Red Buttons
Cpl. Red Buttons · Aaron Chwatt
- Туған күні:
- 1919-02-05
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 2006-07-13
- Туған жері:
- New York City, New York, USA
Өмірбаяны
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 as a comic and even landed a role in a Broadway play, "Vicki", in 1942. He soon joined the U.S. Marine Corps, and in 1943 was picked for a role in Moss Hart's service play "Winged Victory" on Broadway, and soon afterwards journeyed to Hollywood to make the film version. After his discharge from the service he returned to Broadway, both in plays and as a comic with several big-band orchestras. He was successful enough that he got his own TV series, The Red Buttons Show (1952), on CBS. It lasted three years and won Buttons an Emmy for Best Comedian. He worked steadily for the next several years, and in 1957 got his big film break in the drama Sayonara (1957) with Marlon Brando, in which he played an American soldier stationed in Japan who struggled against the societal and racist pressures of both American and Japanese cultures because of his love for a Japanese woman. His performance garnered him an Academy Award, and more film roles followed. He played a paratrooper in The Longest Day (1962), was nominated for a Golden Globe for Harlow (1965) and again for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). He had a part in the TV series The Double Life of Henry Phyfe (1966) and has done pretty much every kind of TV show there is, from variety to comedy to soap operas. He gained further renown in the 1970s for his appearances on the "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" where he performed his "Never Got a Dinner" act to great acclaim. He has played Las Vegas for years, has a star on Hollywood Boulevard (corner of Hollywood and Vine) and has appeared in numerous telethons and charitable events, for which he has been honored by such organizations as the Friars Club and the City of Hope Hospital. He died July 13, 2006 at the age of 87 in Century City, California, USA from vascular disease.
Фильмографиясы
Goodnight, We Love You
2004
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Self
История о нас
1999
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Arnie Jordan
Ghosts of Fear Street
1998
Grandpa
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Self
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Self
Счастливый случай
1994
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Walter Zakuto
Скорая помощь
1990
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Elias Zacharai
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
1989
Self - Burns Card Play Partner (uncredited)
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
1988
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Self
Снова 18!
1988
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Charlie
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jiggs Quealy
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Self
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
1983
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Self
Off Your Rocker
1982
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Seymour Saltz
Side Show
1981
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Harry Hubbell
Leave 'Em Laughing
1981
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Roland Green
Когда кончилось время
1980
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Francis Fendly
C.H.O.M.P.S.
1979
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Bracken
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Milton (voice)
Маппеты в Голливуде
1979
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Self (uncredited)
Movie Movie
1978
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
The Users
1978
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Warren Ambrose
Telethon
1977
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Marty Rand
Дракон Пита
1977
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Hoagy
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
Viva Knievel!
1977
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Ben Andrews
Joys
1976
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
Gable and Lombard
1976
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Ivan Cooper
Flannery and Quilt
1976
Luke Flannery
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The New Original Wonder Woman
1975
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Ashley Norman
Приключения «Посейдона»
1972
TMDb 7.2 / 10
James Martin
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Mickey Isadore
Breakout
1970
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Pipes
George M!
1970
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Sam Harris
Загнанных лошадей пристреливают, не правда ли?
1969
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Sailor
Murder at N.B.C.
1966
Дилижанс
1966
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Peacock
Харлоу
1965
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Arthur Landau
Up from the Beach
1965
TMDb 8.0 / 10
PFC Harry Devine
Your Cheatin' Heart
1964
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Shorty Younger
A Ticklish Affair
1963
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley
Веселый Париж
1962
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Robespierre (voice)
Самый длинный день
1962
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Pvt. John Steele
Пять недель на воздушном шаре
1962
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Donald O'Shay
Хатари!
1962
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Pockets
Один, два, три
1961
TMDb 7.5 / 10
MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Большой цирк
1959
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Randy Sherman
A Marriage of Strangers
1959
Jerry
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
Imitation General
1958
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Cpl. Chan Derby
Hansel and Gretel
1958
Hansel
Сайонара
1957
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Joe Kelly
Footlight Varieties
1951
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Himself
Крылатая победа
1944
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Whitey / Andrews Sister