Red Buttons

Red Buttons

Person

Red Buttons

Actor 1919-02-05 New York City, New York, USA

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...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY

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The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

1972 · James Martin

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962 · Pvt. John Steele

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · William 'Willie' O'Hara

It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You

1994 · Walter Zakuto

ER

1994 · Ruby

Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

1977 · Hoagy

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

1984 · Jake Bennett

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

1975 · Ashley Norman

One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three

1961 · MP Sergeant (uncredited)

Roseanne

Roseanne

1988 · TV

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969 · Sailor

The Story of Us

The Story of Us

1999 · Arnie Jordan

Hatari!

Hatari!

1962 · Pockets

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977 · Cyrus Foster

Early Edition

Early Edition

1996 · Walter Stites

Sayonara

Sayonara

1957 · Joe Kelly

The Ambulance

The Ambulance

1990 · Elias Zacharai

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

1978 · Tony Emerson