Red Buttons — Actor (13)

TV

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
actor: Red Buttons / Parley Baer …
After an eleven-year absence, Red Buttons returns to TV in a light, mild comedy about an accountant who's asked to impersonate a foreign spy. Instead of leaning on gimmicks and action, the show leans on comedian Buttons and he supplies the bulk of the laughs trying to ride a fancy horse while carrying out his espionage mission. Another asset is character actor Fred Clark, playing the spy chief with a good-humored flair,

Movie

Goodnight, We Love You (2004) IMDb TMDB
Goodnight, We Love You
director: Gregg Barson actor: Marty Allen / Roseanne Barr …
GOODNIGHT, WE LOVE YOU is a film that chronicles the final stand-up comedy performance of a true living legend - the first female stand-up comic in history: Phyllis Diller. In 2002, Phyllis Diller announced that she would be hanging up her wigs and sequins after 47 years on the road. This film captures a never-before-seen, intimate look at a trailblazer for both women and comedy. Miss Diller provides unprecedented access to her preparations for her final performance at the Suncoast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a revealing and personal study of the art of stand-up comedy as told by an icon and a true comedic genius.

Movie

Winged Victory (1944) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Winged Victory
director: George Cukor actor: Lon McCallister / Jeanne Crain …
other title: Cita en los cielos / 同タイトル
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.

Movie

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
director: Ernest Pintoff actor: Red Buttons / Sylvia Miles …
other title: Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? / 誰殺死瑪莉? …
A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest shown in the case by the police or anybody else in the neighborhood, and decides to investigate the case himself.

Movie

Harlow (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Harlow
other title: Harlow, A Venus Platinada / Jean Harlow - Glanz und Glorie Hollywoods …
Jean Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother and stepfather. Kindhearted agent Arthur Landau becomes Jean's mentor, while a devious Howard Hughes-like mogul grows infatuated with the beautiful young actress. Harlow herself falls for producer Paul Bern before tragedy strikes.

TV

Alice in Wonderland (1985) IMDb TMDB
Alice in Wonderland
actor: Natalie Gregory / Sheila Allen …
other title: Alice im Wunderland / 愛麗絲夢遊仙境 …
Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always too much pepper in the soup! Nothing is quite right since Alice chased a very unusual White Rabbit and stumbled into an adventure that grows curiouser and curiouser. One of the greatest childhood fantasies is captured in Irwin Allen's colorful production adapted from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Originally aired over two nights in 1985 on CBS.

Movie

The Longest Day (1962) Min reol
The Longest Day
director: Ken Annakin / Bernhard Wicki … actor: Henry Fonda / John Wayne …
other title: Le Jour le plus long / Der längste Tag …
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"