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...

Known For

The Poseidon Adventure

as James Martin

The Longest Day

as Pvt. John Steele

It Could Happen to You

as Walter Zakuto

Cast Credits

The Story of Us

as Arnie Jordan

It Could Happen to You

as Walter Zakuto

The Ambulance

as Elias Zacharai

George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom

as Self - Burns Card Play Partner (uncredited)

18 Again!

as Charlie

Reunion at Fairborough

as Jiggs Quealy

Off Your Rocker

as Seymour Saltz

Side Show

as Harry Hubbell

Leave 'Em Laughing

as Roland Green

When Time Ran Out...

as Francis Fendly

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

as Bracken

Movie Movie

as Peanuts / Jinks Murphy

The Users

as Warren Ambrose

Telethon

as Marty Rand

Viva Knievel!

as Ben Andrews

Gable and Lombard

as Ivan Cooper

Flannery and Quilt

as Luke Flannery

The Poseidon Adventure

as James Martin

Breakout

as Pipes

George M!

as Sam Harris

Stagecoach

as Peacock

Harlow

as Arthur Landau