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Red Buttons: Knots Landing
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During the 1970s, Buttons was back on television as part of Dean Martin’s Celebrity Roast, using his comedic skills to poke at popular personalities. In his later career, he ... made numerous guest appearances on such shows as The Cosby Show, Knots Landing, The Love Boat, Rosanne, and many others. Most recently, he earned an Emmy nomination in 2005 for his recurring guest role on ER.
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Over the years Buttons remained a steady performer on television, appearing on such series as "Knots Landing,'' ``Roseanne" and "ER." He ... took his act on the road, appearing at Las Vegas, Atlantic City, conventions, and returning to his beginnings in the Catskills.
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More recently, Buttons had a semiregular role in the 2002 Showtime drama series "Street Time." In the 1990s, he made multiple guest appearances on ABC's "Roseanne" and NBC's "ER" and on such series as CBS' "Knots Landing," ABC's "Fantasy Island" and "The Love Boat" in the 1980s. On the film side, Buttons most recently appeared in 1999's "The Story of Us" and 2001's "Odessa or Bust."
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In 1966 Buttons starred as an accountant recruited as a government spy in the television series The Double Life of Henry Phyfe. He ... appeared in series such as Knots Landing, Roseanne and latterly in ER, and performed on stage in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. In 1995, aged 76, he presented an autobiographical one-man show in New York, Buttons on Broadway.
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