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Red Buttons‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1919-02-05

Popularity

star6.5

Red Buttons

New York City, New York, USA

Red Buttons

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1919-02-05

Popularity

star6.5

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.

Movie Credits

The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure‌
star7.1
calendar 1972

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

Jackie Gleason: The Great One‌
star8.0
calendar 1988

Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Hatari!

Hatari!‌
star6.7
calendar 1962

Harlow

Harlow‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Story of Us

The Story of Us‌
star6.1
calendar 1999

Gay Purr-ee

Gay Purr-ee‌
star6.6
calendar 1962

The Longest Day

The Longest Day‌
star7.6
calendar 1962

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?‌
star7.6
calendar 1969

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July‌
star6.6
calendar 1979

Sayonara

Sayonara‌
star6.6
calendar 1957

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon‌
star5.4
calendar 1962

18 Again!

18 Again!‌
star5.7
calendar 1988

Stagecoach

Stagecoach‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

When Time Ran Out...

When Time Ran Out...‌
star5.3
calendar 1980

Viva Knievel!

Viva Knievel!‌
star3.6
calendar 1977

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Movie Movie

Movie Movie‌
star5.8
calendar 1978

Your Cheatin' Heart

Your Cheatin' Heart‌
star6.3
calendar 1964

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

C.H.O.M.P.S.‌
star4.9
calendar 1979

The Ambulance

The Ambulance‌
star5.8
calendar 1990

A Ticklish Affair

A Ticklish Affair‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker‌
star4.0
calendar 1995

Goodnight, We Love You

Goodnight, We Love You‌
star6.5
calendar 2004

The Big Circus

The Big Circus‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Winged Victory

Winged Victory‌
star5.5
calendar 1944

Imitation General

Imitation General‌
star5.7
calendar 1958

The Users

The Users‌
star1.0
calendar 1978

Leave 'Em Laughing

Leave 'Em Laughing‌
star8.0
calendar 1981

A Marriage of Strangers

A Marriage of Strangers‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?‌
star4.6
calendar 1971

Gable and Lombard

Gable and Lombard‌
star5.2
calendar 1976

Off Your Rocker

Off Your Rocker‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Telethon

Telethon‌
star5.0
calendar 1977

Reunion at Fairborough

Reunion at Fairborough‌
star4.8
calendar 1985

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II‌
star8.0
calendar 1985

Power

Power‌
star2.0
calendar 1980

One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three‌
star7.5
calendar 1961

Breakout

Breakout‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Up from the Beach

Up from the Beach‌
star8.0
calendar 1965

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

Footlight Varieties

Footlight Varieties‌
star1.0
calendar 1951

It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You‌
star6.6
calendar 1994

Joys

Joys‌
star4.0
calendar 1976

Side Show

Side Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1981

George M!

George M!‌
star10.0
calendar 1970

Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style

Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The Muppets Go Hollywood

The Muppets Go Hollywood‌
star6.3
calendar 1979

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years‌
star7.2
calendar 1997

Tv Credits

Presidio Med

Presidio Med‌
star8.0
calendar 2002

The Jackie Gleason Show

The Jackie Gleason Show‌
star8.3
calendar 1966

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie‌
star8.0
calendar 1974

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Early Edition

Early Edition‌
star7.3
calendar 1996

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1984

227

227‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

Roseanne

Roseanne‌
star6.8
calendar 1988

Knots Landing

Knots Landing‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Cosby

Cosby‌
star5.8
calendar 1996

Password

Password‌
star7.2
calendar 1961

ER

ER‌
star7.8
calendar 1994

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Saints and Sinners

Saints and Sinners‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Vega$

Vega$‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

It's Garry Shandling's Show

It's Garry Shandling's Show‌
star7.2
calendar 1986

Family Law

Family Law‌
star8.2
calendar 1999

Philly

Philly‌
star6.5
calendar 2001

The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace‌
star4.5
calendar 1964

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre‌
star5.2
calendar 1963

The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour‌
star4.0
calendar 1953

Pink Lady

Pink Lady‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

The Dean Martin Show

The Dean Martin Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1965

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Ben Casey

Ben Casey‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

The Danny Thomas Hour

The Danny Thomas Hour‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

Frontier Circus

Frontier Circus‌
star4.7
calendar 1961

Suspense

Suspense‌
star4.2
calendar 1949

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe‌
star5.5
calendar 1966

The Red Buttons Show

The Red Buttons Show‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Aloha Paradise

Aloha Paradise‌
star5.0
calendar 1981

Street Time

Street Time‌
star2.5
calendar 2002

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1961

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

Startime

Startime‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland‌
star6.9
calendar 1985

The Dream Merchants

The Dream Merchants‌
star4.5
calendar 1980

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

Pink Lady

Pink Lady‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1961

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace‌
star4.5
calendar 1964

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Love, American Style

Love, American Style‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar‌
star5.7
calendar 1957

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Great Performances

Great Performances‌
star4.9
calendar 1971

Kraft Music Hall

Kraft Music Hall‌
star4.0
calendar 1958

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman‌
star7.0
calendar 1975