Directing
David Butler
EN, PT, XX cinema · 118 credits
Born
16 December 1894
Died
14 June 1979 (aged 84)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as David W. Butler · Dave 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 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.
Known for
Filmography
Edgar Floats
Set Costumer
The Right Approach
Director
Prima Donna
as Self - Introduction, Director
Glory
Director
Jump Into Hell
Director
The Command
Director
Calamity Jane
Director
April in Paris
Director
Where's Charley?
Director
Lullaby of Broadway
Director
Tea for Two
Director
It's a Great Feeling
as David Butler (uncredited), Director
John Loves Mary
Director
Two Guys from Texas
Director
My Wild Irish Rose
Director
San Antonio
Director
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self (uncredited), Director
They Got Me Covered
Director
Road to Morocco
Director
Caught in the Draft
Director
Playmates
Director
You'll Find Out
Director, Story, Producer
If I Had My Way
Director, Story, Producer
East Side of Heaven
Director, Story
That's Right – You're Wrong
Director, Story, Producer
Kentucky
Director
Kentucky Moonshine
Director
You're a Sweetheart
Director
Pigskin Parade
Director
Captain January
Director
White Fang
Director
The Little Colonel
Director
The Littlest Rebel
Director
Doubting Thomas
Director
Bright Eyes
Director, Story
Bottoms Up
Director, Screenplay, Story
Have a Heart
Director, Story
Handy Andy
Director
My Weakness
Director
Hold Me Tight
Director
Down To Earth
Director
Handle with Care
Director, Story
A Connecticut Yankee
Director
Delicious
Director
Just Imagine
Director
High Society Blues
Story, Director
Salute
as Navy Coach
Sunny Side Up
Producer, Director
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
Writer, Director
Masked Emotions
Director
Prep and Pep
Director
Win That Girl
Director
News Parade
1928
News Parade
Director, Story
The Rush Hour
as William Finch
Nobody's Widow
as Ned Stevens
7th Heaven
as Gobin
Should Second Husbands Come First?
as The Widow's Older Son
High School Hero
Director, Story
The Blue Eagle
as Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
Womanpower
as Mallory
The Quarterback
as 'Lumpy' Goggins
The Sap
as Vance
Tracked in the Snow Country
as Terry Moulton
Havoc
as Smithy
Code of the West
as Bid Hatfield
The Plastic Age
as James Henley
The Narrow Street
as Ray Wyeth
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
as Bud Matthews
Wages for Wives
as Chester Logan
The People vs. Nancy Preston
as Bill Preston
The Man on the Box
as Bob's Brother-in-Law
The Arizona Express
as Steve Butler
Mary of the Movies
as David Butler (uncredited)
Hoodman Blind
as Jack Yeulette
The Temple of Venus
as Nat Harper
Poor Men's Wives
as Jim Maherne
Cause for Divorce
as Tom Parker
The Fog
as Si Plumb
The Hero
as Bill Walters
Desire
as Jerry Ryan
The Village Blacksmith
as Bill Hammond
According to Hoyle
1922
According to Hoyle
as "Boxcar" Simmons
The Wise Kid
as Freddie Smith
Conquering the Woman
as Larry Saunders
The Sky Pilot
as Bill Hendricks
The County Fair
as Joel Bartlett
Fickle Women
1920
Fickle Women
as Calvin Price
Don't Ever Marry
as Bill Fielding
Nugget Nell
as Big Hearted Jim
The Other Half
as Cpl. Jimmy
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
as Johann August Kant
A Petal on the Current
as Ed Kinealy
Better Times
as Peter Van Alstyne
The Unpainted Woman
as Charley Holt
The Greatest Thing in Life
as Mr. Le Bebe
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
The Birth of a Nation
as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)