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David Butler
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.…
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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.
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2010
Edgar Floats
Movie Set Costumer
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1967
C'mon, Let's Live a Little
Movie Director
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1965
Camp Runamuck
TV show Director
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1964
Daniel Boone
TV show Director
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1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV show Director
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1963
The Patty Duke Show
TV show Director
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1961
The Right Approach
Movie Director
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1960
Overland Trail
TV show Director
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Director
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1959
The Deputy
TV show Director
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show Director
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1957
Leave It to Beaver
TV show Director
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1957
M Squad
TV show Director
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1956
The Girl He Left Behind
Movie Director
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1956
Prima Donna
Movie Self - Introduction
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1956
Glory
Movie Director
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Director
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1955
Jump Into Hell
Movie Director
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1954
King Richard and the Crusaders
Movie Director
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1954
The Command
Movie Director
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1953
Calamity Jane
Movie Director
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1953
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Movie Director
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1952
April in Paris
Movie Director
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1952
Where's Charley?
Movie Director
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1951
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Movie Director
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1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV show Director
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1951
Lullaby of Broadway
Movie Director
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1950
Tea for Two
Movie Director
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1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Movie Director
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1949
The Story of Seabiscuit
Movie Director
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1949
It's a Great Feeling
Movie David Butler (uncredited)
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1949
Look for the Silver Lining
Movie Director
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1949
John Loves Mary
Movie Director
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1948
Two Guys from Texas
Movie Director
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1947
My Wild Irish Rose
Movie Director
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1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Movie Director
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1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Movie Director
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1945
San Antonio
Movie Director
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1944
The Princess and the Pirate
Movie Director
