David Butler
Directing
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.
TV Shows(1)
Movies(52)
Prima Donna
Self - Introduction
1956
It's a Great Feeling
David Butler (uncredited)
1949
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Self (uncredited)
1943
Salute
Navy Coach
1929
The Rush Hour
William Finch
1927
Should Second Husbands Come First?
The Widow's Older Son
1927
7th Heaven
Gobin
1927
Nobody's Widow
Ned Stevens
1927
The Quarterback
'Lumpy' Goggins
1926
Womanpower
Mallory
1926
The Blue Eagle
Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
1926
Oh, Baby!
1926
The Sap
Vance
1926
The Plastic Age
James Henley
1925
Wages for Wives
Chester Logan
1925
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Bill Preston
1925
The Phantom Express
Jack Warren
1925
The Man on the Box
Bob's Brother-in-Law
1925
Havoc
Smithy
1925
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Bud Matthews
1925
Tracked in the Snow Country
Terry Moulton
1925
Code of the West
Bid Hatfield
1925
The Narrow Street
Ray Wyeth
1925
The Arizona Express
Steve Butler
1924
Hoodman Blind
Jack Yeulette
1923
The Temple of Venus
Nat Harper
1923
Cause for Divorce
Tom Parker
1923
Desire
Jerry Ryan
1923
Mary of the Movies
David Butler (uncredited)
1923
Poor Men's Wives
Jim Maherne
1923
The Fog
Si Plumb
1923
The Hero
Bill Walters
1923
Conquering the Woman
Larry Saunders
1922
The Village Blacksmith
Bill Hammond
1922
According to Hoyle
"Boxcar" Simmons
1922
The Wise Kid
Freddie Smith
1922
The Sky Pilot
Bill Hendricks
1921
The County Fair
Joel Bartlett
1920
Fickle Women
Calvin Price
1920
Don't Ever Marry
Bill Fielding
1920
The Triflers
1920
The Pointing Finger
1919
Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie
David
1919
The Other Half
Cpl. Jimmy
1919
A Petal on the Current
Ed Kinealy
1919
Nugget Nell
Big Hearted Jim
1919
Better Times
Peter Van Alstyne
1919
The Unpainted Woman
Charley Holt
1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Johann August Kant
1919
The Greatest Thing in Life
Mr. Le Bebe
1918
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
1916
The Birth of a Nation
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
1915