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| - Richard Totten "Dick" Button (born July 18, 1929) is an American former figure skater and a well-known long-time skating television analyst. He is a two-time Olympic Champion (1948, 1952) and five-time World Champion (1948–1952). He is also the only non-European man to have become European Champion. Button is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the double axel jump in competition in 1948, as well as the first triple jump of any kind – a triple loop – in 1952. He also invented the flying camel spin, which was originally known as the "Button camel".
- Richard Totten "Dick" Button (born , in , ) is an former and a well-known long-time skating analyst. Button was a two-time Olympic champion (1948 and 1952) and is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the jump in competition in 1948, as well as the first triple jump of any kind -- a triple -- in 1952. He also invented the flying , which was originally known as the "Button camel". Soon after, Button's father sent him to New York to take lessons from ice dancing coach . He trained over the summer in , eventually switching on Carroll's recommendation to coach , who coached Button for the rest of his career.
- Animaniacs (TV Series) - The Tiger Prince/All the Words in the English Language/The Kid in the Lid/Method to Her Madness (1995) ... Himself (voice) Button decided to enter Harvard Law School in the fall of 1952. Because of the time commitments, Button retired from amateur skating that year in order to focus on law school.[1] Following his retirement, Button signed on to skate with the Ice Capades during his law school vacations.
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| - Animaniacs (TV Series) - The Tiger Prince/All the Words in the English Language/The Kid in the Lid/Method to Her Madness (1995) ... Himself (voice) Button decided to enter Harvard Law School in the fall of 1952. Because of the time commitments, Button retired from amateur skating that year in order to focus on law school.[1] Following his retirement, Button signed on to skate with the Ice Capades during his law school vacations. After his competitive skating career ended, Button toured with Ice Capades and Holiday on Ice, and completed a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree at Harvard Law School.[5] After graduation, he was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C..[4] He co-produced "Dick Button's Ice-Travaganza" for the 1964 New York World's Fair, starring 1963 World Champion Donald McPherson, but the ice show lost money and closed after a few months. As an actor, Button has performed in movie roles such as "The Young Doctors" starring Fredric March, and "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan" starring Tony Curtis. He also appeared in television roles, including The Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Hans Brinker" co-starring Tab Hunter, as well as "Dancing is a Man's Game", dancing alongside star Gene Kelly and famed New York City Ballet star Edward Villella, as well as "Mr. Broadway" starring Mickey Rooney. Other television appearances include "Beverly Hills 90210" and Stephen Spielberg's "Animaniacs", "Omnibus", "Art Linkletter's House Party", numerous other appearances on the Hallmark Hall of Fame, "Christmas at Rockefeller Center" with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence, and many others. On the stage, Button has starred in the touring productions of Irving Berlin's "Call Me Madam", Leonard Bernstein's"On the Town", The Gershwins' "Girl Crazy", Rodgers and Hart's "Pal Joey", "The Teahouse of the August Moon", "Tall Story", and "Picnic", as well as in the New York City Center revivals of "Mister Roberts" and "South Pacific" to name a few. Button also studied acting with the famed Sandy Meisner at his school in New York City.
- Richard Totten "Dick" Button (born , in , ) is an former and a well-known long-time skating analyst. Button was a two-time Olympic champion (1948 and 1952) and is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the jump in competition in 1948, as well as the first triple jump of any kind -- a triple -- in 1952. He also invented the flying , which was originally known as the "Button camel". Soon after, Button's father sent him to New York to take lessons from ice dancing coach . He trained over the summer in , eventually switching on Carroll's recommendation to coach , who coached Button for the rest of his career. In his first competition, the 1943 Eastern States Novice Championship, he placed second behind . He became, and remains, the youngest man to win the Olympic gold in figure skating. Button went on to the 1948 World Championships, where he faced Gerschwiler for the last time. Button won the event. At the time, the U.S. Championships were held after the World Championships, and Button finished his season by defending his national title. In February 1948, Button, his coach, and his mother were in to perform an exhibition. They were stranded there after the uprising and had to be extracted by the . After graduation, he was admitted to the bar in . In 1975, Button married figure skating coach , but they later divorced. Button suffered a serious head injury on July 5, 1978 when he was one of several men randomly ed in by a gang of youths armed with baseball bats and tree branches in a incident. According to reports in , Button had been jogging in the park near his home and was attacked while he was watching a dusk fireworks display. The assailants were later apprehended.
- Richard Totten "Dick" Button (born July 18, 1929) is an American former figure skater and a well-known long-time skating television analyst. He is a two-time Olympic Champion (1948, 1952) and five-time World Champion (1948–1952). He is also the only non-European man to have become European Champion. Button is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the double axel jump in competition in 1948, as well as the first triple jump of any kind – a triple loop – in 1952. He also invented the flying camel spin, which was originally known as the "Button camel".
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