David Butler
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Birth of a Nation
as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
1915
Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
1916
Movie
7th Heaven
as Gobin
1927
Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self (uncredited)
1943
Movie
It's a Great Feeling
as David Butler (uncredited)
1949
Movie
The Plastic Age
as James Henley
1925
TV
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Movie
The Blue Eagle
as Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
1926
Movie
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
as Johann August Kant
1919
Movie
The Sky Pilot
as Bill Hendricks
1921
Movie
The County Fair
as Joel Bartlett
1920
Movie
The Arizona Express
as Steve Butler
1924
Movie
The Village Blacksmith
as Bill Hammond
1922
Movie
Salute
as Navy Coach
1929
Movie
Should Second Husbands Come First?
as The Widow's Older Son
1927
Movie
The Other Half
as Cpl. Jimmy
1919
Movie
Cause for Divorce
as Tom Parker
1923
Movie
Hoodman Blind
as Jack Yeulette
1923
Movie
The Quarterback
as 'Lumpy' Goggins
1926
Movie
The Man on the Box
as Bob's Brother-in-Law
1925
Movie
Mary of the Movies
as David Butler (uncredited)
1923
Movie
The Rush Hour
as William Finch
1927
Movie
Nobody's Widow
as Ned Stevens
1927
Movie
Nugget Nell
as Big Hearted Jim
1919
Crew
TV
The Twilight Zone
Director
1959
Movie
Calamity Jane
Director
1953
TV
Leave It to Beaver
Director
1957
Movie
Road to Morocco
Director
1942
Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Director
1943
Movie
The Little Colonel
Director
1935
Movie
The Littlest Rebel
Director
1935
Movie
It's a Great Feeling
Director
1949
TV
Daniel Boone
Director
1964
Movie
Tea for Two
Director
1950
Movie
Bright Eyes
Director
1934
Movie
The Princess and the Pirate
Director
1944