David Butler (director)

David Butler
Born	December 17, 1894(1894-12-17) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	June 14, 1979(1979-06-14) (aged 84) Arcadia, California, U.S.

David Butler (December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American film director, actor, writer and producer.

He was born in San Francisco to an actress and 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 he 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. He then worked with Bing Crosby in Road to Morocco and If I Had My Way. He also directed Doris Day in Tea For Two, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Lullaby of Broadway, and Calamity Jane. During the late 50s and 1960s Butler directed primarily television episodes, mainly for Leave It To Beaver and Wagon Train.^[1] He died in Arcadia, California from congestive heart failure at the age of 85.

Selected filmography

The Greatest Thing in Life (1918) The Unpainted Woman (1919) Better Times (1919) The Petal on the Current (1919) The Other Half (1919) Bonnie Bonnie Lassie (1919) The Sky Pilot (1921) The Wise Kid (1922) The Village Blacksmith (1922) Conquering the Woman (1922) Hoodman Blind (1923) The Blue Eagle (1926) Sunny Side Up (1929) High Society Blues (1930) Just Imagine (1930) Delicious (1931) Business and Pleasure (1932)

Bright Eyes (1934) The Little Colonel (1935) The Littlest Rebel (1935) Captain January (1936) Dimples (1936) Pigskin Parade (1936) Straight, Place and Show (1938) You'll Find Out (1940) Road to Morocco (1942) Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944) San Antonio (1945) It's a Great Feeling (1949) The Story of Seabiscuit (1949) Tea for Two (1950) Where's Charley? (1952) Calamity Jane (1953)

References

1. ^ Atkins, Irene Kahn and David Butler. David Butler. Rowman & Littlefield, 1993. ISBN-0810827050.

External links

Biography portal

• David Butler at the Internet Movie Database
• David Butler at AllRovi
• David Butler at Find a Grave

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Name	Butler, David
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Date of birth	December 17, 1894
Place of birth	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Date of death	June 14, 1979
Place of death	Arcadia, California, U.S.