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RED BUTTONS
(Deceased)
ORIGINAL
Autographed
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EXCELLENT SIGNATURE QUALITY
AUTHENTICATED BY JSA (JAMES SPENCE
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Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt; February 5, 1919 - July 13, 2006) was an American comedian and actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Sayonara
In September 1942, Buttons made his Broadway debut in Vickie with
Ferrer and Uta Hagen. Later that year, he appeared in the Minsky's show
Wine, Women and Song; this was the last classic Burlesque show in New
York City history, as the Mayor La Guardia administration closed it
down. Buttons was on stage when the show was raided.
Drafted into the United States Army Air Forces, Buttons in 1943 appeared
in the Army Air Forces' Broadway show Winged Victory, along with
several future stars, including Mario Lanza, John Forsythe, Karl Malden
and Lee J. Cobb. A year later he appeared in Darryl F. Zanuck's movie
version of Winged Victory, directed by George Cukor. Buttons also
entertained troops in the European Theater in the same unit as Mickey
Rooney.
After the war, Buttons continued to do Broadway shows. He also performed
at Broadway movie houses with the Big Bands. In 1952, Buttons received
his own variety series on television, "The Red Buttons Show," which ran
for three years, and achieved high levels of success. In 1953, he
recorded and had a two-sided hit with Strange Things Are Happening/The
Ho Ho Song, with both sides/songs essentially being the same.
His role in Sayonara was a dramatic departure from his previous work. In
that film, co-starring with Marlon Brando, he played Joe Kelly, an
American airman stationed in Kobe, Japan during the Korean War, who
marries Katsumi, a Japanese woman (played by Miyoshi Umeki), but is
barred from taking her back to the United States. His moving portrayal
of Kelly's calm resolve not to abandon the relationship, and the
touching reassurance of Katsumi, impressed audiences and critics alike;
both he and Umeki won supporting actor and actress Academy Awards for
the film.
Buttons as Henry Phyfe
After his Oscar-winning role, Buttons performed in numerous feature
films, including the Africa adventure Hatari! with John Wayne, the
adventure Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) (where he received top
billing), the war epic The Longest Day, the biopic Harlow, the disaster
film The Poseidon Adventure, the dance-marathon drama They Shoot Horses,
Don't They?, the family comedy Pete's Dragon, the disaster film When
Time Ran Out with Paul Newman and the age-reversal comedy 18 Again! with
George Burns.
In 1966, Buttons again starred in his own TV series, a spy spoof called
The Double Life of Henry Phyfe, which ran for one season. Buttons also
made many memorable guest television appearances on programs including
The Eleventh Hour, Little House on the Prairie, It's Garry Shandling's
Show, ER and Roseanne. His last regular role was as a homeless man on
CBS' Knots Landing.
He became a nationally recognizable comedian, and his "Never Got A
Dinner" routine was a standard of The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast for
many years. He was number 71 on Comedy Central's list of the 100
Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time.
Buttons received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for television, his star being located at 1651 Vine Street.
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