Posted on 07/13/2006 7:25:31 PM PDT by proudofthesouth
Just read on MSN.com that actor/comic Red Button has died at age 87.
Spelling was too long ago. June Allison and someone else died within the last few days. I'm still trying to remember who it was.
He was certainly a fine actor.
Red Buttons was such a talented man. My favorite role he played was that of Kelly, in Sayonara. He won an Academy Award for best supporting actor. I cry everytime I watch the scene when he and Katsumi (played by Miyoshi Umeki) die rather than be parted.
Yes, Rest in Peace, Mr. Buttons...what a fine Gentleman. ;o)
Sophia Loren who's baby once said, "Mama, is all of that for me?" never had a dinner.
Thank you. Other comedians that were also fine actors...Ed Wynn, Jackie Gleason and Robin williams. All award winners.
Thought that was dolly Parton...interchangeable
I remember him in these films: The Longest Day, The Poseidon Adventure and as "Pockets" in Hatari....a John Wayne film. He left a mark!
Ken Lay?
Hey use to do ads on tv for some hotel in the Catskills, anyone remember which one?
Maybe it was Red Foxx. Now, he would be an interesting house guest. You know if you really wanted to impress the boss and especially his wife.
The Nevellie?
Buttons made a lot of movies during the seventies, but his career spanned somewhere around fifty years.
He was born on the lower east side of Manhattan, in an area called "the miracle mile." Buttons, Fanny Brice, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, George Burns and George Gershwin all came from the same neighborhood.
Just a little Red Buttons info. Loved his work, especially Hatari, and was seriously jealous when he got Carol Linley in the Poseidon Adventure. I always thought in terms of appearance, she was as close to perfect as it gets.
I do remember his performances in "The Poseidon Adventure" and my favorite "Sayonara". Everytime I see "Sayonara" I start crying when Brando discovers the double suicide. My heart bleeds when he discovers his Japanese wife played by Myoshi Umeki is planning to slit her eyes. He so rough, tough Joe Kelly with a heart of gold.
I was planning on watching that movie...anything else you want to give away? :)
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Barney Frank, who was once quoted as saying, "I never met a hamster I didn't like"... Never had a dinner.
Rosie O' Donnell, who was caught at the 'biker' bars asking "Your face or mine?"... Never had a dinner. Unless you count all the times she "ate out"...
You're bad, Bad, BAD! :)
Curiously, the only other public figure that I know who habitually uses this form is George W. Bush.
Jessica Simpson, who thinks Manual Labor is the president of Guatemala...Never had a dinner.
Anyone who lived in South Florida in the late 70s remember him as the spokesperson for "Century Village", in Fort Lauderdale, which I believe was the first Adult Community in the country.
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