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Red Buttons

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Also known as Aaron Chwatt

American comedian and actor (1919–2006)

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Red Buttons was an American comedian, television actor, and film actor. Born in Manhattan in 1919, he began his work period in 1935. His career included participation in World War II and work in the Western genre. He was recognized with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Buttons died of cardiovascular disease in Century City in 2006. He is also noted for the work *I Never Got a Dinner*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • I Never Got a Dinner

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · 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…

Known for

  • Goodnight, We Love You — Self2004
  • Presidio Med — Chick2002
  • Street Time — Sam Kahan2002
  • Philly2001
  • The Story of Us — Arnie Jordan1999
  • Family Law — Carl Porter1999
  • Ghosts of Fear Street — Grandpa1998
  • Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years — Self1997
  • Early Edition — Walter Stites1996
  • Cosby1996

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1919
Active to
2006

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,150
Total plays
6,874

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Red+Buttons">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Aaron Chwatt , ( 1919-02-05 ) February 5, 1919, New York City , U.S.
Died
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) (aged 87), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Occupations
Actor comedian
Years active
1935–2006
Spouses
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Encyclopedic overview

Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt; February 5, 1919 – July 13, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He won an Oscar, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurel Award for his performance as United States Air Force crew chief Joe Kelly in the film Sayonara. During his career he was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Saturn Award, and two Photoplay Awards. In 1960, Buttons received a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star.

He also appeared in such films as Harlow (1965), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), and Pete's Dragon (1977).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red Buttons” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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