Victor Buono, a 25-year-old screen newcomer, weighing 300 pounds, was cast as a mama’s boy in Robert Aldrich’s horror picture, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? in 1962.
Buono also appeared in another Bette Davis horror movie, the 1964 Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
He died in 1982, at age 43.
Oscar Context
In 1962, Victor Buono competed for the Supporting Actor Oscar with Ed Begley, who won for Sweet Bird of Youth, Telly Savalas in “Birdman of Alcatraz,” Omar Sharif in “Lawrence of Arabia,” and Terence Stamp in “Billy Budd.”
