Acting • AGE 87
Although Red Buttons is best known as a stand-up comic, he is also a successful songwriter, an Academy Award-winning actor (and has been nominated for two Golden Globe awards) and an accomplished sing...


Goodnight, We Love You
Self
2004

Presidio Med
Chick
2002

Street Time
Sam Kahan
2002

Philly
2001

The Story of Us
Arnie Jordan
1999

Family Law
Carl Porter
1999

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
1997

Early Edition
Walter Stites
1996

Cosby
1996

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Self
1995

ER
Ruby
1994

It Could Happen to You
Walter Zakuto
1994

The Ambulance
Elias Zacharai
1990

George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
Self - Burns Card Play Partner (uncredited)
1989

Roseanne
1988

18 Again!
Charlie
1988

It's Garry Shandling's Show
Red Buttons
1986

Alice in Wonderland
White Rabbit
1985

227
1985

Reunion at Fairborough
Jiggs Quealy
1985

Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985

The Cosby Show
Jake Bennett
1984

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
Self
1983

Off Your Rocker
Seymour Saltz
1982

Side Show
Harry Hubbell
1981

Leave 'Em Laughing
Roland Green
1981

Aloha Paradise
1981

The Dream Merchants
Bruce Benson
1980

When Time Ran Out...
Francis Fendly
1980

Pink Lady
Red Buttons
1980

Power
Solly Weiss
1980

Knots Landing
Al Baker
1979

C.H.O.M.P.S.
Bracken
1979

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Milton (voice)
1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
1979

Movie Movie
Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
1978

The Users
Warren Ambrose
1978

Vega$
1978

Fantasy Island
Tony Emerson
1978

Telethon
Marty Rand
1977

Pete's Dragon
Hoagy
1977

The Love Boat
Cyrus Foster
1977

Playboy's Playmate Party
1977

Viva Knievel!
Ben Andrews
1977

Joys
Self
1976

Gable and Lombard
Ivan Cooper
1976

Flannery and Quilt
Luke Flannery
1976

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976

The New Original Wonder Woman
Ashley Norman
1975

Wonder Woman
Ashley Norman
1975

Little House on the Prairie
William 'Willie' O'Hara
1974

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973

The Poseidon Adventure
James Martin
1972

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Mickey Isadore
1971

Great Performances
Self
1971

Breakout
Pipes
1970

George M!
Sam Harris
1970

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Sailor
1969

Love, American Style
Norman
1969

The Danny Thomas Hour
1967

The Jackie Gleason Show
1966

Stagecoach
Peacock
1966

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
Henry Wadsworth Phyfe
1966

The Dean Martin Show
1965

Harlow
Arthur Landau
1965

Up from the Beach
PFC Harry Devine
1965

Your Cheatin' Heart
Shorty Younger
1964

The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964

A Ticklish Affair
Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley
1963

Gay Purr-ee
Robespierre (voice)
1962

The Eleventh Hour
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962

The Longest Day
Pvt. John Steele
1962

Saints and Sinners
Joe Roganyan
1962

Five Weeks in a Balloon
Donald O'Shay
1962

Hatari!
Pockets
1962

One, Two, Three
MP Sergeant (uncredited)
1961

The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Host
1961

Frontier Circus
1961

Password
1961

Ben Casey
1961

Startime
Joe Henders
1959

The Big Circus
Randy Sherman
1959

A Marriage of Strangers
Jerry
1959

The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
1958

Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958

Imitation General
Cpl. Chan Derby
1958

Sayonara
Joe Kelly
1957

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956

The United States Steel Hour
1953

The Oscars
Self
1953

General Electric Theater
Lieutenant George Poole
1953

Footlight Varieties
Himself
1951

What's My Line?
Self
1950

Suspense
1949

Studio One
St. Emergency
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948

Winged Victory
Whitey / Andrews Sister
1944