Editing Red Buttons (section)

== Accolades and honors ==
Throughout his career, Buttons received several awards and nominations for his work in both film and television.
{| class="wikitable"
!Accolade
!Year
!Category
!Nominated Work
!Result
!Ref
|-
|[[Academy Awards]]
|1958
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Sayonara]]''
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
|1959
|[[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Films]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1959/film/most-promising-newcomer-to-film |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>
|-
|[[Golden Boot Awards]]
|1984
|Honoree
|{{N/A}}
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]]
|1958
| rowspan="3" |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
|''Sayonara''
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Buttons |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/red-buttons |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=www.goldenglobes.com}}</ref>
|-
|1966
|''[[Harlot (1971 film)|Harlow]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1970
|''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Laurel Awards]]
|1958
|Top New Male Personality
|{{N/A}}
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="3" |
|-
|1958
| rowspan="2" |Top Male Supporting Performance
|''Sayonara''
|{{Won}}
|-
|1959
|''[[Imitation General]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|2005
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] <small>(for playing "Mr. Rubadoux. for episode "[[List of ER episodes|Ruby Redux]]")</small>
|''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Buttons |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/red-buttons |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Saturn Awards]]
|1977
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|''[[Pete's Dragon (1977 film)|Pete's Dragon]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Hollywood Walk of Fame|Walk of Fame]]
|1960
|[[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|Star on the Walk of Fame — Television]] <small>(February 8, 1960. At 1651 Vine Street.)</small>
|{{N/A}}
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2019 |title=Red Buttons |url=https://walkoffame.com/red-buttons/ |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}