Red Buttons

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, starte...

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The Poseidon Adventure

As James Martin

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Jackie Gleason: The Great One

As Self

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Pete's Dragon

As Hoagy

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Hatari!

As Pockets

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Harlow

As Arthur Landau

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The Story of Us

As Arnie Jordan

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Gay Purr-ee

As Robespierre (voice)

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The Longest Day

As Pvt. John Steele

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

As Sailor

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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

As Milton (voice)

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Sayonara

As Joe Kelly

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Five Weeks in a Balloon

As Donald O'Shay

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18 Again!

As Charlie

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Stagecoach

As Peacock

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When Time Ran Out...

As Francis Fendly

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Viva Knievel!

As Ben Andrews

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Hansel and Gretel

As Hansel

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Movie Movie

As Peanuts / Jinks Murphy

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Your Cheatin' Heart

As Shorty Younger

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

As Bracken

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The Ambulance

As Elias Zacharai

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A Ticklish Affair

As Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley

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Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

As Self

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Goodnight, We Love You

As Himself

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The Big Circus

As Randy Sherman

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Winged Victory

As Whitey / Andrews Sister

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Imitation General

As Cpl. Chan Derby

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The Users

As Warren Ambrose

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Leave 'Em Laughing

As Roland Green

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A Marriage of Strangers

As Jerry

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Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

As Mickey Isadore

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Gable and Lombard

As Ivan Cooper

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Off Your Rocker

As Seymour Saltz

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Telethon

As Marty Rand

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Reunion at Fairborough

As Jiggs Quealy

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Night of 100 Stars II

As Self

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Power

As Solly Weiss

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One, Two, Three

As MP Sergeant (uncredited)

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Breakout

As Pipes

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Up from the Beach

As PFC Harry Devine

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George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business

As Self

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Footlight Varieties

As Himself

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It Could Happen to You

As Walter Zakuto

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Joys

As Self

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Side Show

As Harry Hubbell

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George M!

As Sam Harris

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Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style

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The Muppets Go Hollywood

As Self

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Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

As Self

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Presidio Med

As Chick

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The Jackie Gleason Show

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Little House on the Prairie

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The Love Boat

As Cyrus Foster

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Early Edition

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The Cosby Show

As Jake Bennett

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227

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Roseanne

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Knots Landing

As Al Baker

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Studio One

As St. Emergency

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General Electric Theater

As Lieutenant George Poole

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The Ed Sullivan Show

As Self

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Cosby

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Password

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ER

As Ruby

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The Greatest Show on Earth

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Saints and Sinners

As Joe Roganyan

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The Eleventh Hour

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Vega$

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It's Garry Shandling's Show

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Family Law

As Carl Porter

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Philly

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The Hollywood Palace

As Self - Comedian

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The United States Steel Hour

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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

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Pink Lady

As Red Buttons

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The Dean Martin Show

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

As Self

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Ben Casey

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The Danny Thomas Hour

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Frontier Circus

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Suspense

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The Red Buttons Show

As Host

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The Double Life of Henry Phyfe

As Henry Wadsworth Phyfe

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Aloha Paradise

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Street Time

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The Mike Douglas Show

As Self - Host

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The Oscars

As Self

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Startime

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Alice in Wonderland

As The White Rabbit

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The Dream Merchants

As Bruce Benson

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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

As Self

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

As Self

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Love, American Style

As Norman

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Tonight Starring Jack Paar

As Self

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What's My Line?

As Self - Mystery Guest

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Great Performances

As Self

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Kraft Music Hall

As Self

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Wonder Woman

As Ashley Norman