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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) -- The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
The Littlest Rebel (1935) -- Clip: Slingshot
Captain January (1936) -- Open-ended Trailer from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
The Birth of a Nation (1915) -- The Civil War divides friends and destroys families, but that's nothing compared to the anarchy in the black-ruled South after the war.
The Little Colonel (1935) -- Clip: I wish you'd tell my mother that

Overview

Date of Death:
14 June 1979, Arcadia, California, USA more
Trivia:
Son of players Adele Belgrade and Fred J. Butler. more
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Awards:
2 wins more
Alternate Names:
David W. Butler

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Self, Archive Footage
Director:
  1. C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)
  2. "Camp Runamuck" (1 episode, 1966)
        - Malden Falls in Love (1966) TV episode
  3. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
    ... aka "The Chrysler Theater"
    ... aka "Universal Star Time" (syndication title)
        - Russian Roulette (1965) TV episode
        - The Seven Little Foys (1964) TV episode
  4. "The Patty Duke Show" (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
        - Patty the Master Builder (1965) TV episode
        - The Greatest Psychologist in the World (1964) TV episode
  5. "Daniel Boone" (1 episode, 1965)
        - The Devil's Four (1965) TV episode
  6. "Leave It to Beaver" (56 episodes, 1959-1963)
        - The All-Night Party (1963) TV episode
        - Wally's Practical Joke (1963) TV episode
        - Summer in Alaska (1963) TV episode
        - The Poor Loser (1963) TV episode
        - Wally and the Fraternity (1963) TV episode
          (51 more)
  7. "The Twilight Zone" (1 episode, 1963)
    ... aka "The Twilight Zone: The Original Series" (Australia)
    ... aka "Twilight Zone" (USA: new title)
        - The Bard (1963) TV episode
  8. I Love My Doctor (1962) (TV)
  9. "Wagon Train" (9 episodes, 1958-1962)
    ... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master"
        - The Malachi Hobart Story (1962) TV episode
        - The Don Alvarado Story (1961) TV episode
        - The Jim Bridger Story (1961) TV episode
        - The Jess MacAbbee Story (1959) TV episode
        - The Dick Richardson Story (1958) TV episode
          (4 more)
  10. The Right Approach (1961)
  11. "The Deputy" (13 episodes, 1959-1961)
        - Cherchez La Femme (1961) TV episode
        - The Hard Decision (1961) TV episode
        - The Choice (1960) TV episode
        - The Standoff (1960) TV episode
        - The X Game (1960) TV episode
          (8 more)
  12. "Overland Trail" (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka "Overland Stage"
        - West of Boston (1960) TV episode

  13. "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
        - The Day of the Hanging (1959) TV episode
  14. "M Squad" (1 episode, 1959)
        - Mr. Grim's Rabbits (1959) TV episode
  15. "77 Sunset Strip" (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Grandma Caper (1959) TV episode
  16. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
        - Way of the West (1958) TV episode
  17. "Studio 57" (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka "Heinz Studio 57" (USA: alternative title)
        - Who's Been Sitting in My Chair? (1958) TV episode
  18. The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
  19. "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1 episode, 1956)
        - Prima Donna (1956) TV episode
  20. Glory (1956)
  21. Jump Into Hell (1955)
  22. "Captain Z-Ro" (1955) TV series (unknown episodes)
  23. King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
  24. The Command (1954)
  25. Calamity Jane (1953)
  26. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
  27. April in Paris (1952)
  28. Where's Charley? (1952)
  29. Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
  30. Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
  31. Tea for Two (1950)
  32. The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)

  33. The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
    ... aka Pride of Kentucky (UK)
  34. It's a Great Feeling (1949)
  35. Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
  36. John Loves Mary (1949)
  37. Two Guys from Texas (1948)
    ... aka Two Texas Knights (UK)
  38. My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
  39. The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)
  40. Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
    ... aka Royal Flush (UK)
  41. San Antonio (1945)
  42. The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
  43. Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
  44. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
  45. They Got Me Covered (1943)
  46. Road to Morocco (1942)
  47. Playmates (1941)
  48. Caught in the Draft (1941)
  49. You'll Find Out (1940)
    ... aka Here Come the Boogie Men
  50. If I Had My Way (1940)

