Red Buttons

Red Buttons

Although Red Buttons is best known as a stand-up comic, he is also a successful songwriter, an Academy Award-winning actor (and has been nominated for two Golden Globe awards) and an accomplished singer. Born Aaron Chwatt on February 5, 1919 (Aquarius) in New York City's Lower East Side, stood at a height of 5' 6" (1.68 m). Buttons (who got his name from a uniform he wore while working as a singing bellhop), also known as Cpl. Red Buttons, started his show-business career singing on street corners as a child. At 16 he got a job as part of a comedy act playing the famed Catskills resort area in upstate New York (his partner was future actor Robert Alda). Buttons worked the burlesque circuit as a comic and even landed a role in a Broadway play, "Vicki", in 1942. He soon joined the U.S. Marine Corps, and in 1943 was picked for a role in Moss Hart's service play "Winged Victory" on Broadway, and soon afterwards journeyed to Hollywood to make the film version. After his discharge from the service he returned to Broadway, both in plays and as a comic with several big-band orchestras. He was successful enough that he got his own TV series, The Red Buttons Show (1952), on CBS. It lasted three years and won Buttons an Emmy for Best Comedian. He worked steadily for the next several years, and in 1957 got his big film break in the drama Sayonara (1957) with Marlon Brando, in which he played an American soldier stationed in Japan who struggled against the societal and racist pressures of both American and Japanese cultures because of his love for a Japanese woman. His performance garnered him an Academy Award, and more film roles followed. He played a paratrooper in The Longest Day (1962), was nominated for a Golden Globe for Harlow (1965) and again for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). He had a part in the TV series The Double Life of Henry Phyfe (1966) and has done pretty much every kind of TV show there is, from variety to comedy to soap operas. He gained further renown in the 1970s for his appearances on the "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" where he performed his "Never Got a Dinner" act to great acclaim. He has played Las Vegas for years, has a star on Hollywood Boulevard (corner of Hollywood and Vine) and has appeared in numerous telethons and charitable events, for which he has been honored by such organizations as the Friars Club and the City of Hope Hospital. He died July 13, 2006 at the age of 87 in Century City, California, USA from vascular disease.

  • Titulu: Red Buttons
  • Popularità: 8.626
  • Cunnisciutu per: Acting
  • Anniversariu: 1919-02-05
  • Locu di nascita: New York City, New York, USA
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  • Cunnisciutu ancu cum'è: Cpl. Red Buttons, Aaron Chwatt
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Red Buttons I filmi

  • 1972
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    The Poseidon Adventure

    The Poseidon Adventure

    7.1 1972 HD

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  • 1988
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    Jackie Gleason: The Great One

    Jackie Gleason: The Great One

    8 1988 HD

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  • 1977
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    Pete's Dragon

    Pete's Dragon

    6.3 1977 HD

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  • 1962
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    Hatari!

    Hatari!

    6.7 1962 HD

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  • 1965
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    Harlow

    Harlow

    5.4 1965 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Story of Us

    The Story of Us

    6.052 1999 HD

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  • 1962
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    Gay Purr-ee

    Gay Purr-ee

    6.6 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Longest Day

    The Longest Day

    7.6 1962 HD

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  • 1969
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    They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    7.6 1969 HD

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  • 1979
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    Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

    Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

    6.5 1979 HD

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  • 1957
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    Sayonara

    Sayonara

    6.602 1957 HD

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  • 1962
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    Five Weeks in a Balloon

    Five Weeks in a Balloon

    5.4 1962 HD

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  • 1988
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    18 Again!

    18 Again!

    5.7 1988 HD

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  • 1966
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    Stagecoach

    Stagecoach

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1980
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    When Time Ran Out...

    When Time Ran Out...

    5.311 1980 HD

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  • 1977
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    Viva Knievel!

    Viva Knievel!

    3.6 1977 HD

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  • 1958
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    Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1978
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    Movie Movie

    Movie Movie

    5.8 1978 HD

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  • 1964
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    Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 1979
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    C.H.O.M.P.S.

    C.H.O.M.P.S.

    4.9 1979 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Ambulance

    The Ambulance

    5.855 1990 HD

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  • 1963
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    A Ticklish Affair

    A Ticklish Affair

    5.7 1963 HD

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  • 1995
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    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

    4 1995 HD

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  • 2004
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    Goodnight, We Love You

    Goodnight, We Love You

    6.5 2004 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Big Circus

    The Big Circus

    6.5 1959 HD

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  • 1944
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    Winged Victory

    Winged Victory

    5.5 1944 HD

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  • 1958
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    Imitation General

    Imitation General

    5.7 1958 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Users

    The Users

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1981
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    Leave 'Em Laughing

    Leave 'Em Laughing

    8 1981 HD

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  • 1959
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    A Marriage of Strangers

    A Marriage of Strangers

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1971
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    Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    4.6 1971 HD

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  • 1976
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    Gable and Lombard

    Gable and Lombard

    5.2 1976 HD

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  • 1982
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    Off Your Rocker

    Off Your Rocker

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1977
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    Telethon

