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Acting

Red Buttons

Career: Active from 1944 to 1998, with a break from 1945 to 1956, busiest in 1962 and 1977 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: The New Original Wonder Woman
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Red Buttons Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
3.8, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Violence
2.9, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 4
Nostalgic 3
Historical Setting 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Lighthearted 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Wholesome 2
Musical 2
Charming 2
Fantasy Adventure 2
Wholesome Entertainment 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

3 titles · average score 68

Street Time

TV show · as Sam Kahan

Presidio Med

TV show · as Chick

Philly

68

TV show

1990s

8 titles · average score 62

The Story of Us

44

as Arnie Jordan

Family Law

74

TV show · as Carl Porter

Ghosts of Fear Street

as Grandpa

Early Edition

73

TV show · as Walter Stites

Cosby

41

TV show

79

TV show · as Ruby

It Could Happen to You

67

as Walter Zakuto

The Ambulance

55

as Elias Zacharai

1980s

15 titles · average score 60

18 Again!

41

as Charlie

Roseanne

71

TV show

It's Garry Shandling's Show

49

TV show · as Red Buttons

Alice in Wonderland

70

TV show · as White Rabbit

Reunion at Fairborough

75

as Jiggs Quealy

227

78

TV show

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Jake Bennett

Off Your Rocker

as Seymour Saltz

Leave 'Em Laughing

as Roland Green

Aloha Paradise

TV show · as Nick

When Time Ran Out...

21

as Francis Fendly

The Dream Merchants

60

TV show · as Bruce Benson

1970s

20 titles · average score 59

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

63

as Milton (voice)

C.H.O.M.P.S.

42

as Bracken

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Al Baker

Movie Movie

61

as Peanuts / Jinks Murphy

The Users

as Warren Ambrose

Pete's Dragon

56

as Hoagy

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Buddy Redmond / Jimmy Morrow

Telethon

as Marty Rand

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as William 'Willie' O'Hara

The Poseidon Adventure

74

as James Martin

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

54

as Mickey Isadore

George M!

as Sam Harris

1960s

22 titles · average score 64

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

79

as Sailor

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Norman

Stagecoach

53

as Peacock

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe

TV show · as Henry Wadsworth Phyfe

Harlow

55

as Arthur Landau

Up from the Beach

as PFC Harry Devine

Your Cheatin' Heart

64

as Shorty Younger

A Ticklish Affair

55

as Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley

Gay Purr-ee

64

as Robespierre (voice)

Five Weeks in a Balloon

48

as Donald O'Shay

Hatari!

68

as Pockets

The Longest Day

78

as Pvt. John Steele

1950s

9 titles · average score 65

The Big Circus

57

as Randy Sherman

A Marriage of Strangers

as Jerry

Startime

67

TV show · as Joe Henders

Imitation General

65

as Cpl. Chan Derby

Hansel and Gretel

as Hansel

Sayonara

76

as Joe Kelly

The United States Steel Hour

71

TV show

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Lieutenant George Poole / Tippy-Top

The Jackie Gleason Show

56

TV show

1940s

3 titles · average score 63

Suspense

62

TV show

Studio One

65

TV show · as St. Emergency

Winged Victory

63

as Whitey / Andrews Sister