  51. That's Right - You're Wrong (1939)
  52. East Side of Heaven (1939)
  53. Kentucky (1938)
  54. Straight Place and Show (1938)
    ... aka Damon Runyon's Straight Place and Show (USA: complete title)
    ... aka They're Off (UK)
  55. Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
    ... aka Three Men and a Girl (UK)
  56. You're a Sweetheart (1937)
  57. Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
  58. Pigskin Parade (1936)
    ... aka Harmony Parade (UK)
  59. White Fang (1936)
  60. Captain January (1936)
  61. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
  62. Doubting Thomas (1935)
  63. The Little Colonel (1935)
  64. Bright Eyes (1934)
  65. Have a Heart (1934)
  66. Handy Andy (1934)
  67. Bottoms Up (1934)
  68. My Weakness (1933)
  69. Hold Me Tight (1933)
  70. Handle with Care (1932)
  71. Down to Earth (1932)
  72. Business and Pleasure (1932)
    ... aka The Plutocrat
  73. Delicious (1931)
  74. A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
    ... aka The Yankee at King Arthur's Court (UK)
  75. Just Imagine (1930)
  76. High Society Blues (1930)

  77. Sunnyside Up (1929)
  78. Salute (1929) (uncredited)
  79. Chasing Through Europe (1929)
  80. Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)
    ... aka Movietone Follies of 1929
    ... aka The William Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (USA)
  81. Masked Emotions (1929)
  82. Nertz (1929)
  83. Prep and Pep (1928)
  84. Win That Girl (1928)
  85. News Parade (1928)
  86. High School Hero (1927)
Actor:
  1. Salute (1929) .... Navy Coach
  2. Nertz (1929) .... Detective
  3. The Rush Hour (1928) .... William Finch
  4. Should Second Husbands Come First? (1927) .... The Widow's older son
  5. 7th Heaven (1927) .... Gobin
  6. Nobody's Widow (1927) .... Ned Stevens
  7. Girl in the Rain (1927)
  8. The Quarterback (1926) .... 'Lumpy' Goggins
  9. Womanpower (1926) .... Mallory
  10. The Blue Eagle (1926) .... Nick 'Dizzy' Galvani
  11. Meet the Prince (1926) .... Peter Paget
  12. Oh, Baby! (1926) .... Jim Stone
  13. Too Many Relations (1926)
  14. The Sap (1926) .... Vance
  15. The Gold Hunters (1925) .... Roderick Drew
  16. The Plastic Age (1925) .... Coach Henley
  17. Wages for Wives (1925) .... Chester Logan
  18. The Phantom Express (1925) .... Jack Warren
  19. The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925) .... Bill Preston
  20. Havoc (1925) .... Smithy
  21. The Man on the Box (1925) .... Bob's Brother-in-Law
  22. His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925) .... Bud Matthews
  23. Tracked in the Snow Country (1925) .... Terry Moulton
  24. Private Affairs (1925) .... Lee Cross
  25. Code of the West (1925) .... Bid Hatfield
  26. The Narrow Street (1925) .... Ray Wyeth
  27. In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924) .... Crabbe
    ... aka So This Is Hollywood (UK)
  28. Arizona Express (1924) .... Steve Butler
  29. Hoodman Blind (1923) .... Jack Yeulette
  30. A Noise in Newboro (1923) .... Ben Colwell
  31. The Temple of Venus (1923) .... Nat Harper
  32. Cause for Divorce (1923) .... Tom Parker
  33. Desire (1923) .... Jerry Ryan
  34. Poor Men's Wives (1923) .... Jim Maherne
  35. The Fog (1923) .... Si Plumb
  36. The Hero (1923) .... Bill Walters
  37. Conquering the Woman (1922) .... Larry Saunders
  38. The Village Blacksmith (1922) .... BillHammond, the Son
  39. According to Hoyle (1922) .... 'Boxcar' Simmons
  40. The Wise Kid (1922) .... Freddie Smith
  41. The Milky Way (1922)
  42. Bing Bang Boom (1922) .... Bertram Bancroft Boom
  43. Making the Grade (1921) .... Eddie Ramson
  44. The Sky Pilot (1921) .... Bill Hendricks
  45. Girls Don't Gamble (1920) .... James Fisher
  46. The County Fair (1920) .... Joel Bartlett
  47. Fickle Women (1920) .... Calvin Price
  48. Smiling All the Way (1920) .... Hannibal Pillsbury
  49. Don't Ever Marry (1920) .... Bill Fielding
  50. The Triflers (1920) .... Cassidy

