- Films
- 22
- Avg rating
- 6.10
- Peak run
- 1957’64
- Oscar wins
- 1 of 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Red by the numbers
Average
6.10
17 rated films
Vote weighted
6.19
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±1.02
rating spread
Career
51y
1944 to 1994
Total votes
211K
across every film
Best
7.8
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Worst
5.8
18 Again!
Newest first
Filmography
| 1994 |  It Could Happen to You | Walter Zakuto | 6.4 | 49,840 |
| 1990 | The Ambulance | Elias Zacharai | 6.0 | 5,261 |
| 1988 | 18 Again! | Charlie | 5.8 | 5,576 |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Francis Fendly | 4.6 | 3,622 |
| 1979 | C.H.O.M.P.S. | Bracken | 4.9 | 1,099 |
| 1978 | Movie Movie | Peanuts | 6.4 | 1,416 |
| 1977 |  Pete's Dragon | Hoagy | 6.4 | 28,455 |
| 1977 | Viva Knievel! | Ben Andrews | 3.7 | 1,532 |
| 1976 | Gable and Lombard | Ivan Cooper | · | 779 |
| 1972 |  The Poseidon Adventure | Martin | 7.1 | 54,789 |
| 1969 |  They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Sailor | 7.8 | 22,086 |
| 1966 | Stagecoach | Peacock | 6.1 | 2,584 |
| 1965 | Harlow | Arthur Landau | 5.5 | 1,282 |
| 1964 | Your Cheatin' Heart | Shorty Younger | 6.5 | 1,031 |
| 1963 | A Ticklish Affair | Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley | · | 706 |
| 1962 | Five Weeks in a Balloon | Donald O'Shay | 5.7 | 1,526 |
| 1962 |  Hatari! | Pockets | 7.1 | 16,018 |
| 1962 | Gay Purr-ee | Robespierre | 6.7 | 2,473 |
| 1959 | The Big Circus | Randy Sherman | · | 927 |
| 1958 | Imitation General | Cpl. Chan Derby | · | 860 |
Better together?
Red Buttons's regulars
- Gordon DouglasDirector and actor · 3 films · 5.10 avg▼−1.08
- Don ChaffeyDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.65 avg▼−0.42
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Red Buttons
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1958Red Buttons
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