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David Butler
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Butler (December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. Butler was born in San Francisco, California. His mother was an actress and his father was a theater stage manager. His first acting roles were playing extras in stage plays. He later appeared in two D. W. Griffith films, The Girl Who Stayed Home and The Greatest Thing in Life. He also appeared in the 1927 Academy-Award winning film 7th Heaven. The same year, Butler made his directorial debut with High School Hero, a comedy for Fox. During Butler's nine-year tenure at Fox, he directed over thirty films, including four Shirley Temple vehicles. Butler's last film for Fox, Kentucky, won Walter Brennan an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Butler worked with Bing Crosby in Road to Morocco and If I Had My Way. He directed many films starring Doris Day, among them It's a Great Feeling, Tea for Two, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Lullaby of Broadway, April in Paris, and Calamity Jane. During the late '50s and 1960s, Butler directed primarily television episodes, mainly for Leave It to Beaver and Wagon Train. For his contributions to the film industry, Butler was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 with a motion pictures star located at 6561 Hollywood Boulevard.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
February 1st, 1956 | Prima Donna | Self - Introduction | TBD | |
August 20th, 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | David Butler (uncredited) | 6 | |
September 25th, 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Self (uncredited) | 6.2 | |
September 1st, 1929 | Salute | Navy Coach | 6 | |
December 12th, 1927 | The Rush Hour | William Finch | 7 | |
October 23rd, 1927 | Should Second Husbands Come First? | The Widow's Older Son | 8.4 | |
September 10th, 1927 | 7th Heaven | Gobin | 7.4 | |
January 12th, 1927 | Nobody's Widow | Ned Stevens | 10 | |
October 11th, 1926 | The Quarterback | 'Lumpy' Goggins | 6.5 | |
September 19th, 1926 | Womanpower | Mallory | 10 | |
September 12th, 1926 | The Blue Eagle | Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani | 5.4 | |
August 7th, 1926 | Oh, Baby! | TBD | 8 | |
March 20th, 1926 | The Sap | Vance | 8 | |
December 15th, 1925 | The Plastic Age | James Henley | 6.2 | |
December 15th, 1925 | Wages for Wives | Chester Logan | 7 | |
November 1st, 1925 | The People vs. Nancy Preston | Bill Preston | 10 | |
November 1st, 1925 | The Phantom Express | Jack Warren | TBD | |
October 10th, 1925 | The Man on the Box | Bob's Brother-in-Law | 6.3 | |
September 27th, 1925 | Havoc | Smithy | 7 | |
September 14th, 1925 | His Majesty, Bunker Bean | Bud Matthews | 9 | |
July 13th, 1925 | Tracked in the Snow Country | Terry Moulton | 9 | |
April 6th, 1925 | Code of the West | Bid Hatfield | 7 | |
January 4th, 1925 | The Narrow Street | Ray Wyeth | 8 | |
March 23rd, 1924 | The Arizona Express | Steve Butler | 6.2 | |
December 20th, 1923 | Hoodman Blind | Jack Yeulette | 6 | |
November 11th, 1923 | The Temple of Venus | Nat Harper | 8 | |
October 6th, 1923 | Cause for Divorce | Tom Parker | 3 | |
October 1st, 1923 | Desire | Jerry Ryan | 7 | |
May 27th, 1923 | Mary of the Movies | David Butler (uncredited) | 8 | |
January 28th, 1923 | Poor Men's Wives | Jim Maherne | 10 | |
January 18th, 1923 | The Fog | Si Plumb | 8 | |
January 1st, 1923 | The Hero | Bill Walters | 7 | |
December 10th, 1922 | Conquering the Woman | Larry Saunders | 8 | |
November 1st, 1922 | The Village Blacksmith | Bill Hammond | 5.3 | |
May 6th, 1922 | According to Hoyle | "Boxcar" Simmons | 10 | |
March 13th, 1922 | The Wise Kid | Freddie Smith | 10 | |
April 16th, 1921 | The Sky Pilot | Bill Hendricks | 5.4 | |
September 5th, 1920 | The County Fair | Joel Bartlett | 5.3 | |
August 9th, 1920 | Fickle Women | Calvin Price | 7 | |
April 18th, 1920 | Don't Ever Marry | Bill Fielding | 8 | |
January 12th, 1920 | The Triflers | TBD | 9 | |
December 1st, 1919 | The Pointing Finger | TBD | 10 | |
October 13th, 1919 | Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie | David | 7 | |
August 18th, 1919 | The Other Half | Cpl. Jimmy | 5.7 | |
August 3rd, 1919 | A Petal on the Current | Ed Kinealy | 9 | |
July 27th, 1919 | Nugget Nell | Big Hearted Jim | 7 | |
July 13th, 1919 | Better Times | Peter Van Alstyne | TBD | |
May 26th, 1919 | The Unpainted Woman | Charley Holt | 8 | |
March 23rd, 1919 | The Girl Who Stayed at Home | Johann August Kant | 4.8 | |
December 22nd, 1918 | The Greatest Thing in Life | Mr. Le Bebe | TBD | |
September 4th, 1916 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Babylonian Soldier (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
March 8th, 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited) | 6 |