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David Butler (I) (1894–1979)

Director | Actor | Writer

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A survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which happened when he was 11 years old. He said the quake shook the city so violently and for so long that he remembered his father saying, "I think this is the end. Get down and pray". He and his family escaped uninjured. See more trivia »

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in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Arcadia, California, USA
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1967 C'mon, Let's Live a Little
 
1966 Camp Runamuck (TV series)
– Malden Falls in Love (1966)
 
1964-1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– Russian Roulette (1965)
– Her School for Bachelors (1964)
– The Seven Little Foys (1964)
 
1964-1965 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
– Patty the Master Builder (1965)
– The Greatest Psychologist in the World (1964)
 
1965 Daniel Boone (TV series)
– The Devil's Four (1965)
 
1959-1963 Leave It to Beaver (TV series)
– The All-Night Party (1963)
– Wally's Practical Joke (1963)
– Summer in Alaska (1963)
– The Poor Loser (1963)
– Wally and the Fraternity (1963)
See all 58 episodes »
 
1963 Twilight Zone (TV series)
– The Bard (1963)
 
1962 I Love My Doctor (TV movie)
 
1962 The Hathaways (TV series)
– The Paint Job (1962)
 
1958-1962 Wagon Train (TV series)
– The Malachi Hobart Story (1962)
– The Don Alvarado Story (1961)
– The Jim Bridger Story (1961)
– The Jess MacAbee Story (1959)
– The Dick Richardson Story (1958)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1961 The Right Approach
 
1959-1961 The Deputy (TV series)
– Brother in Arms (1961)
– Cherchez La Femme (1961)
– The Hard Decision (1961)
– The World Against Me (1960)
– The Choice (1960)
See all 15 episodes »
 
1960 Overland Trail (TV series)
– West of Boston (1960)
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– The Day of the Hanging (1959)
 
1959 M Squad (TV series)
– Mr. Grim's Rabbits (1959)
 
1959 Buckskin (TV series)
– The Better Mouse Trap (1959)
 
1959 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
– The Grandma Caper (1959)
 
1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Way of the West (1958)
 
1958 Bachelor Father (TV series)
– Bentley's Clubhouse (1958)
 
1958 Studio 57 (TV series)
– Who's Been Sitting in My Chair? (1958)
 
1956 The Girl He Left Behind
 
1955-1956 Captain Z-Ro (TV series)
– William Tell (1956)
– Adventure in Space (1956)
– Attila the Hun (1956)
– Aztec Papers (1956)
– Benedict Arnold (1956)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
– Prima Donna (1956)
 
1956 Glory
 
1955 Jump Into Hell
 
1954 King Richard and the Crusaders
 
1954 The Command
 
1953 Calamity Jane
 
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
 
1952 April in Paris
 
1952 Where's Charley?
 
1951 Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
 
1951 Lullaby of Broadway
 
1950 Tea for Two
 
1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
 
1949 The Story of Seabiscuit
 
1949 It's a Great Feeling
 
1949 Look for the Silver Lining
 
1949 John Loves Mary
 
1948 Two Guys from Texas
 
1947 My Wild Irish Rose
 
1946 The Time, the Place and the Girl
 
1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee
 
1945 San Antonio
 
1944 The Princess and the Pirate
 
1944 Shine on Harvest Moon
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
 
1943 They Got Me Covered
 
1942 Road to Morocco
 
1941 Playmates
 
1941 Caught in the Draft
 
1940 You'll Find Out
 
1940 If I Had My Way
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
 
1939 East Side of Heaven
 
1938 Kentucky
 
1938 Straight Place and Show
 
1938 Kentucky Moonshine
 
1937 You're a Sweetheart
 
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
 
1936 Pigskin Parade
 
1936 White Fang
 
1936 Captain January
 
1935 The Littlest Rebel
 
1935 Doubting Thomas
 
1935 The Little Colonel
 
1934 Bright Eyes
 
1934 Have a Heart
 
1934 Handy Andy
 
1934 Bottoms Up
 
1933 My Weakness
 
1933 Hold Me Tight
 
1932 Handle with Care
 
1932 Down to Earth
 
1932 Business and Pleasure
 
1931 Delicious
 
1931 A Connecticut Yankee
 
1930 Just Imagine
 
1930 High Society Blues
 
1929 Sunnyside Up
 
1929 Salute (uncredited)
 
1929 Chasing Through Europe
 
1929 Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
 
1929 Masked Emotions
 
1929 Nertz (short)
 
1928 Prep and Pep
 
1928 Win That Girl
 
1928 News Parade
 
1927 High School Hero
 
Show ShowActor (71 titles)
1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Intermission Guest
– Suspicion (1955) … Intermission Guest
 
1952 The Story of Will Rogers
David Butler (uncredited)
 
1949 It's a Great Feeling
David Butler (uncredited)
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
David Butler (uncredited)
 
