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