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1919Born, New York City
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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…
Known for
The Poseidon AdventureJames Martin
The Longest DayPvt. John Steele
Little House on the PrairieWilliam 'Willie' O'Hara
ERRuby
It Could Happen to YouWalter Zakuto2002Presidio MedChick · 1 episodeShow
2002Street TimeSam Kahan · 4 episodesShow
2001Philly1 episodeShow
1999The Story of UsArnie JordanMovie
1999Family LawCarl Porter · 1 episodeShow
1998Ghosts of Fear StreetGrandpaMovie
1996Early EditionWalter Stites · 1 episodeShow
1996Cosby1 episodeShow
1994ERRuby · 5 episodesShow
1994It Could Happen to YouWalter ZakutoMovie
1990The AmbulanceElias ZacharaiMovie
1988Roseanne1 episodeShow
198818 Again!CharlieMovie
1986It's Garry Shandling's ShowRed Buttons · 1 episodeShow
1985Alice in WonderlandWhite Rabbit · 2 episodesShow
19852271 episodeShow
1985Reunion at FairboroughJiggs QuealyMovie
1984The Cosby ShowJake Bennett · 1 episodeShow
1982Off Your RockerSeymour SaltzMovie
1981Side ShowHarry HubbellMovie
1981Leave 'Em LaughingRoland GreenMovie
1981Aloha ParadiseNick · 1 episodeShow
1980The Dream MerchantsBruce Benson · 3 episodesShow
1980When Time Ran Out...Francis FendlyMovie
1980Pink LadyRed Buttons, Police Sergeant · 1 episodeShow
1980PowerSolly Weiss · 2 episodesShow
1979Knots LandingAl Baker · 6 episodesShow
1979C.H.O.M.P.S.BrackenMovie
1979Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in JulyMilton (voice)Movie
1978Movie MoviePeanuts / Jinks MurphyMovie
1978The UsersWarren AmbroseMovie
1978Vega$1 episodeShow
1978Fantasy IslandTony Emerson, Cornelius Kelly · 1 episodeShow
1977TelethonMarty RandMovie
1977Pete's DragonHoagyMovie
1977The Love BoatCyrus Foster, Buddy Redmond, Jimmy Morrow · 1 episodeShow
1977Playboy's Playmate PartyMovie
1977Viva Knievel!Ben AndrewsMovie
1976Gable and LombardIvan CooperMovie
1976Flannery and QuiltLuke FlanneryMovie
1976Louis Armstrong: Chicago StyleMovie
1975The New Original Wonder WomanAshley NormanMovie
1975Wonder WomanAshley Norman · 1 episodeShow
1974Little House on the PrairieWilliam 'Willie' O'Hara · 1 episodeShow
1972The Poseidon AdventureJames MartinMovie
1971Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?Mickey IsadoreMovie
1970BreakoutPipesMovie
1970George M!Sam HarrisMovie
1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They?SailorMovie
1969Love, American StyleNorman · 2 episodesShow
1967The Danny Thomas Hour1 episodeShow
1966Murder at N.B.C.Movie
1966StagecoachPeacockMovie
1966The Double Life of Henry PhyfeHenry Wadsworth Phyfe · 17 episodesShow
1965The Dean Martin Show2 episodesShow
1965HarlowArthur LandauMovie
1965Up from the BeachPFC Harry DevineMovie
1964Your Cheatin' HeartShorty YoungerMovie
1963The Greatest Show on Earth1 episodeShow
1963A Ticklish AffairFlight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' ShelleyMovie
1962Gay Purr-eeRobespierre (voice)Movie
1962The Eleventh Hour1 episodeShow
1962The Longest DayPvt. John SteeleMovie
1962Saints and SinnersJoe Roganyan · 1 episodeShow
1962Five Weeks in a BalloonDonald O'ShayMovie
1962Hatari!PocketsMovie
1961One, Two, ThreeMP Sergeant (uncredited)Movie
1961Frontier Circus1 episodeShow
1961Ben Casey1 episodeShow
1959StartimeJoe Henders · 1 episodeShow
1959The Big CircusRandy ShermanMovie
1959A Marriage of StrangersJerryMovie
1958Imitation GeneralCpl. Chan DerbyMovie
1958Hansel and GretelHanselMovie
1957SayonaraJoe KellyMovie
1953The United States Steel Hour1 episodeShow
1953General Electric TheaterLieutenant George Poole, Tippy-Top · 1 episodeShow
1952The Red Buttons ShowHost · 1 episodeShow
1952The Jackie Gleason Show2 episodesShow
1949Suspense1 episodeShow
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