Red Buttons
Birthday
1919/02/05
Day of death
2006/07/13 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Cpl. Red Buttons, Aaron Chwatt
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...Read more
Acting
(1972) The Poseidon Adventure
as James Martin
(1988) Jackie Gleason: The Great One
as Self
(1977) Pete's Dragon
as Hoagy
(1962) Hatari!
as Pockets
(1965) Harlow
as Arthur Landau
(1999) The Story of Us
as Arnie Jordan
(1962) Gay Purr-ee
as Robespierre (voice)
(1962) The Longest Day
as Pvt. John Steele
(1969) They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Sailor
(1979) Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
as Milton (voice)
(1957) Sayonara
as Joe Kelly
(1962) Five Weeks in a Balloon
as Donald O'Shay
(1988) 18 Again!
as Charlie
(1966) Stagecoach
as Peacock
(1980) When Time Ran Out...
as Francis Fendly
(1977) Viva Knievel!
as Ben Andrews
(1958) Hansel and Gretel
as Hansel
(1978) Movie Movie
as Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
(1964) Your Cheatin' Heart
as Shorty Younger
(1979) C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Bracken
(1990) The Ambulance
as Elias Zacharai
(1963) A Ticklish Affair
as Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley
(1995) Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Self
(2004) Goodnight, We Love You
as Self
(1959) The Big Circus
as Randy Sherman
(1944) Winged Victory
as Whitey / Andrews Sister
(1958) Imitation General
as Cpl. Chan Derby
(1978) The Users
as Warren Ambrose
(1981) Leave 'Em Laughing
as Roland Green
(1959) A Marriage of Strangers
as Jerry
(1971) Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Mickey Isadore
(1976) Gable and Lombard
as Ivan Cooper
(1982) Off Your Rocker
as Seymour Saltz
(1977) Telethon
as Marty Rand
(1985) Reunion at Fairborough
as Jiggs Quealy
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1980) Power
as Solly Weiss
(1961) One, Two, Three
as MP Sergeant (uncredited)
(1970) Breakout
as Pipes
(1965) Up from the Beach
as PFC Harry Devine
(1983) George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
as Self
(1951) Footlight Varieties
as Himself
(1994) It Could Happen to You
as Walter Zakuto
(1976) Joys
as Self
(1981) Side Show
as Harry Hubbell
(1970) George M!
as Sam Harris
(1976) Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style
as ---
(1979) The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
(1997) Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
(1966) Murder at N.B.C.
as ---
(2002) Presidio Med
as Chick
(1966) The Jackie Gleason Show
as ---
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1977) The Love Boat
as Cyrus Foster
(1996) Early Edition
as ---
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Jake Bennett
(1985) 227
as ---
(1988) Roseanne
as ---
(1979) Knots Landing
as Al Baker
(1948) Studio One
as St. Emergency
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Lieutenant George Poole
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1996) Cosby
as ---
(1961) Password
as ---
(1994) ER
as Ruby
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as ---
(1962) The Eleventh Hour
as ---
(1962) Saints and Sinners
as Joe Roganyan
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1999) Family Law
as Carl Porter
(2001) Philly
as ---
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Comedian
(1953) The United States Steel Hour
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1980) Pink Lady
as Red Buttons
(1965) The Dean Martin Show
as ---
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1967) The Danny Thomas Hour
as ---
(1961) Frontier Circus
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1952) The Red Buttons Show
as Host
(1966) The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
as Henry Wadsworth Phyfe
(1981) Aloha Paradise
as ---
(2002) Street Time
as Sam Kahan
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Host
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1959) Startime
as ---
(1985) Alice in Wonderland
as White Rabbit
(1980) The Dream Merchants
as Bruce Benson
(1973) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
(1980) Pink Lady
as Police Sergeant
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Tippy-Top
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer / Sketch Actor
(1977) The Love Boat
as Buddy Redmond
(1969) Love, American Style
as Norman
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as Self
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Ashley Norman
(1966) Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
as ---
(1986) It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Red Buttons