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The Ho-Ho-Man
Continued from preceding page
appeared in Wine, Women
and Son.- for Minsky. This
was the last
b burlesque show
in New York City because the
La Guardia administration
closed it. Buttons was on the
stage the night the place was
raided.
During World War II, But-
tons, in the Army Air Corps,
was chosen for a role in Moss
Hart's Winged Victory. First
he did the Broadway show
and then the motion picture.
When
Winged Victory
disbanded, Buttons joined
Mickey Rooney's outfit in
France, and together they
entertained the troops all
through the European
Theater. Buttons had the
honor of performing at the
Potsdam Conference and was
among the first troops to
enter Berlin.
After the war, his career
continued to soar. And in
1952, he struck it big on
television with The Red But-
tons Show. He won the
Academy of Radio and Televi-
sion Arts and Sciences Award
(which later became the Eni-
my) as "Best Comedian of
1953." The series lasted three
years.
Raised in an Orthodox
home, Buttons combined his
culture with his comedy an-
tics. One of his TV
trademarks was cupping his
ears and dancing around the
stage on one foot while chan-
ting "Ho-Ho."
"I got that from going to
synagogue with my father as
a kid," he explains. "The
Chasidim used to hold their
ears, dance around and chant.
So I guess we're all products
of our conditioning and our
upbringing. I think Pavlov
was right in that respect."
When his show finally did
fold, Buttons says he was
disappointed and depressed
for awhile. "That was a dark
period for me," he admits.
"Looking back, I wish I had
more wisdom when I was
operating my series. We made
some basic mistakes. We tried
to fix things that weren't
broken and that's always
deadly."
The depression didn't last
long, however, for in 1957 he
was tapped to play opposite
Marlon Brando in Sayonara.
The year 1958 brightened
considerably with an Oscar
and the Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actor. A
new career in films followed,
with such hits as Harlow and
They Shoot Horses, Don't
They?, which brought him two
more Golden Globe
nominations.
Making the switch from
comedy to serious acting
came naturally for Buttons.
He says, "I guess I had that
capacity all my life and never
knew it. But the timing was
right. The film came at a time
in my career when I needed
it. It was a battle to get the
role in Sayonara. It took two
screen tests and four months
of struggling, but I finally
made it."
He admits it may have been
more difficult for him than
others to be taken seriously
because of his huge success in
comedy. "You're always
stereotyped in this business
and that was one of the
miracles for me — breaking
out of that box. But I wanted
that role, dreamed about it
and eventually wound up
making perhaps the best tests
for it. So I got it."
As Buttons looks back on a
career that has spanned over
half a century, he says the
highlights are obvious.
"Every way station is a
highlight," he explained. "If
you're entertaining on street
corners and then you go from
there into an amateur con-
test, that's a highlight. If you
go from there into the Cat-
skill Mountains, that's a
highlight. From there into
burlesque at Minsky's, into
Broadway shows or playing
the big houses with the big
bands, everything is a plateau
and a highlight.
"But the two big, big
highlights of my career," he
continues, "were my televi-
sion series and the Academy
Award for Sayonara. I would
say they are undoubtedly the
two outstanding hits in a long
and checkered career!'
Having just finished six
shows for "Knots Landing,"
Buttons says he keeps himself
busy with interesting projects
as they arise. His most recent
film was Reunion at Fair-
borough with Robert Mit-
chum and Deborah Kerr. He
also keeps busy doing celebri-
ty roasts, and is a frequent
star in the gambling palaces
of Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe,
Reno and Atlantic City.
He has written and record-
ed a children's album of
Poems on the Golden Record
Label entitled Poems For My
Daughter's Children and
Other Little People, Love
Daddy.
A modest man who
cherishes his roots, Buttons
has been honored by his peo-
ple. The Israel Cancer
Research Fund recently nam-
ed an annual fellowship in his
honor, and he recently record-
ed an 18-hour-long interview,
along with other prominent
Jews of the 20th Century, for
the American Jewish
Congress.
At 68, an age when most
men think of retiring, But-
tons has no such plans. He
says he's ready, willing and
able to accept any new assign-
ment that comes his way.
"There are no blueprints in
this business!" he notes. "You
can't sit down and map it all
out because a career takes on
a labyrinthian path. We all
lope along, as they say, doing
the best we can.
"But I do pride myself on
being a practicing profes-
sional," he concludes. "So
whatever comes along, I'm
there and ready for it. I've
never been reluctant to take
my place in the batter's box to
take a good swing at
everything!" ❑
I
GOING PLACES I
Continued from preceding page
OPUS 3
The Community House, 380
S. Bates, Birmingham,
concert, 3 p.m. Sunday,
admission, 644-5832.
COMEDY
DUFFY'S ON THE LAKE
3133 Union Lake Rd.,
Union Lake, Bob Posch and
John Cionca, 9:30 and
11:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, admission,
363-9469.
NORTHWOOD INN AND
COMEDY CASTLE
2593 Woodward, Berkley,
Barry Diamond, 8:30 and
11:30 p.m. today and
Saturday; Kip Addotta, 8:30
p.m. Tuesday through Oct.
3, admission, 542-9900.
THEATER
SHAW FESTIVAL
Niagara-On-The-Lake,
Ontario, Peter Pan, now
until Oct. 11, Fanny's First
Play, today and Saturday,
and Night Of Jan. 16th,
today and Saturday, (416)
468-2172.
FISHER THEATRE
Fisher Building, Detroit,
Arsenic and Old Lace, 8
p.m. today and Saturday,
admission, 872-1000.
GREAT LAKES
DINNER PLAYHOUSE
31 N. Walnut, Mt. Clemens,
cocktails 6 p.m., dinner
6:30 p.m., Grease, now
through Oct. 10, admission,
463-0340.
STAGECRAFTERS
Baldwin Theatre, 415 S.
Lafayette, Royal Oak, Two
By Two, 8 p.m. today and
Saturday, admission,
541-6430.
ATTIC THEATRE
7339 Third Ave., Detroit,