David Butler
Directing • Born 1894-12-16 – Died 1979-06-14
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.
Filmography
51 credits
It's a Great Feeling
Movie • 1949
David Butler (uncredited)
The Village Blacksmith
Movie • 1922
Bill Hammond
Mary of the Movies
Movie • 1923
David Butler (uncredited)
Salute
Movie • 1929
Navy Coach
Hoodman Blind
Movie • 1923
Jack Yeulette
The Sky Pilot
Movie • 1921
Bill Hendricks
The Rush Hour
Movie • 1927
William Finch
Nobody's Widow
Movie • 1927
Ned Stevens
Nugget Nell
Movie • 1919
Big Hearted Jim
The Blue Eagle
Movie • 1926
Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
Tracked in the Snow Country
Movie • 1925
Terry Moulton
The Other Half
Movie • 1919
Cpl. Jimmy
The County Fair
Movie • 1920
Joel Bartlett
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Movie • 1919
Johann August Kant
7th Heaven
Movie • 1927
Gobin
The Greatest Thing in Life
Movie • 1918
Mr. Le Bebe
Should Second Husbands Come First?
Movie • 1927
The Widow's Older Son
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie • 1943
Self (uncredited)
Havoc
Movie • 1925
Smithy
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie • 1916
Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
Code of the West
Movie • 1925
Bid Hatfield
The Birth of a Nation
Movie • 1915
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Womanpower
Movie • 1926
Mallory
The Triflers
Movie • 1920
A Petal on the Current
Movie • 1919
Ed Kinealy
Fickle Women
Movie • 1920
Calvin Price
The Plastic Age
Movie • 1925
James Henley
The Arizona Express
Movie • 1924
Steve Butler
The Narrow Street
Movie • 1925
Ray Wyeth
The Temple of Venus
Movie • 1923
Nat Harper
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Movie • 1925
Bud Matthews
Better Times
Movie • 1919
Peter Van Alstyne
Poor Men's Wives
Movie • 1923
Jim Maherne
The Pointing Finger
Movie • 1919
The Quarterback
Movie • 1926
'Lumpy' Goggins
Cause for Divorce
Movie • 1923
Tom Parker
The Fog
Movie • 1923
Si Plumb
Oh, Baby!
Movie • 1926
According to Hoyle
Movie • 1922
"Boxcar" Simmons
Wages for Wives
Movie • 1925
Chester Logan
The Sap
Movie • 1926
Vance
Prima Donna
Movie • 1956
Self - Introduction
Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie
Movie • 1919
David
The Wise Kid
Movie • 1922
Freddie Smith
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Movie • 1925
Bill Preston
The Hero
Movie • 1923
Bill Walters
Desire
Movie • 1923
Jerry Ryan
Conquering the Woman
Movie • 1922
Larry Saunders
The Man on the Box
Movie • 1925
Bob's Brother-in-Law
The Unpainted Woman
Movie • 1919
Charley Holt
Don't Ever Marry
Movie • 1920
Bill Fielding