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Red Buttons

Red Buttons
Nome de nascimento: Cpl. Red Buttons
Data de nascimento: 05 de fevereiro de 1919 ( 87 anos)
Falecimento: 13 de julho de 2006
Atividades: Ator
Local de nascimento: New York City, New York, USA
Anos ativo: 1944 - 2006

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 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.

Filmografia ( 56 obras)

Ano Nota Título Personagem
2004 - Goodnight, We Love You Self
1999 - A História de Nós Dois Arnie Jordan
1998 - Ghosts of Fear Street Grandpa
1997 - 20th Century Fox: Os Primeiros 50 Anos Self
1995 - Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker Self
1994 - Atraídos Pelo Destino Walter Zakuto
1990 - A Ambulância Elias Zacharai
1989 - George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom Self - Burns Card Play Partner (uncredited)
1988 - Jackie Gleason: The Great One Self
1988 - De Volta aos 18 Charlie
1985 - Reencontro em Fairborough Jiggs Quealy
1985 - Night of 100 Stars II Self
1983 - George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business Self
1982 - Off Your Rocker Seymour Saltz
1981 - Morte no Circo Harry Hubbell
1981 - A Alegria Não Pode Parar Roland Green
1980 - O Dia em Que o Mundo Acabou Francis Fendly
1980 - Power Solly Weiss
1979 - C.H.O.M.P.S. Bracken
1979 - Natal em Julho Milton (voice)
1979 - The Muppets Go Hollywood Self
1978 - Movie Movie Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
1978 - The Users Warren Ambrose
1977 - Telethon Marty Rand
1977 - Meu Amigo, o Dragão Hoagy
1977 - Playboy's Playmate Party -
1977 - Viva Knievel! Ben Andrews
1976 - Joys Self
1976 - Gable and Lombard Ivan Cooper
1976 - Flannery and Quilt Luke Flannery
1976 - Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style -
1975 - The New Original Wonder Woman Ashley Norman
1972 - O Destino do Poseidon James Martin
1971 - Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? Mickey Isadore
1970 - Breakout Pipes
1970 - George M! Sam Harris
1969 - A Noite dos Desesperados Sailor
1966 - Murder at N.B.C. -
1966 - A Última Diligência Peacock
1965 - Harlow: A Vênus Platinada Arthur Landau
1965 - Up from the Beach PFC Harry Devine
1964 - Your Cheatin' Heart Shorty Younger
1963 - A Ticklish Affair Flight Officer Simon 'Uncle Cy' Shelley
1962 - A Gata dos Meus Sonhos Robespierre (voice)
1962 - O Mais Longo dos Dias Pvt. John Steele
1962 - Cinco Semanas num Balão Donald O'Shay
1962 - Hatari! Pockets
1961 - Cupido Não Tem Bandeira MP Sergeant (uncredited)
1959 - The Big Circus Randy Sherman
1959 - A Marriage of Strangers Jerry
1958 - The All-Star Christmas Show Self
1958 - Imitation General Cpl. Chan Derby
1958 - Hansel and Gretel Hansel
1957 - Sayonara Joe Kelly
1951 - Footlight Varieties Himself
1944 - Winged Victory Whitey / Andrews Sister

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