David Butler

Known For: Directing
Born: December 16, 1894
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: June 14, 1979

David Butler

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 W…

Filmography

Edgar Floats

2010 · Set Costumer

C'mon, Let's Live a Little

1967 · Director

Camp Runamuck

1965 · Director

Daniel Boone

1964 · Director

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 · Director

The Patty Duke Show

1963 · Director

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Right Approach

1961 · Director

Overland Trail

1960 · Director

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Director

The Deputy

1959 · Director

77 Sunset Strip

1958 · Director

Leave It to Beaver

1957 · Director

M Squad

1957 · Director

The Girl He Left Behind

1956 · Director

Prima Donna

1956 · Self - Introduction, Director

Glory

1956 · Director

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955 · Director

Jump Into Hell

1955 · Director

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954 · Director

The Command

1954 · Director

Calamity Jane

1953 · Director

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1953 · Director

April in Paris

1952 · Director

Where's Charley?

1952 · Director

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

1951 · Director

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951 · Director

Lullaby of Broadway

1951 · Director

Tea for Two

1950 · Director

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950 · Director

The Story of Seabiscuit

1949 · Director

It's a Great Feeling

1949 · David Butler (uncredited), Director

Look for the Silver Lining

1949 · Director

John Loves Mary

1949 · Director

Two Guys from Texas

1948 · Director

My Wild Irish Rose

1947 · Director

The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946 · Director

Two Guys from Milwaukee

1946 · Director

San Antonio

1945 · Director

The Princess and the Pirate

1944 · Director

Shine on Harvest Moon

1944 · Director

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943 · Self (uncredited), Director

They Got Me Covered

1943 · Director

Road to Morocco

1942 · Director

Playmates

1941 · Director

Caught in the Draft

1941 · Director

You'll Find Out

1940 · Director, Story, Producer

If I Had My Way

1940 · Director, Producer, Story

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939 · Director, Story, Producer

East Side of Heaven

1939 · Director, Story

Kentucky

1938 · Director

Straight, Place and Show

1938 · Director

Kentucky Moonshine

1938 · Director

You're a Sweetheart

1937 · Director

Ali Baba Goes to Town

1937 · Director

Pigskin Parade

1936 · Director

White Fang

1936 · Director

Captain January

1936 · Director

The Littlest Rebel

1935 · Director

Doubting Thomas

1935 · Director

The Little Colonel

1935 · Director

Bright Eyes

1934 · Director, Story

Have a Heart

1934 · Director, Story

Handy Andy

1934 · Director

Bottoms Up

1934 · Director, Story, Screenplay

My Weakness

1933 · Director

Hold Me Tight

1933 · Director

Handle with Care

1932 · Director, Story

Down To Earth

1932 · Director

Business and Pleasure

1932 · Director

Delicious

1931 · Director

A Connecticut Yankee

1931 · Director

Just Imagine

1930 · Director

High Society Blues

1930 · Director, Story

Sunny Side Up

1929 · Producer, Director

Salute

1929 · Navy Coach, Director

Chasing Through Europe

1929 · Director

Masked Emotions

1929 · Director

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

1929 · Director, Writer

Prep and Pep

1928 · Director

Win That Girl

1928 · Director

News Parade

1928 · Director, Story

The Rush Hour

1927 · William Finch

Should Second Husbands Come First?

1927 · The Widow's Older Son

High School Hero

1927 · Director, Story

7th Heaven

1927 · Gobin

Nobody's Widow

1927 · Ned Stevens

The Quarterback

1926 · 'Lumpy' Goggins

Womanpower

1926 · Mallory

The Blue Eagle

1926 · Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani

Oh, Baby!

1926

The Sap

1926 · Vance

The Plastic Age

1925 · James Henley

Wages for Wives

1925 · Chester Logan

The People vs. Nancy Preston

1925 · Bill Preston

The Phantom Express

The Phantom Express

1925 · Jack Warren

The Man on the Box

1925 · Bob's Brother-in-Law

Havoc

1925 · Smithy

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

1925 · Bud Matthews

Tracked in the Snow Country

1925 · Terry Moulton

Code of the West

1925 · Bid Hatfield

The Narrow Street

1925 · Ray Wyeth

The Arizona Express

1924 · Steve Butler

Hoodman Blind

1923 · Jack Yeulette

The Temple of Venus

1923 · Nat Harper

Cause for Divorce

1923 · Tom Parker

Desire

1923 · Jerry Ryan

Mary of the Movies

1923 · David Butler (uncredited)

Poor Men's Wives

1923 · Jim Maherne

The Fog

1923 · Si Plumb

The Hero

1923 · Bill Walters

Conquering the Woman

1922 · Larry Saunders

The Village Blacksmith

1922 · Bill Hammond

According to Hoyle

According to Hoyle

1922 · "Boxcar" Simmons

The Wise Kid

1922 · Freddie Smith

The Sky Pilot

1921 · Bill Hendricks

The County Fair

1920 · Joel Bartlett

Fickle Women

1920 · Calvin Price

Don't Ever Marry

1920 · Bill Fielding

The Triflers

1920

The Pointing Finger

1919

Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie

1919 · David

The Other Half

1919 · Cpl. Jimmy

A Petal on the Current

1919 · Ed Kinealy

Nugget Nell

1919 · Big Hearted Jim

Better Times

1919 · Peter Van Alstyne

The Unpainted Woman

1919 · Charley Holt

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

1919 · Johann August Kant

The Greatest Thing in Life

1918 · Mr. Le Bebe

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916 · Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)

The Birth of a Nation

1915 · Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

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