Red Buttons

Personal Info

Birthday

February 5, 1919

Day of Death

2006-07-13

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Cpl. Red Buttons

Aaron Chwatt

Red Buttons

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.

Known For

The Love Boat

The Cosby Show

Knots Landing

Studio One

Love, American Style

Early Edition

Family Law

Filmography

2004
Goodnight, We Love You
as Self
1999
The Story of Us
as Arnie Jordan
1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Self
1994
It Could Happen to You
as Walter Zakuto
1990
The Ambulance
as Elias Zacharai
1988
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
as Self
18 Again!
as Charlie
1985
Reunion at Fairborough
as Jiggs Quealy
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1983
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
as Self
1982
Off Your Rocker
as Seymour Saltz
1981
Side Show
as Harry Hubbell
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Roland Green
1980
When Time Ran Out...
as Francis Fendly
Power
as Solly Weiss
1979
C.H.O.M.P.S.
as Bracken
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
as Milton (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1978
Movie Movie
as Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
The Users
as Warren Ambrose
1977
Telethon
as Marty Rand
Pete's Dragon
as Hoagy
Viva Knievel!
as Ben Andrews
1976
Joys
as Self
Gable and Lombard
as Ivan Cooper
1972
The Poseidon Adventure
as James Martin
1971
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Mickey Isadore
1970
Breakout
as Pipes
George M!
as Sam Harris
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Sailor
1966
Stagecoach
as Peacock
1965
Harlow
as Arthur Landau
Up from the Beach
as PFC Harry Devine
1964
Your Cheatin' Heart
as Shorty Younger
1963
A Ticklish Affair
as Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley
1962
Gay Purr-ee
as Robespierre (voice)
The Longest Day
as Pvt. John Steele
Five Weeks in a Balloon
as Donald O'Shay
Hatari!
as Pockets
1961
One, Two, Three
as MP Sergeant (uncredited)
1959
The Big Circus
as Randy Sherman
A Marriage of Strangers
as Jerry
1958
Imitation General
as Cpl. Chan Derby
Hansel and Gretel
as Hansel
1957
Sayonara
as Joe Kelly
1951
Footlight Varieties
as Himself
1944
Winged Victory
as Whitey / Andrews Sister