David Butler
Directing
1894-12-16 · San 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.
Filmography
Edgar Floats
2010 · Movie
C'mon, Let's Live a Little
1967 · Movie
Camp Runamuck
1965 · Series
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
The Patty Duke Show
1963 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Right Approach
1961 · Movie
Overland Trail
1960 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
The Deputy
1959 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · Series
M Squad
1957 · Series
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 · Movie
Prima Donna
1956 · Movie
Glory
1956 · Movie
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Series
Jump Into Hell
1955 · Movie
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954 · Movie
The Command
1954 · Movie
Calamity Jane
1953 · Movie
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953 · Movie
April in Paris
1952 · Movie
Where's Charley?
1952 · Movie
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Lullaby of Broadway
1951 · Movie
Tea for Two
1950 · Movie
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950 · Movie
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949 · Movie
It's a Great Feeling
1949 · Movie
Look for the Silver Lining
1949 · Movie
John Loves Mary
1949 · Movie
Two Guys from Texas
1948 · Movie
My Wild Irish Rose
1947 · Movie
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946 · Movie
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946 · Movie
San Antonio
1945 · Movie
The Princess and the Pirate
1944 · Movie
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944 · Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Movie
They Got Me Covered
1943 · Movie
Road to Morocco
1942 · Movie
Playmates
1941 · Movie
Caught in the Draft
1941 · Movie
You'll Find Out
1940 · Movie
If I Had My Way
1940 · Movie
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939 · Movie
East Side of Heaven
1939 · Movie
Kentucky
1938 · Movie
Straight, Place and Show
1938 · Movie
Kentucky Moonshine
1938 · Movie
You're a Sweetheart
1937 · Movie
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 · Movie
Pigskin Parade
1936 · Movie
White Fang
1936 · Movie
Captain January
1936 · Movie
The Littlest Rebel
1935 · Movie
Doubting Thomas
1935 · Movie
The Little Colonel
1935 · Movie
Bright Eyes
1934 · Movie
Have a Heart
1934 · Movie
Handy Andy
1934 · Movie
Bottoms Up
1934 · Movie
My Weakness
1933 · Movie
Hold Me Tight
1933 · Movie
Handle with Care
1932 · Movie
Down To Earth
1932 · Movie
Business and Pleasure
1932 · Movie
Delicious
1931 · Movie
A Connecticut Yankee
1931 · Movie
Just Imagine
1930 · Movie
High Society Blues
1930 · Movie
Sunny Side Up
1929 · Movie
Salute
1929 · Movie
Chasing Through Europe
1929 · Movie
Masked Emotions
1929 · Movie
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1929 · Movie
Prep and Pep
1928 · Movie
Win That Girl
1928 · Movie
News Parade
1928 · Movie
The Rush Hour
1927 · Movie
Should Second Husbands Come First?
1927 · Movie
High School Hero
1927 · Movie
7th Heaven
1927 · Movie
Nobody's Widow
1927 · Movie
The Quarterback
1926 · Movie
Womanpower
1926 · Movie
The Blue Eagle
1926 · Movie
Oh, Baby!
1926 · Movie
The Sap
1926 · Movie
The Plastic Age
1925 · Movie
Wages for Wives
1925 · Movie
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925 · Movie
The Phantom Express
1925 · Movie
The Man on the Box
1925 · Movie
Havoc
1925 · Movie
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925 · Movie
Tracked in the Snow Country
1925 · Movie
Code of the West
1925 · Movie
The Narrow Street
1925 · Movie
The Arizona Express
1924 · Movie
Hoodman Blind
1923 · Movie
The Temple of Venus
1923 · Movie
Cause for Divorce
1923 · Movie
Desire
1923 · Movie
Mary of the Movies
1923 · Movie
Poor Men's Wives
1923 · Movie
The Fog
1923 · Movie
The Hero
1923 · Movie
Conquering the Woman
1922 · Movie
The Village Blacksmith
1922 · Movie
According to Hoyle
1922 · Movie
The Wise Kid
1922 · Movie
The Sky Pilot
1921 · Movie
The County Fair
1920 · Movie
Fickle Women
1920 · Movie
Don't Ever Marry
1920 · Movie
The Triflers
1920 · Movie
The Pointing Finger
1919 · Movie
Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie
1919 · Movie
The Other Half
1919 · Movie
A Petal on the Current
1919 · Movie
Nugget Nell
1919 · Movie
Better Times
1919 · Movie
The Unpainted Woman
1919 · Movie
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919 · Movie
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918 · Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Movie
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · Movie