David Butler
Known for: Directing
Born: December 16, 1894
Died: June 14, 1979
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
118 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
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Edgar Floats
2010
5.7
C'mon, Let's Live a Little
1967
7.3
Camp Runamuck
1965
7.0
Daniel Boone
19645.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
6.2
The Patty Duke Show
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.0
The Right Approach
1961
6.3
Overland Trail
1960
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
1957
5.4
M Squad
1957
4.5
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
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Prima Donna
1956
5.7
Glory
1956
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
4.2
Jump Into Hell
1955
6.4
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
6.4
The Command
1954
7.0
Calamity Jane
1953
6.1
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
4.9
April in Paris
1952
9.5
Where's Charley?
1952
6.0
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
6.0
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
6.1
Tea for Two
1950
7.0
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
6.0
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949
6.0
It's a Great Feeling
1949
6.1
Look for the Silver Lining
1949
5.0
John Loves Mary
1949
8.0
Two Guys from Texas
1948
6.0
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
5.7
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
4.9
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
6.1
San Antonio
1945
6.9
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
6.8
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
6.2
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
6.2
They Got Me Covered
1943
6.9
Road to Morocco
1942
5.7
Playmates
1941
5.9
Caught in the Draft
1941
5.6
You'll Find Out
1940
7.0
If I Had My Way
1940
6.3
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
7.4
East Side of Heaven
1939
6.1
Kentucky
1938
7.0
Straight, Place and Show
1938
5.2
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
4.6
You're a Sweetheart
1937
6.0
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
6.1
Pigskin Parade
1936
7.0
White Fang
1936
6.8
Captain January
1936
6.4
The Littlest Rebel
1935
7.5
Doubting Thomas
1935
6.6
The Little Colonel
1935
6.7
Bright Eyes
1934
7.3
Have a Heart
1934
5.5
Handy Andy
1934
5.2
Bottoms Up
1934
7.0
My Weakness
1933
7.0
Hold Me Tight
1933
10.0
Handle with Care
1932
7.5
Down To Earth
1932
6.3
Business and Pleasure
1932
6.5
Delicious
1931
6.1
A Connecticut Yankee
1931
5.8
Just Imagine
1930
8.0
High Society Blues
1930
7.1
Sunny Side Up
1929
5.8
Salute
1929
7.0
Chasing Through Europe
1929
8.0
Masked Emotions
1929
4.3
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929
9.0
Prep and Pep
1928
10.0
Win That Girl
192810.0
News Parade
1928
7.0
The Rush Hour
1927
8.4
Should Second Husbands Come First?
1927
8.0
High School Hero
1927
7.3
7th Heaven
1927
10.0
Nobody's Widow
1927
6.5
The Quarterback
1926
10.0
Womanpower
1926
5.4
The Blue Eagle
1926
8.0
Oh, Baby!
1926
8.0
The Sap
1926
6.2
The Plastic Age
1925
7.0
Wages for Wives
1925
10.0
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925NR
The Phantom Express
1925
6.3
The Man on the Box
1925
7.0
Havoc
1925
9.0
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925
9.0
Tracked in the Snow Country
1925
7.0
Code of the West
1925
8.0
The Narrow Street
1925
6.2
The Arizona Express
1924
6.0
Hoodman Blind
1923
8.0
The Temple of Venus
1923
3.0
Cause for Divorce
1923
7.0
Desire
1923
8.0
Mary of the Movies
1923
10.0
Poor Men's Wives
1923
8.0
The Fog
1923
7.0
The Hero
1923
8.0
Conquering the Woman
1922
5.3
The Village Blacksmith
192210.0
According to Hoyle
1922
10.0
The Wise Kid
1922
5.4
The Sky Pilot
1921
5.3
The County Fair
19207.0
Fickle Women
1920
8.0
Don't Ever Marry
1920
9.0
The Triflers
1920
10.0
The Pointing Finger
1919
7.0
Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie
1919
5.8
The Other Half
1919
9.0
A Petal on the Current
1919
7.0
Nugget Nell
1919
NR
Better Times
1919
8.0
The Unpainted Woman
1919
4.8
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
NR
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918
7.1
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
5.9
The Birth of a Nation
1915