1929 Salute
Navy Coach
 
1929 Nertz (short)
Detective
 
1928 The Rush Hour
William Finch
 
1927 Should Second Husbands Come First? (short)
The Widow's Older Son
 
1927 7th Heaven
Gobin
 
1927 Nobody's Widow
Ned Stevens
 
1927 Girl in the Rain
 
1926 The Quarterback
'Lumpy' Goggins
 
1926 Womanpower
Mallory
 
1926 The Blue Eagle
Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
 
1926 Meet the Prince
Peter Paget
 
1926 Oh, Baby!
Jim Stone
 
1926 Too Many Relations (short)
 
1926 The Sap
Vance
 
1925 The Gold Hunters
Roderick Drew
 
1925 The Plastic Age
Coach Henley
 
1925 Wages for Wives
Chester Logan
 
1925 The Phantom Express
Jack Warren
 
1925 The People vs. Nancy Preston
Bill Preston
 
1925 The Man on the Box
Bob's Brother-in-Law
 
1925 Havoc
Smithy
 
1925 His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Bud Matthews
 
1925 Tracked in the Snow Country
Terry Moulton
 
1925 Private Affairs
Lee Cross
 
1925 Code of the West
Bid Hatfield
 
1925 The Narrow Street
Ray Wyeth
 
1924 In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
Crabbe
 
1924 Arizona Express
Steve Butler
 
1923 Hoodman Blind
Jack Yeulette
 
1923 A Noise in Newboro
Ben Colwell
 
1923 The Temple of Venus
Nat Harper
 
1923 Cause for Divorce
Tom Parker
 
1923 Desire
Jerry Ryan
 
1923 Poor Men's Wives
Jim Maherne
 
1923 The Fog
Si Plumb
 
1923 The Hero
Bill Walters
 
1922 Conquering the Woman
Larry Saunders
 
1922 The Village Blacksmith
BillHammond, the Son
 
1922 According to Hoyle
'Boxcar' Simmons
 
1922 The Wise Kid
Freddie Smith
 
1922 The Milky Way
 
1922 Bing Bang Boom
Bertram Bancroft Boom
 
1921 Making the Grade
Eddie Ramson
 
1921 The Sky Pilot
Bill Hendricks
 
1920 Girls Don't Gamble
James Fisher
 
1920 The County Fair
Joel Bartlett
 
1920 Fickle Women
Calvin Price
 
1920 Smiling All the Way
Hannibal Pillsbury
 
1920 Don't Ever Marry
Bill Fielding
 
1920 The Triflers
Cassidy
 
1919 The Pointing Finger
David
 
1919 Bonnie Bonnie Lassie
David
 
1919 The Other Half
Cpl. Jimmy
 
1919 The Petal on the Current
Ed Kinealy
 
1919 Nugget Nell
Big Hearted Jim
 
1919 Better Times
Peter Van Alstyne
 
1919 Upstairs and Down
Tom Carey
 
1919 The Unpainted Woman
Charley Holt
 
1919 The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Johann August Kant
 
1918 The Greatest Thing in Life
Mr. Le Bebe
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
 
1915 The Deathlock
Ford Worthing (as David W. Butler)
 
1915 The Alien
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation
Northern Soldier/Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
 
1913 The Adventures of Kathlyn
Camel Boy
 
1913 The Sea Wolf
Sailor (uncredited)
 
1910 The Face at the Window (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (17 titles)
1969 Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (writer)
 
1940 You'll Find Out (story)
 
1940 If I Had My Way (story)
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong (story)
 
1939 East Side of Heaven (story)
 
1935 The Little Colonel (contributor to screen play construction - uncredited)
 
1934 Bright Eyes (story)
 
1934 Have a Heart (story)
 
1934 Bottoms Up (screenplay / story)
 
1933 My Weakness (continuity)
 
1932 Handle with Care (story)
 
1930 Just Imagine (continuity)
 
1929 Sunnyside Up (continuity)
 
1929 Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (story)
 
1929 Nertz (short) (writer)
 
1928 News Parade (story)
 
1927 High School Hero (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
1956 Glory (producer)
 
1941 Playmates (producer)
 
1940 You'll Find Out (producer)
 
1940 If I Had My Way (producer)
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong (producer)
 
1939 East Side of Heaven (producer)
 
1929 Sunnyside Up (producer)
 
1922 According to Hoyle (executive producer)
 
1921 Making the Grade (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1923 Mary of the Movies
Himself (uncredited)
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 24 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Unsold pilot: In 1958 he directed the pilot for a proposed Western TV series, "Belle Starr".

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Alternate Names:

David W. Butler

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[about C'mon, Let's Live a Little] I don't even want to talk about that. I tried to do a favor for somebody, and we made it so fast that I don't know what happened . . . They ran short of money to finish the picture. I never got paid a quarter for it. See more »

Trivia:

A survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which happened when he was 11 years old. He said the quake shook the city so violently and for so long that he remembered his father saying, "I think this is the end. Get down and pray". He and his family escaped uninjured. See more »

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