- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1919
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- July 13, 2006
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,…
Filmography
movieGoodnight, We Love You
2004 · Self
tvPresidio Med
2002 · Chick
tvStreet Time
2002 · Sam Kahan
tvPhilly
2001
movieThe Story of Us
1999 · Arnie Jordan
tvFamily Law
1999 · Carl Porter
Ghosts of Fear Street
movieGhosts of Fear Street
1998 · Grandpa
movieTwentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997 · Self
tvEarly Edition
1996 · Walter Stites
tvCosby
1996
movieDarryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995 · Self
tvER
1994 · Ruby
movieIt Could Happen to You
1994 · Walter Zakuto
movieThe Ambulance
1990 · Elias Zacharai
movieGeorge Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
1989 · Self - Burns Card Play Partner (uncredited)
tvRoseanne
1988
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
movieJackie Gleason: The Great One
1988 · Self
movie18 Again!
1988 · Charlie
tvIt's Garry Shandling's Show
1986 · Red Buttons
tvAlice in Wonderland
1985 · White Rabbit
tv227
1985
movieReunion at Fairborough
1985 · Jiggs Quealy
movieNight of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Jake Bennett
movieGeorge Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983 · Self
movieOff Your Rocker
1982 · Seymour Saltz
movieSide Show
1981 · Harry Hubbell
movieLeave 'Em Laughing
1981 · Roland Green
tvAloha Paradise
1981 · , Nick
tvThe Dream Merchants
1980 · Bruce Benson
movieWhen Time Ran Out...
1980 · Francis Fendly
tvPink Lady
1980 · Red Buttons, Police Sergeant
tvPower
1980 · Solly Weiss
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Al Baker
movieC.H.O.M.P.S.
1979 · Bracken
movieRudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979 · Milton (voice)
movieThe Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Self
movieMovie Movie
1978 · Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
movieThe Users
1978 · Warren Ambrose
tvVega$
1978
tvFantasy Island
1978 · Tony Emerson
movieTelethon
1977 · Marty Rand
moviePete's Dragon
1977 · Hoagy
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Cyrus Foster, Buddy Redmond
moviePlayboy's Playmate Party
1977
movieViva Knievel!
1977 · Ben Andrews
movieJoys
1976 · Self
movieGable and Lombard
1976 · Ivan Cooper
movieFlannery and Quilt
1976 · Luke Flannery
movieLouis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
movieThe New Original Wonder Woman
1975 · Ashley Norman
tvWonder Woman
1975 · Ashley Norman
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974 · William 'Willie' O'Hara
tvThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
movieThe Poseidon Adventure
1972 · James Martin
movieWho Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971 · Mickey Isadore
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
movieBreakout
1970 · Pipes
movieGeorge M!
1970 · Sam Harris
movieThey Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 · Sailor
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Norman
tvThe Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Murder at N.B.C.
movieMurder at N.B.C.
1966
tvThe Jackie Gleason Show
1966
movieStagecoach
1966 · Peacock
tvThe Double Life of Henry Phyfe
1966 · Henry Wadsworth Phyfe
tvThe Dean Martin Show
1965
movieHarlow
1965 · Arthur Landau
movieUp from the Beach
1965 · PFC Harry Devine
movieYour Cheatin' Heart
1964 · Shorty Younger
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
tvBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
tvThe Greatest Show on Earth
1963
movieA Ticklish Affair
1963 · Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley
movieGay Purr-ee
1962 · Robespierre (voice)
tvThe Eleventh Hour
1962
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
movieThe Longest Day
1962 · Pvt. John Steele
tvSaints and Sinners
1962 · Joe Roganyan
movieFive Weeks in a Balloon
1962 · Donald O'Shay
movieHatari!
1962 · Pockets
movieOne, Two, Three
1961 · MP Sergeant (uncredited)
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Host, Self - Co-Host
tvFrontier Circus
1961
tvPassword
1961
tvBen Casey
1961
tvStartime
1959 · Joe Henders
movieThe Big Circus
1959 · Randy Sherman
movieA Marriage of Strangers
1959 · Jerry
movieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
tvKraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
movieImitation General
1958 · Cpl. Chan Derby
Hansel and Gretel
movieHansel and Gretel
1958 · Hansel
movieSayonara
1957 · Joe Kelly
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
tvThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
tvThe United States Steel Hour
1953
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Lieutenant George Poole, Tippy-Top
The Red Buttons Show
tvThe Red Buttons Show
1952 · Host
movieFootlight Varieties
1951 · Himself
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
tvSuspense
1949
tvStudio One
1948 · St. Emergency
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieWinged Victory
1944 · Whitey / Andrews Sister