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==Filmography== === Film === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1944 |''[[Winged Victory (film)|Winged Victory]]'' |Whitey/Andrews Sister |credited as Cpl. Red Buttons |- |1946 |''[[13 Rue Madeleine]]'' |Second Jump Master |uncredited |- |1951 |''[[Footlight Varieties]]'' |Red Buttons | |- |1957 |''[[Sayonara]]'' |Joe Kelly | |- |1958 |''[[Imitation General]]'' |Corporal Chan Derby | |- |1959 |''[[The Big Circus]]'' |Randy Sherman | |- |1961 |''[[One, Two, Three]]'' |Military Police Sergeant |uncredited |- |1962 |''[[Hatari!]]'' |Pockets | |- |1962 |''[[Five Weeks in a Balloon (film)|Five Weeks in a Balloon]]'' |Donald O'Shay | |- |1962 |''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' |Private John Steele | |- |1962 |''[[Gay Purr-ee]]'' |Robespieree |Voice Role |- |1963 |''[[A Ticklish Affair]]'' |Flight Officer Simon "Uncle Cy" Shelley | |- |1964 |''[[Your Cheatin' Heart (film)|Your Cheatin' Heart]]'' |Shorty Younger | |- |1965 |''[[Up from the Beach]]'' |Private first class Harry Devine | |- |1965 |''[[Harlow (Paramount film)|Harlow]]'' |Arthur Landau | |- |1966 |''[[Stagecoach (1966 film)|Stagecoach]]'' |Peacock | |- |1969 |''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]'' |Sailor | |- |1971 |''[[Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?]]'' |Mickey Isador | |- |1972 |''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' |James Martin | |- |1976 |''[[Gable and Lombard]]'' |Ivan Cooper | |- |1977 |''[[Viva Knievel!]]'' |Ben Andrews | |- |1977 |''[[Pete's Dragon (1977 film)|Pete's Dragon]]'' |Hoagy | |- |1978 |''[[Movie Movie]]'' |Peanuts/Jinks Murphy |Both segments of film |- |1979 |''[[C.H.O.M.P.S.]]'' |Bracken | |- |1980 |''[[When Time Ran Out]]...'' |Francis Fendly | |- |1988 |''[[18 Again!]]'' |Charlie | |- |1990 |''[[The Ambulance]]'' |Elias Zacharai | |- |1994 |''[[It Could Happen to You (1994 film)|It Could Happen to You]]'' |Walter Zakuto | |- |1999 |''[[The Story of Us (1999 film)|The Story of Us]]'' |Arnie Jordan | |- |2001 |''Odessa or Bust'' |The Old Man |Short Film |} === Television === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1948 |''[[Texaco Star Theater|The Milton Berle Show]]'' |Himself β Comedian |"Red Buttons/Judy Canova/The Crackerjacks/Ella Logan/Russell Swan" |- |1951 |''[[Suspense (radio drama)|Suspense]]'' |unknown role |"Merryman's Murder" |- |1952β55 |''[[The Red Buttons Show]]'' |Himself (Host) |4 episodes |- |1952β66 |''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' |Himself (Comedian/Singer) |recurring role (10 episodes) |- |1956 |''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]'' |St. Emergency |"The Tale of St. Emergency" |- |1958 |''Hansel and Gretel'' |Hansel |TV movie |- |1958 |''[[The Eddie Fisher Show]]'' |Himself |2 episodes |- |1959 |''[[Playhouse 90]]'' |Jerry |"A Marriage of Strangers" |- |1959 |''[[Startime (American TV series)|Startime]]'' |Joe Henders |"Something Special" |- |1959β61 |''[[General Electric Theater]]'' |Tippy-Top/Lieutenant George Poole |2 episodes |- |1960 |''[[Death Valley Days]]'' |Levi Strauss |"The Million Dollar Pants" |- |1960 |''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'' |Inspector Plover |"The Case of the Missing Wife" |- |1962 |''[[Frontier Circus]]'' |Earl Youngblood |"Never Won Fair Lady" |- |1962 |''[[Saints and Sinners (1962 TV series)|Saints and Sinners]]'' |Joe Roganyan |"All the Hard Young Men" |- |1962 |''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]'' |Himself (Celebrity Contestant) |"Jane Powell vs. Red Buttons" |- |1982β85 |''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' |Himself |recurring role (17 episodes) |- |1963 |''[[20th Golden Globe Awards|20th Annual Golden Globes]]'' |Himself (Host) |TV special |- |1964 |''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' |Cody Evans |"Sunday Father" |- |1964 |''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' |Walter Wallace |"The Last of the Strongmen" |- |1965 |''[[Ben Casey]]'' |Bill Jacoby |"Journeys End in Lovers Meeting" |- |1965β66 |''[[The Andy Williams Show]]'' |Himself |2 episodes |- |1966 |''[[The Double Life of Henry Phyfe]]'' |Henry Wadsworth Phyfe |series regular (17 episodes) |- |1966β73 |''[[The Pepsodent Show|The Bob Hope Show]]'' |Himself |3 episodes |- |1967 |''[[The Danny Thomas Hour]]'' |Al Risko |"The Zero Man" |- |1967β68 |''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' |Himself |2 episodes |- |1967β74 |''[[The Merv Griffin Show]]'' |Himself |recurring role (16 episodes) |- |1968β69 |''[[The Jackie Gleason Show]]'' |Himself |2 episodes |- |1969β70 |''[[Love, American Style]]'' |Norman (segment "Love and the Geisha") |2 episodes |- |1970 |''[[George M!]]'' |Sam H. Harris |TV movie |- |1970β73 |''[[Hollywood Squares|The Hollywood Squares]]'' |Himself (Panelist) |3 episodes |- |1970 |''Breakout'' |Pipes |TV movie |- |1973 |''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]'' |Alexander |"Alexander" |- |1975 |''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' |William "Willie" O'Hara |"Circus Man" |- |1975 |''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'' |Ashley Norman |"The New Original Wonder Woman" |- |1975 |''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' |Himself (Special Guest) |"#5.1" |- |1975β84 |''[[The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast|Dean Martin Celebrity Roast]]'' |Himself |14 episodes<br/>β "Valerie Harper" (1975)<br/>β "Muhammad Ali" (1976)<br/>β "Dennis Weaver" (1976)<br/>β "Joe Gargaiola" (1976)<br/>β "Danny Thomas" (1976)<br/>β "Angie Dickinson" (1977)<br/>β "Gabe Kaplan" (1977)<br/>β "Ted Knight" (1977)<br/>β "Peter Marshall" (1977)<br/>β "Dan Haggerty" (1977)<br/>β "Frank Sinatra" (1978)<br/>β "Jack Klugman" (1978)<br/>β "Jimmy Stewart" (1978)<br/>β "George Burns" (1978)<br/>β "Betty White" (1978)<br/>β "Suzanne Somers" (1978)<br/>β "Joe Namath" (1979)<br/>β Joan Collins" (1984)<br/>β "Mr. T." (1984) |- |1976 |''Louis Armstrong β Chicago Style'' |Red Cleveland |TV movie |- |1976 |''Flannery and Quilt'' |Luke Flannery |TV movie |- |1977 |''The Sunshine Boys'' |Willie Clark |TV movie |- |1977 |''Telethon'' |Marty Rand |TV movie |- |1978 |''The Users'' |Warren Ambrose |TV movie |- |1978 |''[[Vegas (1978 TV series)|Vega$]]'' |Tommy Cirko |2 episodes |- |1979 |''[[Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July]]'' |Milton (Voice Role) |TV movie |- |1980 |''Power'' |Solly Weiss |TV movie |- |1980 |''[[Pink Lady (TV series)|Pink Lady]]'' |Police Sergeant / Himself |2 episodes |- |1980 |''[[The Dream Merchants (miniseries)|The Dream Merchant]]'' |Bruce Benson |Miniseries (2 episodes) |- |1981 |''[[Aloha Paradise]]'' |Nick |"Letter from Broadway/Letter from Cyrano/Letter from a Secret Admirer" |- |1981 |''[[Leave 'Em Laughing|Leave 'em Laughing]]'' |Roland |TV movie |- |1981 |''Side Show'' |Harry |TV movie |- |1982 |''Off Your Rocker'' |Seymour Slatz |TV movie |- |1978β83 |''[[The Love Boat]]'' |Jimmy Morrow/Buddy Redmond/Uncle Cyrus Foster |3 episodes |- |1978β83 |''[[Fantasy Island]]'' |Marty Howard/Cornelius Kelly/Tony Emerson |3 episodes |- |1985 |''[[Reunion at Fairborough]]'' |Jiggs Quealy |TV movie |- |1985 |''[[Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' |The White Rabbit |Miniseries |- |1987 |''[[227 (TV series)|227]]'' |Toots |"The Audit" |- |1987 |''[[Knots Landing]]'' |Al Baker |recurring role (6 episodes) |- |1987β89 |''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]].'' |Himself |2 episodes |- |1991 |''[[The Cosby Show]]'' |Jake Bennett |"Cliff and Jake" |- |1993β94 |''[[Roseanne]]'' |Jake |2 episodes |- |1997 |''[[Cosby (TV series)|Cosby]]'' |Mr. Tibbles |"My Dinner with Methuseleh" |- |1998 |''Ghosts of Fear Street'' |Grandpa |TV movie |- |1995β98 |''[[Biography (TV program)|Biography]]'' |Himself (Interviewee) |5 episodes<br/>β "Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker" (1995)<br/>β "Gypsy Rose Lee: Naked Ambition" (1996)<br/>β "Alan Alda: More That Mr. Nice Guy" (1997)<br/>β "Phil Silvers: Top Banana" (1997)<br/>β "John Wayne: American Legend" (1998) |- |1995β2005 |''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' |Jules "Ruby" Rubadoux |recurring role (5 episodes) |- |1999 |''[[Early Edition]]'' |Walter Stites |"Pinch Hitters" |- |2000 |''[[Family Law (American TV series)|Family Law]]'' |Carl Porter |"Second Chance" |- |2002 |''[[Philly (TV series)|Philly]]'' |Murray Klopman |"The Curse of the Klopman Diamonds" |- |2002 |''[[Street Time]]'' |Sam Kahan |recurring role (4 episodes) |- |2002 |''[[Presidio Med]]'' |Chick |"Milagros" |}
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