Attended Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, DC.
Attended the Catholic University of America with actor Jon Voight during the 1950s. Along with Voight, he developed a comedy routine and came up with the stage name Henry Gibson. Voight used the name Harold Gibson and together they played two southern hillbillies. After this, Voight took up more serious acting whilst Henry Gibson carried on with his comedy routine, eventually landing his famous role on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1967), playing a southern poet.
Before appearing on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1967), he developed a nightclub act to perform his poems. It was during this time that he developed the character of a southern poet.
He had three sons: Jon Gibson, a business affairs executive at Universal Pictures; Charles Gibson, a director and two-time Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor; and James Gibson, a screenwriter.
He has appeared in episodes of three different series which featured witches: "Bewitched" (1964), "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) and "Charmed" (1998).
Henry Gibson is actually a stage name - he was born James Bateman. He named himself after Norwegian poet Henrik Ibsen because "...if you say his name with a Southern accent it sounds like Henry Gibson"
On the "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman" (1975) season one commentary, executive producer Douglas S. Cramer called him a 1960s and '70s comic genius.
So convincing was his southern poet character that Gibson once received a letter from the Governor of Alabama claiming he was "...one of the most exciting talents to come out of Alabama since Tallulah Bankhead".
The only male cast member of Nashville (1975) to receive a Golden Globe nomination for acting.