1894-12-16 ( 130 years old ) in San Francisco, California, USA
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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.
Movies
Prima Donna
1956-02-01
It's a Great Feeling
1949-08-01
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
Salute
1929-09-01
The Rush Hour
1927-12-12
Should Second Husbands Come First?
1927-10-23
7th Heaven
1927-09-10
Nobody's Widow
1927-01-12
The Quarterback
1926-10-11
Womanpower
1926-09-19
The Blue Eagle
1926-09-12
Oh, Baby!
1926-08-07
The Sap
1926-03-20
The Plastic Age
1925-12-15
Wages for Wives
1925-12-15
Havoc
1925-09-27
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925-09-14
Tracked in the Snow Country
1925-07-13
Code of the West
1925-04-06
The Narrow Street
1925-01-04
The Arizona Express
1924-03-23
Hoodman Blind
1923-12-20
The Temple of Venus
1923-11-11
Cause for Divorce
1923-10-06
Mary of the Movies
1923-05-27
Poor Men's Wives
1923-01-28
The Fog
1923-01-18
The Village Blacksmith
1922-11-01
According to Hoyle
1922-05-06
The Sky Pilot
1921-04-16
The County Fair
1920-09-05
Fickle Women
1920-08-09
The Triflers
1920-01-12
The Pointing Finger
1919-12-01
The Other Half
1919-08-18
A Petal on the Current
1919-08-03
Nugget Nell
1919-07-27
Better Times
1919-07-13
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919-03-23
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918-12-22
The Birth of a Nation
1915-02-08
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