Red Buttons

He became a nationally recognizable comedian, and his "Never Got A Dinner" sketch was a standard at the Dean Martin roasts for many years. Currently, Conway voices the character "Barnacle Boy" in the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants. After his Oscar-winning role in Sayonara, Buttons performed in numerous feature films, including Hatari!, The Longest Day, The Poseidon Adventure, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, and Pete's Dragon. Conway's more recent work includes a series of satirical how-to videos in which he plays a diminuitive Scandinavian known as "Dorf." Conway continues to appear in movies and has cameo appearances in TV series; most of these appearances showcase his comedic talent. His catchphrase from the show, "strange things are happening", entered the national vocabulary briefly in the mid-1950s. Conway's work on the show earned him three Emmy Awards. After years performing burlesque and doing comedy routines in the Catskills, Buttons received his own variety series on television in 1952 -- The Red Buttons Show ran for three years and achieved high levels of success. He is probably best known, however, for his work on The Carol Burnett Show where his antics sometimes caused his fellow players to fall out of character by bursting out in laughter.

Born in New York City, Chwatt received the nickname as a young man, when he worked as a waiter in Dinty Moore's tavern in the Bronx -- his uniform's shiny buttons and his bright red hair caused patrons to give him the name he would later perform under. The most popular of these is probably The Apple Dumpling Gang series of movies. He won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Sergeant Joe Kelly in Sayonara (1957). Of these films for Disney, he was often paired with fellow funnyman, Don Knotts. Red Buttons (born February 5, 1919) is the stage name of American comedian and actor Aaron Chwatt. Afterwards, he starred in a string of doomed series before appearing in several slapstick family films. He gained a following from his appearance in the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy.

After graduating, he joined the Army, following which he took a job answering mail for a Cleveland radio station, where he went on to become a writer for the promotional department. He attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, where he majored in speech and radio. Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio, and grew up in Chagrin Falls. Conway was born Thomas Daniel Conway, but changed his first name to "Tim" to avoid confusion with actor Tom Conway.

Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933, Willoughby, Ohio) is an American comedic actor.