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