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David Butler
Biography:
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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,... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Prima Donna as Self - Introduction | 1956-02-01 |
It's a Great Feeling as David Butler (uncredited) | 1949-08-01 |
Thank Your Lucky Stars as Self (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
Salute as Navy Coach | 1929-09-01 |
The Rush Hour as William Finch | 1927-12-12 |
Should Second Husbands Come First? as The Widow's Older Son | 1927-10-23 |
7th Heaven as Gobin | 1927-09-10 |
Nobody's Widow as Ned Stevens | 1927-01-12 |
The Quarterback as 'Lumpy' Goggins | 1926-10-11 |
Womanpower as Mallory | 1926-09-19 |
The Blue Eagle as Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani | 1926-09-12 |
Oh, Baby! | 1926-08-07 |
The Sap as Vance | 1926-03-20 |
Wages for Wives as Chester Logan | 1925-12-15 |
The Plastic Age as James Henley | 1925-12-15 |
Havoc as Smithy | 1925-09-27 |
His Majesty, Bunker Bean as Bud Matthews | 1925-09-14 |
Tracked in the Snow Country as Terry Moulton | 1925-07-13 |
Code of the West as Bid Hatfield | 1925-04-06 |
The Narrow Street as Ray Wyeth | 1925-01-04 |
The Arizona Express as Steve Butler | 1924-03-23 |
Hoodman Blind as Jack Yeulette | 1923-12-20 |
The Temple of Venus as Nat Harper | 1923-11-11 |
Cause for Divorce as Tom Parker | 1923-10-06 |
Mary of the Movies as David Butler (uncredited) | 1923-05-27 |
Poor Men's Wives as Jim Maherne | 1923-01-28 |
The Fog as Si Plumb | 1923-01-18 |
The Village Blacksmith as Bill Hammond | 1922-11-01 |
According to Hoyle as "Boxcar" Simmons | 1922-05-06 |
The Sky Pilot as Bill Hendricks | 1921-04-16 |
The County Fair as Joel Bartlett | 1920-09-05 |
Fickle Women as Calvin Price | 1920-08-09 |
The Triflers | 1920-01-12 |
The Pointing Finger | 1919-12-01 |
The Other Half as Cpl. Jimmy | 1919-08-18 |
A Petal on the Current as Ed Kinealy | 1919-08-03 |
Nugget Nell as Big Hearted Jim | 1919-07-27 |
Better Times as Peter Van Alstyne | 1919-07-13 |
The Girl Who Stayed at Home as Johann August Kant | 1919-03-23 |
The Greatest Thing in Life as Mr. Le Bebe | 1918-12-22 |
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited) | 1916-09-04 |
The Birth of a Nation as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier | 1915-02-08 |