Red Buttons
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Goodnight, We Love You
2004
as Self
Presidio Med
2002
as Chick
Street Time
2002
as Sam Kahan
Philly
2001
The Story of Us
1999
as Arnie Jordan
Family Law
1999
as Carl Porter
Ghosts of Fear Street
1998
as Grandpa
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
Early Edition
1996
as Walter Stites
Cosby
1996
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
as Self
It Could Happen to You
1994
as Walter Zakuto
ER
1994
as Ruby
The Ambulance
1990
as Elias Zacharai
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
1989
as Self - Burns Card Play Partner (uncredited)
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
1988
as Self
18 Again!
1988
as Charlie
Roseanne
1988
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
as Red Buttons
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
as Jiggs Quealy
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
227
1985
Alice in Wonderland
1985
as White Rabbit
The Cosby Show
1984
as Jake Bennett
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983
as Self
Off Your Rocker
1982
as Seymour Saltz
Leave 'Em Laughing
1981
as Roland Green
Side Show
1981
as Harry Hubbell
Aloha Paradise
1981
When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Francis Fendly
Pink Lady
1980
as Red Buttons
The Dream Merchants
1980
as Bruce Benson
Pink Lady
1980
as Police Sergeant
Power
1980
as Solly Weiss
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
as Milton (voice)
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
as Bracken
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
Knots Landing
1979
as Al Baker
Movie Movie
1978
as Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
The Users
1978
as Warren Ambrose
Vega$
1978
Pete's Dragon
1977
as Hoagy
Viva Knievel!
1977
as Ben Andrews
Telethon
1977
as Marty Rand
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
The Love Boat
1977
as Cyrus Foster
The Love Boat
1977
as Buddy Redmond
Gable and Lombard
1976
as Ivan Cooper
Joys
1976
as Self
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Flannery and Quilt
1976
as Luke Flannery
The New Original Wonder Woman
1975
as Ashley Norman
Wonder Woman
1975
as Ashley Norman
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as James Martin
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Mickey Isadore
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Breakout
1970
as Pipes
George M!
1970
as Sam Harris
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as Sailor
Love, American Style
1969
as Norman
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Stagecoach
1966
as Peacock
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
1966
as Henry Wadsworth Phyfe
Harlow
1965
as Arthur Landau
Up from the Beach
1965
as PFC Harry Devine
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Your Cheatin' Heart
1964
as Shorty Younger
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
A Ticklish Affair
1963
as Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Hatari!
1962
as Pockets
Gay Purr-ee
1962
as Robespierre (voice)
The Longest Day
1962
as Pvt. John Steele
Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962
as Donald O'Shay
Saints and Sinners
1962
as Joe Roganyan
The Eleventh Hour
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
One, Two, Three
1961
as MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Password
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Frontier Circus
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Host
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Big Circus
1959
as Randy Sherman
A Marriage of Strangers
1959
as Jerry
Startime
1959
Hansel and Gretel
1958
as Hansel
Imitation General
1958
as Cpl. Chan Derby
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
Sayonara
1957
as Joe Kelly
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Lieutenant George Poole
The United States Steel Hour
1953
The Oscars
1953
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Tippy-Top
The Red Buttons Show
1952
as Host
Footlight Varieties
1951
as Himself
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Suspense
1949
Studio One
1948
as St. Emergency
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Winged Victory
1944
as Whitey / Andrews Sister