Red Buttons

Actor Feb 5 (died age 87) New York City, New York, USA 1944–2004 (60 year career)

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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 corne…

Known For

Film

The Longest Day

Pvt. John Steele

Film

The Poseidon Adventure

James Martin

Film

It Could Happen to You

Walter Zakuto

Film

One, Two, Three

MP Sergeant (uncredited)

Film

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Sailor

Film

Pete's Dragon

Hoagy

Film

Hatari!

Pockets

Film

The Story of Us

Arnie Jordan

Filmography

Acting (106)

Movies (56)

Goodnight, We Love You

as Self

The Story of Us

as Arnie Jordan

Ghosts of Fear Street

1998

as Grandpa

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997

as Self

7.2

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995

as Self

3.0

It Could Happen to You

as Walter Zakuto

The Ambulance

as Elias Zacharai

George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom

1989

as Self - Burns Card Play Partner (uncredited)

18 Again!

1988

as Charlie

5.6

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

1988

as Self

8.0

Reunion at Fairborough

1985

as Jiggs Quealy

4.8

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

1983

as Self

8.0

Off Your Rocker

1982

as Seymour Saltz

Side Show

as Harry Hubbell

Leave 'Em Laughing

as Roland Green

When Time Ran Out...

as Francis Fendly

Power

as Solly Weiss

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

as Milton (voice)

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

as Bracken

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

as Self

6.2

Movie Movie

1978

as Peanuts / Jinks Murphy

The Users

as Warren Ambrose

Pete's Dragon

as Hoagy

Viva Knievel!

as Ben Andrews

Telethon

as Marty Rand

Playboy's Playmate Party

1977

Joys

1976

as Self

4.0

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style

Gable and Lombard

as Ivan Cooper

Flannery and Quilt

as Luke Flannery

The New Original Wonder Woman

1975

as Ashley Norman

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

as James Martin

7.1

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

as Mickey Isadore

George M!

as Sam Harris

Breakout

as Pipes

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

as Sailor

Stagecoach

as Peacock

Murder at N.B.C.

Harlow

as Arthur Landau

Up from the Beach

as PFC Harry Devine

Your Cheatin' Heart

as Shorty Younger

A Ticklish Affair

as Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley

The Longest Day

as Pvt. John Steele

Hatari!

as Pockets

Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962

as Donald O'Shay

5.3

Gay Purr-ee

1962

as Robespierre (voice)

6.6

One, Two, Three

1961

as MP Sergeant (uncredited)

7.5

A Marriage of Strangers

1959

as Jerry

The Big Circus

1959

as Randy Sherman

6.5

The All-Star Christmas Show

as Self

Imitation General

as Cpl. Chan Derby

Hansel and Gretel

as Hansel

Sayonara

as Joe Kelly

Footlight Varieties

as Himself

Winged Victory

as Whitey / Andrews Sister

5.5

Television (50)

Presidio Med

as Chick

Street Time

as Sam Kahan

Philly

Family Law

as Carl Porter

Early Edition

as Walter Stites

Cosby

as Ruby

Roseanne

It's Garry Shandling's Show

as Red Buttons

227

Alice in Wonderland

as White Rabbit

The Cosby Show

as Jake Bennett

Aloha Paradise

The Dream Merchants

as Bruce Benson

Pink Lady

as Red Buttons

Knots Landing

as Al Baker

Vega$

The Love Boat

as Buddy Redmond

Wonder Woman

as Ashley Norman

Little House on the Prairie

1974

7.9

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

Love, American Style

as Norman

The Danny Thomas Hour

1967

5.0

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe

1966

as Henry Wadsworth Phyfe

5.5

The Jackie Gleason Show

The Dean Martin Show

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

5.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Eleventh Hour

Saints and Sinners

as Joe Roganyan

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Host

Ben Casey

Frontier Circus

Password

Startime

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

The United States Steel Hour

1953

6.2

General Electric Theater

1953

as Lieutenant George Poole

6.4

The Red Buttons Show

1952

as Host

What's My Line?

as Self

Suspense

Studio One

as St. Emergency

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self