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Robert Butler

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 11/17/1927 († 95, 11/03/2023) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Robert Stanton Butler (November 16, 1927 – November 3, 2023) was an American film and Emmy Award-winning television director. He is best known for his work in television, where he directed the pilots for a number of series including Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, Batman and Hill Street Blues. ()
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Robert Butler is an American film and television director.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Western

Known for these Movies & Shows

Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat. ...

The Blue Knight

Certification unknown

1973 | 3.2/5 | 4h
Action, TV Movie, Crime, Drama
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A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With th ...

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV-PG

1993 | 3.5/5 | 46min per episode
Action & Adventure, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
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Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male sup ...

Remington Steele

TV-PG

1982 | 3.5/5 | 1h per episode
Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy
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A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station. ...

Hill Street Blues

TV-14

1981 | 3.8/5 | 49min per episode
Drama, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Robert Butler

Primetime Emmy Awards Directors Guild of America Awards 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
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Movies with Robert Butler as Crew(29)

Directing/Director1997 Turbulence
Directing/Director1994 White Mile
Directing/Director1988 Out of Time
Production/Executive Producer1988 Out of Time
Directing/Director1986 Long Time Gone
Directing/Director1984 Concrete Beat
Directing/Director1984 Up the Creek
Directing/Director1981 Underground Aces
Directing/Director1980 Night of the Juggler
Directing/Director1978 Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
Directing/Director1978 A Question of Guilt
Directing/Director1978 Hot Lead & Cold Feet
Directing/Director1977 Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
Directing/Director1977 In the Glitter Palace
Directing/Director1976 James Dean
Directing/Director1976 Dark Victory
Directing/Director1975 Black Bart
Production/Producer1975 Black Bart
Directing/Director1975 Strange New World
Directing/Director1974 The Ultimate Thrill
Directing/Director1973 The Blue Knight
Directing/Director1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Directing/Director1971 Scandalous John
Directing/Director1971 The Barefoot Executive
Directing/Director1971 Death Takes a Holiday
Directing/Director1969 Guns in the Heather
Directing/Director1969 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Directing/Assistant Director1958 Heart of Darkness
Directing/Assistant Director1956 No Right to Kill

TV Shows/Series with Robert Butler as Crew(53)

Directing/Director2001 The Division
Directing/Director1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Production/Producer1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Directing/Director1993 Sirens
Directing/Director1991 Sisters
Directing/Director1988 Midnight Caller
Directing/Director1985 Our Family Honor
Directing/Director1985 Moonlighting
Directing/Director1982 Remington Steele
Creator/Creator1982 Remington Steele
Directing/Director1981 Hill Street Blues
Directing/Director1972 Kung Fu
Directing/Director1972 The Waltons
Directing/Director1971 Columbo
Directing/Director1971 Nichols
Directing/Director1969 Then Came Bronson
Directing/Director1968 Hawaii Five-O
Directing/Director1968 Lancer
Directing/Director1968 The Outcasts
Directing/Director1967 Judd for the Defense
Directing/Director1967 N.Y.P.D.
Directing/Director1967 The Invaders
Directing/Director1967 Cimarron Strip
Directing/Director1967 Ironside
Directing/Director1966 Shane
Directing/Director1966 Felony Squad
Directing/Director1966 Mission: Impossible
Directing/Director1966 Batman
Directing/Director1966 Star Trek
Directing/Director1966 Blue Light
Directing/Director1965 Mister Roberts
Directing/Director1965 I Spy
Directing/Director1965 Hogan's Heroes
Directing/Director1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Directing/Director1963 Espionage
Directing/Director1963 The Fugitive
Directing/Director1963 The Richard Boone Show
Directing/Director1963 The Lieutenant
Directing/Director1962 The Virginian
Directing/Director1962 Stoney Burke
Directing/Director1961 The Defenders
Directing/Director1961 The Dick Powell Show
Directing/Director1961 Dr. Kildare
Directing/Director1961 Ben Casey
Directing/Director1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show
Directing/Director1960 Peter Loves Mary
Directing/Director1960 Happy
Directing/Director1959 The Detectives
Directing/Director1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Directing/Director1959 The Twilight Zone
Directing/Director1958 The Rifleman
Directing/Director1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
Directing/Director1955 Gunsmoke

Full Name: Robert Butler
Born: Thursday, 11/17 1927 (November) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 11/03 2023 (November) in Los Angeles (aged: 95)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of California, Los Angeles
Other names for Robert Butler (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Bob Butler"
"Robert Butler (director)"
"Robert Butler (Regisseur)"
Robert Butler frequently works together with these people:
John Anderson (34x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (30x, Actor)
Victor French (29x, Actor)
Robert Karnes (29x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (29x, Actor)
John Dehner (28x, Actor)
Morgan Woodward (28x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (27x, Actor)
Bill Erwin (27x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (26x, Actor)
Garry Walberg (26x, Actor)
Joseph L. McEveety (6x, Crew)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1421978, Added: 09/05/2019, Last updated: 03/23/2024