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 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.
81 directing credits · 53 acting credits
Directing · 81
The Twilight Zone
1959
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Daniel Boone
1964
Leave It to Beaver
1957
77 Sunset Strip
1958
M Squad
1957
The Deputy
1959
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Camp Runamuck
1965
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Overland Trail
1960
Calamity Jane
1953
The Command
1954
Bright Eyes
1934
San Antonio
1945
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
Road to Morocco
1942
The Littlest Rebel
1935
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
East Side of Heaven
1939
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
It's a Great Feeling
1949
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
You're a Sweetheart
1937
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951
Bottoms Up
1934
White Fang
1936
Caught in the Draft
1941
My Weakness
1933
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
Pigskin Parade
1936
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949
They Got Me Covered
1943
A Connecticut Yankee
1931
Captain January
1936
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
Salute
1929
Kentucky
1938
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
Sunny Side Up
1929
Tea for Two
1950
Just Imagine
1930
Doubting Thomas
1935
April in Paris
1952
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
The Little Colonel
1935
John Loves Mary
1949
Handy Andy
1934
Glory
1956
Hold Me Tight
1933
Where's Charley?
1952
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
Prima Donna
1956
You'll Find Out
1940
Straight, Place and Show
1938
Masked Emotions
1929
Look for the Silver Lining
1949
Delicious
1931
Have a Heart
1934
Business and Pleasure
1932
If I Had My Way
1940
High School Hero
1927
Down To Earth
1932
High Society Blues
1930
Jump Into Hell
1955
The Right Approach
1961
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
Handle with Care
1932
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929
Playmates
1941
Win That Girl
1928
Chasing Through Europe
1929
Two Guys from Texas
1948
Prep and Pep
1928
News Parade
1928
C'mon, Let's Live a Little
1967
Acting · 53
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The Plastic Age
1925
7th Heaven
1927
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
It's a Great Feeling
1949
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
Don't Ever Marry
1920
Salute
1929
The Quarterback
1926
The County Fair
1920
Prima Donna
1956
The Blue Eagle
1926
The Village Blacksmith
1922
Mary of the Movies
1923
Havoc
1925
The Triflers
1920
Code of the West
1925
The Other Half
1919
The Hero
1923
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918
A Petal on the Current
1919
Hoodman Blind
1923
Wages for Wives
1925
Should Second Husbands Come First?
1927
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925
Better Times
1919
Cause for Divorce
1923
The Sky Pilot
1921
Womanpower
1926
The Sap
1926
The Fog
1923
Nugget Nell
1919
Conquering the Woman
1922
According to Hoyle
1922
The Rush Hour
1927
The Man on the Box
1925
The Arizona Express
1924
Desire
1923
The Unpainted Woman
1919
The Narrow Street
1925
The Pointing Finger
1919
Fickle Women
1920
The Phantom Express
1925
Tracked in the Snow Country
1925
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
Nobody's Widow
1927
The Temple of Venus
1923
The Wise Kid
1922
Oh, Baby!
1926
Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie
1919
Poor Men's Wives
1923