David Butler
Directing
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.
Prima Donna
Self - Introduction
It's a Great Feeling
David Butler (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Self (uncredited)
Salute
Navy Coach
The Rush Hour
William Finch
Should Second Husbands Come First?
The Widow's Older Son
7th Heaven
Gobin
Nobody's Widow
Ned Stevens
The Quarterback
'Lumpy' Goggins
Womanpower
Mallory
The Blue Eagle
Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
Oh, Baby!
The Sap
Vance
Wages for Wives
Chester Logan
The Plastic Age
James Henley
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Bill Preston
The Man on the Box
Bob's Brother-in-Law
Havoc
Smithy
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Bud Matthews
Tracked in the Snow Country
Terry Moulton
Code of the West
Bid Hatfield
The Narrow Street
Ray Wyeth
The Arizona Express
Steve Butler
Hoodman Blind
Jack Yeulette
The Temple of Venus
Nat Harper
Cause for Divorce
Tom Parker
Desire
Jerry Ryan
Mary of the Movies
David Butler (uncredited)
Poor Men's Wives
Jim Maherne
The Fog
Si Plumb
The Hero
Bill Walters
Conquering the Woman
Larry Saunders
The Village Blacksmith
Bill Hammond
According to Hoyle
"Boxcar" Simmons
The Wise Kid
Freddie Smith
The Sky Pilot
Bill Hendricks
The County Fair
Joel Bartlett
Fickle Women
Calvin Price
Don't Ever Marry
Bill Fielding
The Triflers
The Pointing Finger
Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie
David
The Other Half
Cpl. Jimmy
A Petal on the Current
Ed Kinealy
Nugget Nell
Big Hearted Jim
Better Times
Peter Van Alstyne
The Unpainted Woman
Charley Holt
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Johann August Kant
The Greatest Thing in Life
Mr. Le Bebe
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
The Birth of a Nation
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)