David Butler (Director)

Reviews of movies from director David Butler

Looking for reviews of films directed by David Butler? Cinafilm has a total of 361 reviews across 35 movies directed by David Butler.

Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 59%.

The Princess and the Pirate is David Butler's highest rated movie, with a score of 73% based on 24 reviews.

The lowest rated film from David Butler is King Richard and the Crusaders, with a score of 46% based on 3 reviews.

Director Biography

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.

David Butler has directed films starring Brandon Hurst, Bess Flowers, Shirley Temple and S.Z. Sakall.