.7
- performer: "Ma 'Tit Fille"
- writer: "Ma 'Tit Fille"
- 2000
The Waterboy
6.2
- performer: "Hard Chargin'"
- 1998
Men Seeking Women
3.9
- performer: "Hey, Baby"
- 1997
Dunston Checks In
5.4
- performer: "Ooh-Wow"
- 1996
Tommy Boy
7.1
- performer: "Ooh Wow"
- 1995
Hard Target
6.2
- performer: "Won't You Let Me Go", "Hey Good Lookin'"
- writer: "Won't You Let Me Go"
- 1993
Point of No Return
6.1
- performer: "Zydeco Boogaloo"
- writer: "Zydeco Boogaloo"
- 1993
Doc Hollywood
6.3
- performer: "Buck's Nouvelle Jole Blon"
- writer: "Buck's Nouvelle Jole Blon"
- 1991
Fletch Lives
6.1
- performer: "Ain't No Use, Baby", "Buckwheat's Special", "1-4 Zydeco", "Zydeco Rock", "Bim Bam, Thank You Mam", "Hard Times", "Uptown Zydeco", "Make A Change"
- writer: "Ain't No Use, Baby", "Buckwheat's Special", "1-4 Zydeco", "Zydeco Rock", "Bim Bam, Thank You Mam", "Hard Times", "Uptown Zydeco", "Make A Change"
- 1989
Only Fools and Horses
9.0
TV Series
- performer: "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" (uncredited)
- 1989
Casual Sex?
5.1
- performer: "Space Zydeco"
- writer: "Space Zydeco"
- 1988

Personal details

Official site
- Official Site
Born
- November 14, 1947
- Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Died
- September 24, 2016
- Lafayette, Louisiana, USA(lung cancer)
Spouse
- Bernite Dural? - September 25, 2016 (5 children)
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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Trivia
He first took up the organ and rhythm and blues, as part of Sam and the Untouchables, and funk and soul as bandleader of Buckwheat and The Hitchhikers. The 15-piece band did well, traveling across the region and recording, but they broke up in the mid 1970s. He played organ with Clifton Chenier's band, and left to form Buckwheat Zydeco and the Ils Sont Partis Band.