David Butler

Biography

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.

Known For

The Merv Griffin Show

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Birth of a Nation

7th Heaven

Thank Your Lucky Stars

It's a Great Feeling

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

The Village Blacksmith

All Movies (52)

• Prima Donna1956 · as Self - Introduction
• It's a Great Feeling1949 · as David Butler (uncredited)
• Thank Your Lucky Stars1943 · as Self (uncredited)
• Salute1929 · as Navy Coach
• The Rush Hour1927 · as William Finch
• Should Second Husbands Come First?1927 · as The Widow's Older Son
• 7th Heaven1927 · as Gobin
• Nobody's Widow1927 · as Ned Stevens
• The Quarterback1926 · as 'Lumpy' Goggins
• Womanpower1926 · as Mallory
• The Blue Eagle1926 · as Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
• Oh, Baby!1926
• The Sap1926 · as Vance
• The Plastic Age1925 · as James Henley
• Wages for Wives1925 · as Chester Logan
• The People vs. Nancy Preston1925 · as Bill Preston
• The Phantom Express1925 · as Jack Warren
• The Man on the Box1925 · as Bob's Brother-in-Law
• Havoc1925 · as Smithy
• His Majesty, Bunker Bean1925 · as Bud Matthews
• Tracked in the Snow Country1925 · as Terry Moulton
• Code of the West1925 · as Bid Hatfield
• The Narrow Street1925 · as Ray Wyeth
• The Arizona Express1924 · as Steve Butler
• Hoodman Blind1923 · as Jack Yeulette
• The Temple of Venus1923 · as Nat Harper
• Cause for Divorce1923 · as Tom Parker
• Desire1923 · as Jerry Ryan
• Mary of the Movies1923 · as David Butler (uncredited)
• Poor Men's Wives1923 · as Jim Maherne
• The Fog1923 · as Si Plumb
• The Hero1923 · as Bill Walters
• Conquering the Woman1922 · as Larry Saunders
• The Village Blacksmith1922 · as Bill Hammond
• According to Hoyle1922 · as "Boxcar" Simmons
• The Wise Kid1922 · as Freddie Smith
• The Sky Pilot1921 · as Bill Hendricks
• The County Fair1920 · as Joel Bartlett
• Fickle Women1920 · as Calvin Price
• Don't Ever Marry1920 · as Bill Fielding
• The Triflers1920
• The Pointing Finger1919
• Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie1919 · as David
• The Other Half1919 · as Cpl. Jimmy
• A Petal on the Current1919 · as Ed Kinealy
• Nugget Nell1919 · as Big Hearted Jim
• Better Times1919 · as Peter Van Alstyne
• The Unpainted Woman1919 · as Charley Holt
• The Girl Who Stayed at Home1919 · as Johann August Kant
• The Greatest Thing in Life1918 · as Mr. Le Bebe
• Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916 · as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
• The Birth of a Nation1915 · as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

All TV Shows (1)

• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self