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David Butler
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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.
As director
C'mon, Let's Live a Little
The Right Approach
The Girl He Left Behind
Glory
Prima Donna
Jump Into Hell
King Richard and the Crusaders
The Command
Calamity Jane
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
April in Paris
Where's Charley?
Lullaby of Broadway
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Tea for Two
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
It's a Great Feeling
The Story of Seabiscuit
Look for the Silver Lining
John Loves Mary
Two Guys from Texas
My Wild Irish Rose
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Two Guys from Milwaukee
San Antonio
The Princess and the Pirate
Shine on Harvest Moon
Thank Your Lucky Stars
They Got Me Covered
Road to Morocco
As actor
Prima Donna
It's a Great Feeling
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Salute
The Rush Hour
Nobody's Widow
7th Heaven
Should Second Husbands Come First?
The Blue Eagle
Womanpower
The Quarterback
Oh, Baby!
The Sap
Tracked in the Snow Country
Havoc
Code of the West
The Narrow Street
The Plastic Age
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Wages for Wives
The People vs. Nancy Preston
The Man on the Box
The Phantom Express
The Arizona Express
Mary of the Movies
Hoodman Blind
The Temple of Venus
Poor Men's Wives
Cause for Divorce
The Fog