David Butler

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1894-12-16

Deathday 1979-06-14 (84 years old)

Place of Birth San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As David W. Butler, Dave Butler

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

Director

1965
Camp Runamuck

as Director

1964
Daniel Boone

as Director

1963
1961
The Right Approach

as Director

1960
Overland Trail

as Director

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Director

1959
The Deputy

as Director

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Director

1957
M Squad

as Director

1957
Leave It to Beaver

as Director

1956
1956
Glory

as Director

1956
Prima Donna

as Director

1955
Jump Into Hell

as Director

1954
The Command

as Director

1953
Calamity Jane

as Director

1952
April in Paris

as Director

1952
Where's Charley?

as Director

1951
1950
Tea for Two

as Director

1949
1949
1949
John Loves Mary

as Director

1948
1947
My Wild Irish Rose

as Director

1946
1945
San Antonio

as Director

1944
1943
1943
1942
Road to Morocco

as Director

1941
1941
Playmates

as Director

1940
You'll Find Out

as Director

1940
If I Had My Way

as Director

1939
1938
Kentucky

as Director

1938
1938
Kentucky Moonshine

as Director

1937
1937
1936
Pigskin Parade

as Director

1936
Captain January

as Director

1936
White Fang

as Director

1935
The Little Colonel

as Director

1935
The Littlest Rebel

as Director

1935
Doubting Thomas

as Director

1934
Bright Eyes

as Director

1934
Bottoms Up

as Director

1934
Have a Heart

as Director

1934
Handy Andy

as Director

1933
My Weakness

as Director

1933
Hold Me Tight

as Director

1932
Down To Earth

as Director

1932
1932
Handle with Care

as Director

1931
1931
Delicious

as Director

1930
Just Imagine

as Director

1930
High Society Blues

as Director

1929
Sunny Side Up

as Director

1929
Masked Emotions

as Director

1929
Salute

as Director

1928
Prep and Pep

as Director

1928
Win That Girl

as Director

1927
High School Hero

as Director

Actor

1949
It's a Great Feeling

as David Butler (uncredited)

1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Self (uncredited)

1929
Salute

as Navy Coach

1927
The Rush Hour

as William Finch

1927
Should Second Husbands Come First?

as The Widow's Older Son

1927
7th Heaven

as Gobin

1927
Nobody's Widow

as Ned Stevens

1926
The Quarterback

as 'Lumpy' Goggins

1926
Womanpower

as Mallory

1926
The Blue Eagle

as Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani

1925
The Plastic Age

as James Henley

1925
Wages for Wives

as Chester Logan

1925
Havoc

as Smithy

1925
His Majesty, Bunker Bean

as Bud Matthews

1925
1925
Code of the West

as Bid Hatfield

1925
The Narrow Street

as Ray Wyeth

1924
The Arizona Express

as Steve Butler

1923
Hoodman Blind

as Jack Yeulette

1923
The Temple of Venus

as Nat Harper

1923
Cause for Divorce

as Tom Parker

1923
Mary of the Movies

as David Butler (uncredited)

1923
Poor Men's Wives

as Jim Maherne

1923
The Fog

as Si Plumb

1922
The Village Blacksmith

as Bill Hammond

1922
According to Hoyle

as "Boxcar" Simmons

1921
The Sky Pilot

as Bill Hendricks

1920
The County Fair

as Joel Bartlett

1920
Fickle Women

as Calvin Price

1919
The Other Half

as Cpl. Jimmy

1919
1919
Nugget Nell

as Big Hearted Jim

1919
Better Times

as Peter Van Alstyne

1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home

as Johann August Kant

1918
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)

1915
The Birth of a Nation

as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier

Writer

1940
1940
1939
1934
Bottoms Up

as Screenplay

1934
Bottoms Up

as Story

1934
Bright Eyes

as Story

1934
Have a Heart

as Story

1932
1930
1927

Producer

1940
You'll Find Out

as Producer

1940
If I Had My Way

as Producer

1929
Sunny Side Up

as Producer

Costume & Make-Up

2010
Edgar Floats

as Set Costumer