  51. The Pointing Finger (1919) .... David
  52. Bonnie Bonnie Lassie (1919) .... David
  53. The Other Half (1919) .... Cpl. Jimmy
  54. The Petal on the Current (1919) .... Ed Kinealy
    ... aka A Mothers Child (USA)
  55. Nugget Nell (1919) .... Big Hearted Jim
  56. Better Times (1919) .... Peter Van Alstyne
  57. Upstairs and Down (1919) .... Tom Carey
    ... aka Up-stairs and Down (USA: copyright title)
  58. The Unpainted Woman (1919) .... Charley Holt
  59. The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919) .... Johann August Kant
  60. The Greatest Thing in Life (1918) .... Mr. Le Bebe
  61. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) (uncredited) .... Babylonian soldier
    ... aka Intolerance (USA: short title)
    ... aka Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
  62. The Deathlock (1915) (as David W. Butler) .... Ford Worthing
  63. The Alien (1915) .... Extra
    ... aka The Sign of the Rose (USA: Los Angeles première title)
  64. The Birth of a Nation (1915) (uncredited) .... Northern soldier/Confederate soldier
    ... aka In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan (USA: cut version)
    ... aka The Birth of the Nation; Or The Clansman (second copyright title)
    ... aka The Clansman (USA: Los Angeles première title)
  65. The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913) .... Camel boy
  66. The Sea Wolf (1913) .... Sailor
  67. The Face at the Window (1910)
Writer:
  1. Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1969) (writer)
    ... aka The Legend of Young Robin Hood (UK)
    ... aka Wolfshead

  2. You'll Find Out (1940) (story)
    ... aka Here Come the Boogie Men
  3. If I Had My Way (1940) (story)

  4. That's Right - You're Wrong (1939) (story)
  5. East Side of Heaven (1939) (story)
  6. Bright Eyes (1934) (story)
  7. Have a Heart (1934) (story)
  8. Bottoms Up (1934) (screenplay) (story)
  9. My Weakness (1933) (continuity)
  10. Handle with Care (1932) (story)
  11. Just Imagine (1930) (continuity)

  12. Sunnyside Up (1929) (continuity)
  13. Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929) (writer)
    ... aka Movietone Follies of 1929
    ... aka The William Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (USA)
  14. Nertz (1929) (writer)
  15. News Parade (1928) (story)
  16. High School Hero (1927) (story)
Producer:
  1. Glory (1956) (producer)

  2. Playmates (1941) (producer)
  3. You'll Find Out (1940) (producer)
    ... aka Here Come the Boogie Men
  4. If I Had My Way (1940) (producer)

  5. That's Right - You're Wrong (1939) (producer)
  6. East Side of Heaven (1939) (producer)

  7. Sunnyside Up (1929) (producer)
  8. According to Hoyle (1922) (executive producer)
  9. Making the Grade (1921) (producer)
Self:
  1. The Story of Will Rogers (1952) (uncredited) .... Himself, David Butler

  2. It's a Great Feeling (1949) (uncredited) .... Himself, Cameo Appearance
  3. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) (uncredited) .... Himself

  4. Mary of the Movies (1923) (uncredited) .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
Unsold pilot: In 1958 he directed the pilot for a proposed Western TV series, "Belle Starr". more
Publicity Listings:
1 Portrayal | 1 Print Biography more
Genres:
Comedy | Family | Drama | Musical more

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