David Butler

Known for DirectingBorn 1894-12-16Died 1979-06-14San 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.Read more

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Handle with Care

Win That Girl

News Parade

Nobody's Widow

Womanpower

The People vs. Nancy Preston

Poor Men's Wives

According to Hoyle

The Wise Kid

The Pointing Finger

Where's Charley?

Prep and Pep

Tracked in the Snow Country

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

The Triflers

A Petal on the Current

The Twilight Zone

Should Second Husbands Come First?

Two Guys from Texas

High Society Blues

Masked Emotions

High School Hero

Oh, Baby!

The Sap

The Narrow Street

Mary of the Movies

The Temple of Venus

The Fog

Conquering the Woman

Don't Ever Marry

The Unpainted Woman

C'mon, Let's Live a Little

Camp Runamuck

Doubting Thomas

Down To Earth

East Side of Heaven

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

77 Sunset Strip

Have a Heart

Daniel Boone

7th Heaven

The Right Approach

Leave It to Beaver

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

Calamity Jane

If I Had My Way

Straight, Place and Show