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Frank Butler

Actor / Screenwriter / Film Director | * 12/28/1890 († 76, 06/10/1967) | Oxford (United Kingdom (UK))
Frank Russell Butler (December 28, 1889 – June 10, 1967) was an American film and theatre actor and later an award-winning screenwriter, born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England to parents Frederick Butler and Sarah Ann Hedges. His son, Hugo Butler, also became a Hollywood screenwriter. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowle ...

Going My Way

NR

1944 | 3.4/5 | 2h 6min
Comedy, Drama, Music
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Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Mu ...

Whispering Smith

NR

1948 | 3.2/5 | 1h 28min
Western
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Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar. ...

Road to Morocco

NR

1942 | 3.5/5 | 1h 22min
Comedy, Music, Adventure
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In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base. ...

Wake Island

NR

1942 | 2.8/5 | 1h 27min
Action, Drama, War
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Awards & Nominations for Frank Butler

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2x Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Movies with Frank Butler as Actor(18)

as himself1947 Variety Girl
as English pedestrian1927 Seeing the World
as Finn's Rival1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
as Freddie Waddams1926 Made for Love
as Percy M. Wellington1926 The Fighting Buckaroo
as Professor Amos Hopkins1926 30 Below Zero
as Victor1925 Satan in Sables
as Mr. Tewksberry Spat1924 Hot Stuff
as Allerdyce1923 A Self Made Wife
as Mr. Tewksberry Spat1923 Let's Build
as Inspector George Malvin1923 The Tiger's Claw
as Mr. Tewksberry Spat1923 Heavy Seas
as Hal1923 The Call of the Wild
as Lord Henry Seville1923 Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Horace Beresford (as F.R. Butler)1922 My American Wife
as Lord Wensleydon1922 Beyond the Rocks
as Sir Aubrey Mayo1921 The Sheik
as Eustace1921 The Great Moment

Movies with Frank Butler as Crew(66)

Writing/Screenplay1959 The Miracle
Writing/Screenplay1955 Strange Lady in Town
Writing/Writer1953 Road to Bali
Writing/Story1953 Road to Bali
Writing/Screenplay1948 Whispering Smith
Writing/Screenplay1947 The Perils of Pauline
Writing/Story1947 Welcome Stranger
Writing/Screenplay1947 Golden Earrings
Writing/Screenplay1947 California
Writing/Screenplay1946 The Kid from Brooklyn
Writing/Screenplay1945 A Medal for Benny
Writing/Screenplay1945 Incendiary Blonde
Writing/Screenplay1944 Going My Way
Writing/Writer1943 Hostages
Writing/Screenplay1943 China
Writing/Screenplay1942 Road to Morocco
Writing/Screenplay1942 My Favorite Blonde
Writing/Screenplay1942 Beyond the Blue Horizon
Writing/Screenplay1942 Wake Island
Writing/Screenplay1941 Road to Zanzibar
Writing/Writer1941 Aloma of the South Seas
Writing/Screenplay1940 Road to Singapore
Writing/Screenplay1940 I Want a Divorce
Writing/Screenplay1940 Untamed
Writing/Story1940 Rangers of Fortune
Writing/Screenplay1940 Rangers of Fortune
Writing/Writer1939 Paris Honeymoon
Writing/Theatre Play1939 Island of Lost Men
Writing/Screenplay1939 The Star Maker
Writing/Screenplay1939 Never Say Die
Writing/Screenplay1938 Give Me a Sailor
Writing/Screenplay1938 Tropic Holiday
Writing/Story1938 Tropic Holiday
Writing/Writer1937 Champagne Waltz
Writing/Screenplay1937 Waikiki Wedding
Writing/Story1937 Waikiki Wedding
Writing/Screenplay1936 The Princess Comes Across
Writing/Screenplay1936 Strike Me Pink
Writing/Screenplay1936 The Milky Way
Writing/Screenplay1936 The Bohemian Girl
Writing/Screenplay1935 Bonnie Scotland
Writing/Screenplay1935 Coronado
Writing/Screenplay1935 Vagabond Lady
Writing/Writer1934 Search for Beauty
Writing/Writer1934 Babes in Toyland
Writing/Writer1934 Ladies Should Listen
Writing/Writer1933 Girl without a Room
Writing/Theatre Play1933 White Woman
Crew/Additional Dialogue1933 The Way to Love
Writing/Writer1933 College Humor
Writing/Writer1932 When a Feller Needs a Friend
Writing/Story1932 Prosperity
Writing/Dialogue1931 This Modern Age
Writing/Writer1930 Strictly Unconventional
Writing/Writer1930 Remote Control
Writing/Story1930 Montana Moon
Writing/Writer1930 Montana Moon
Writing/Adaptation1930 New Moon
Writing/Adaptation1930 Those Three French Girls
Writing/Adaptation1929 Untamed
Writing/Writer1928 The Big Killing
Writing/Screenplay1928 Just Married
Directing/Director1928 Flying Elephants
Writing/Writer1927 No Man's Law
Writing/Writer1927 The Honorable Mr. Buggs
Writing/Writer1926 The Nickel-Hopper

Full Name: Frank Butler
Born: Sunday, 12/28 1890 (December) in Oxford (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Saturday, 06/10 1967 (June) in Long Island (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Children: Hugo Butler
Other names for Frank Butler (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Frank Butler (writer)"
"Frank Butler (Drehbuchautor)"
Frank Butler frequently works together with these people:
Hans Dreier (27x, Crew)
Edith Head (22x, Crew)
Don Hartman (16x, Crew)
Wally Westmore (14x, Crew)
Bing Crosby (12x, Actor)
Hal Roach (10x, Crew)
Sylvia Thalberg (10x, Crew)
Stan Laurel (9x, Actor)
Dorothy Lamour (9x, Actress)
Victor Young (9x, Crew)
Gordon Jennings (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:103596, Added: 06/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024