David Butler
Directing
Born 1894-12-16
Died 1979-06-14
San Francisco, California, USA
131 credits
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Awards
Won 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- 1960 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Directing
48 credits
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Twilight Zone
Daniel Boone
Leave It to Beaver
77 Sunset Strip
The Deputy
The Patty Duke Show
M Squad
Screen Director's Playhouse
Camp Runamuck
Calamity Jane
Overland Trail
News Parade
The Princess and the Pirate
King Richard and the Crusaders
Tea for Two
Just Imagine
The Little Colonel
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bright Eyes
The Story of Seabiscuit
The Command
It's a Great Feeling
San Antonio
The Littlest Rebel
Road to Morocco
Captain January
You'll Find Out
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Prima Donna
April in Paris
They Got Me Covered
Lullaby of Broadway
East Side of Heaven
John Loves Mary
The Girl He Left Behind
Ali Baba Goes to Town
A Connecticut Yankee
If I Had My Way
Bottoms Up
Shine on Harvest Moon
Kentucky Moonshine
Two Guys from Milwaukee
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Handle with Care
That's Right – You're Wrong
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Two Guys from Texas
Acting
15 credits
The Merv Griffin Show
The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
7th Heaven
Hoodman Blind
Desire
It's a Great Feeling
The Plastic Age
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Salute
Prima Donna
The Hero
Nugget Nell
According to Hoyle
The Narrow Street
Writing
8 credits
News Parade
Bright Eyes
You'll Find Out
East Side of Heaven
If I Had My Way
Bottoms Up
Handle with Care
That's Right – You're Wrong
Producing
3 credits
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