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Red Buttons
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1919-02-05,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

The Poseidon Adventure

7.147

The Poseidon Adventure
1972-12-01

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

8

Jackie Gleason: The Great One
1988-09-10

6.312

Pete's Dragon
1977-11-03

6.8

Hatari!
1962-06-19

5.605

Harlow
1965-06-23

The Story of Us

6.074

The Story of Us
1999-10-14

6.6

Gay Purr-ee
1962-10-24

The Longest Day

7.6

The Longest Day
1962-09-25

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

7.567

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969-12-10

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

6.378

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979-07-01

6.707

Sayonara
1957-12-25

Five Weeks in a Balloon

5.387

Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962-08-22

5.613

18 Again!
1988-04-08

6.092

Stagecoach
1966-04-21

When Time Ran Out...

5.427

When Time Ran Out...
1980-03-28

4.063

Viva Knievel!
1977-06-10

Hansel and Gretel

0

Hansel and Gretel
1958-04-27

5.952

Movie Movie
1978-11-01

Your Cheatin' Heart

6.455

Your Cheatin' Heart
1964-11-04

5

C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979-12-21

5.851

The Ambulance
1990-03-22

A Ticklish Affair

5.857

A Ticklish Affair
1963-08-18

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

4.25

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995-09-03

Goodnight, We Love You

7

Goodnight, We Love You
2004-01-01

6.563

The Big Circus
1959-07-05

6.333

Winged Victory
1944-12-22

Imitation General

6.6

Imitation General
1958-08-20

4

The Users
1978-10-01

Leave 'Em Laughing

8

Leave 'Em Laughing
1981-04-29

A Marriage of Strangers

0

A Marriage of Strangers
1959-05-14

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

4.857

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971-12-11

Gable and Lombard

5

Gable and Lombard
1976-02-11

Off Your Rocker

8

Off Your Rocker
1982-06-05

6

Telethon
1977-11-06

Reunion at Fairborough

5.8

Reunion at Fairborough
1985-05-12

Night of 100 Stars II

8

Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10

One, Two, Three

7.5

One, Two, Three
1961-12-15

7

Breakout
1970-12-08

Up from the Beach

8

Up from the Beach
1965-05-25

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

8

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983-09-19

Footlight Varieties

3.333

Footlight Varieties
1951-03-21

It Could Happen to You

6.7

It Could Happen to You
1994-07-16

6

Joys
1976-03-05

8.5

Side Show
1981-06-05

8.5

George M!
1970-09-12

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style

7

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976-01-25

The Muppets Go Hollywood

6.25

The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979-05-16

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

7.2

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997-01-21

Murder at N.B.C.

0

Murder at N.B.C.
1966-10-19

George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom

0

George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
1989-05-01

The All-Star Christmas Show

6

The All-Star Christmas Show
1958-12-01

Flannery and Quilt

0

Flannery and Quilt
1976-02-01

Ghosts of Fear Street

0

Ghosts of Fear Street
1998-07-31

The New Original Wonder Woman

10

The New Original Wonder Woman
1975-11-07

Playboy's Playmate Party

0

Playboy's Playmate Party
1977-08-14

8

Presidio Med
2002-09-24

The Jackie Gleason Show

8.5

The Jackie Gleason Show
1966-09-17

Little House on the Prairie

7.937

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

6.3

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

7.354

Early Edition
1996-09-28

6.982

The Cosby Show
1984-09-20

6.8

227
1985-09-14

6.764

Roseanne
1988-10-18

6.86

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

6.047

Cosby
1996-09-16

7.556

Password
1961-10-02

7.83

ER
1994-09-19

The Greatest Show on Earth

7.5

The Greatest Show on Earth
1963-09-17

The Eleventh Hour

6.667

The Eleventh Hour
1962-10-03

Saints and Sinners

7

Saints and Sinners
1962-09-17

6.978

Vega$
1978-09-20

8.083

Family Law
1999-09-20

7.333

Philly
2001-09-25

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

5.875

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04

The United States Steel Hour

6.333

The United States Steel Hour
1953-10-27

7

Pink Lady
1980-03-01

The Dean Martin Show

7.4

The Dean Martin Show
1965-09-16

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

6.4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05

5.867

Ben Casey
1961-10-02

The Danny Thomas Hour

6.5

The Danny Thomas Hour
1967-09-11

Frontier Circus

5.25

Frontier Circus
1961-10-05

5.083

Suspense
1949-01-06

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe

7

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
1966-01-13

The Red Buttons Show

9

The Red Buttons Show
1952-10-14

7

Aloha Paradise
1981-02-25

2.5

Street Time
2002-06-23

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Alice in Wonderland

6.865

Alice in Wonderland
1985-12-09

The Dream Merchants

5.667

The Dream Merchants
1980-05-12

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

5.4

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973-09-14

7

Pink Lady
1980-03-01

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.533

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Hollywood Palace

5

The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04

6.3

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

Love, American Style

6.105

Love, American Style
1969-09-29

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

7.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957-07-29

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

Great Performances

6.1

Great Performances
1971-01-28

Kraft Music Hall

5.429

Kraft Music Hall
1958-10-08

7

Wonder Woman
1975-11-07

It's Garry Shandling's Show

7.105

It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986-09-10

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01

7

Power
1980-01-14

7

Aloha Paradise
1981-02-25

6.75

Startime
1959-10-06