    Telethon

    5 1977 HD

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  • 1985
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    Reunion at Fairborough

    Reunion at Fairborough

    4.8 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

    8 1985 HD

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  • 1980
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    Power

    Power

    2 1980 HD

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  • 1961
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    One, Two, Three

    One, Two, Three

    7.5 1961 HD

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  • 1970
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    Breakout

    Breakout

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1965
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    Up from the Beach

    Up from the Beach

    8 1965 HD

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  • 1983
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    George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

    George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

    8 1983 HD

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  • 1951
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    Footlight Varieties

    Footlight Varieties

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1994
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    It Could Happen to You

    It Could Happen to You

    6.6 1994 HD

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  • 1976
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    Joys

    Joys

    4 1976 HD

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  • 1981
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    Side Show

    Side Show

    7 1981 HD

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  • 1970
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    George M!

    George M!

    10 1970 HD

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  • 1976
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    Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style

    Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Muppets Go Hollywood

    The Muppets Go Hollywood

    6.3 1979 HD

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  • 1997
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    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    7.2 1997 HD

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  • 1966
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    Murder at N.B.C.

    Murder at N.B.C.

    1 1966 HD

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  • 2002
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    Presidio Med

    Presidio Med

    8 2002 HD

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  • 1966
    imgS3 E11

    The Jackie Gleason Show

    The Jackie Gleason Show

    8.25 1966 HD

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  • 1974
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    Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

    7.962 1974 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

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  • 1996
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    Early Edition

    Early Edition

    7.3 1996 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

    7.018 1984 HD

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  • 1985
    imgS5 E24

    227

    227

    6.7 1985 HD

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  • 1988
    imgS10 E9

    Roseanne

    Roseanne

    6.811 1988 HD

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  • 1979
    imgS14 E19

    Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

    6.8 1979 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS10 E47

    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

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  • 1953
    imgS10 E34

    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

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  • 1948
    imgS24 E26

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

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  • 1996
    imgS4 E8

    Cosby

    Cosby

    5.9 1996 HD

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  • 1961
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    Password

    Password

    7.3 1961 HD

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  • 1994
    imgS15 E22

    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS1 E30

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    5 1963 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS1 E16

    Saints and Sinners

    Saints and Sinners

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS2 E30

    The Eleventh Hour

    The Eleventh Hour

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1978
    imgS3 E22

    Vega$

    Vega$

    7 1978 HD

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  • 1986
    imgS4 E19

    It's Garry Shandling's Show

    It's Garry Shandling's Show

    7.2 1986 HD

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  • 1999
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    Family Law

    Family Law

    8.2 1999 HD

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  • 2001
    imgS1 E22

    Philly

    Philly

    6.5 2001 HD

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  • 1964
    imgS7 E17

    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

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  • 1953
    imgS10 E21

    The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

    5.8 1953 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS4 E26

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    5.5 1963 HD

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  • 1980
    imgS1 E5

    Pink Lady

    Pink Lady

    5 1980 HD

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  • 1965
    imgS9 E30

    The Dean Martin Show

    The Dean Martin Show

    7.3 1965 HD

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  • 1956
    imgS7 E9

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    5.3 1956 HD

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  • 1961
    imgS5 E26

    Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

    5.7 1961 HD

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  • 1967
    imgS1 E22

    The Danny Thomas Hour

    The Danny Thomas Hour

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1961
    imgS1 E26

    Frontier Circus

    Frontier Circus

    4.7 1961 HD

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.6 1949 HD

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  • 1952
    imgS1 E1

    The Red Buttons Show

    The Red Buttons Show

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1966
    imgS1 E17

    The Double Life of Henry Phyfe

    The Double Life of Henry Phyfe

    5.5 1966 HD

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  • 1981
    imgS1 E8

    Aloha Paradise

    Aloha Paradise

    5 1981 HD

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  • 2002
    imgS2 E13

    Street Time

    Street Time

    2.5 2002 HD

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  • 1961
    imgS22 E21

    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.1 1961 HD

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  • 1953
    imgS72 E1

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS1 E33

    Startime

    Startime

    6 1959 HD

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  • 1985
    imgS1 E2

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.9 1985 HD

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  • 1980
    imgS1 E3

    The Dream Merchants

    The Dream Merchants

    4.5 1980 HD

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  • 1973
    imgS7 E3

    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    5.3 1973 HD

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  • 1980
    imgS1 E5

    Pink Lady

    Pink Lady

    5 1980 HD

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  • 1961
    imgS22 E21

    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.1 1961 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS31 E74

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

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  • 1953
    imgS10 E34

    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

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  • 1964
    imgS7 E17

    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

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  • 1977
    imgS10 E4

    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

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  • 1969
    imgS5 E62

    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    5.8 1969 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS5 E237

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    6.5 1957 HD

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  • 1950
    imgS1 E876

    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.2 1971 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS13 E37

    Kraft Music Hall

    Kraft Music Hall

    4.4 1958 HD

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  • 1975
    imgS3 E24

    Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

    7 1975 HD

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  • 1966
    imgS1 E16

    Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

    Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

    1 1966 HD

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