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Lawrence W. Butler (1908–1988)

Special Effects | Visual Effects | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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He became the head of special effects at Columbia after World War II. See more trivia »

Born:

in Akron, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 80) in Fallbrook, California, USA
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1973 Charley Varrick (special effects rigger - uncredited)
 
1965 In Harm's Way (special effects)
 
1964 Robinson Crusoe on Mars (special effects)
 
1962 Panic in Year Zero! (special effects - as Larry Butler)
 
1961 The Devil at 4 O'Clock (special effects - uncredited)
 
1958 The Lineup (special effects - uncredited)
 
1957 20 Million Miles to Earth (special effects director - uncredited)
 
1957 The Giant Claw (special effects: second unit - uncredited)
 
1954 The Caine Mutiny (special effects)
 
1949 We Were Strangers (special scenes)
 
1948 To the Ends of the Earth (special effects)
 
1947 The Lady from Shanghai (special effects - uncredited)
 
1947 Prairie Raiders (special effects - uncredited)
 
1946 Perilous Holiday (miniatures - as Larry Butler)
 
1945 Saratoga Trunk (special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1945 A Thousand and One Nights (special effects)
 
1945 Counter-Attack (special effects)
 
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight (special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1945 Tonight and Every Night (special effects)
 
1944 Crime by Night (special effects director - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1944 Janie (special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain (special effects)
 
1943 The Desert Song (special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1943 Destination Tokyo (special effects director - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1943 Edge of Darkness (special effects director - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1942 Casablanca (special effects director - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1942 Jungle Book (special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1942 To Be or Not to Be (special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1941 Lydia (special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1941 That Hamilton Woman (special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1940 The Thief of Bagdad (special effects director - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1938 South Riding (special effects)
 
1937 Dark Journey (assistant special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1937 Fire Over England (special effects assistant - as Lawrence Butler)
 
1936 The Man Who Could Work Miracles (special effects - uncredited)
 
1936 Things to Come (assistant special effects - as Lawrence Butler)
 
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1971 Doctors' Wives (process camera - uncredited)
 
1969 Marooned (special visual effects)
 
1969 Mackenna's Gold (special visual effects - as Larry Butler)
 
1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (process photography - as Larry Butler)
 
1966 Assault on a Queen (special photographic effects)
 
1960 House of Usher (process photography director - as Larry Butler)
 
1951 Lorna Doone (special photographic effects)
 
1946 Gallant Journey (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1946 Renegades (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1946 The Walls Came Tumbling Down (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1946 Gilda (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1946 One Way to Love (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1945 Out of the Depths (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1945 Hit the Hay (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1945 Snafu (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1945 My Name Is Julia Ross (miniatures - uncredited, special optical effects - uncredited)
 
1958 The Lineup (second unit director - as Lawrence Butler)
 
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1949 Jolson Sings Again (montage)
 
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1946 The Jolson Story (montage director)
 
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1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain (uncredited)
 
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Alternate Names:

Larry Butler | Laurence Butler | Lawrence Butler
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Trivia:

He became the head of special effects at Columbia after World War II. See more »

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