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name: "David Butler"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "16 December 1894"
died: "14 June 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:40:31.467827+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Butler

Director. Born 16 December 1894 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 14 June 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 16 December 1894, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 14 June 1979
- **Also known as:** David W. Butler, Dave Butler

## Biography

David Butler was an American film and television director. Born in San Francisco, California, he began his career as an actor in silent films before making his directorial debut in 1927 with the comedy *High School Hero*.

Butler directed numerous feature films, including several Shirley Temple vehicles for Fox and musicals such as *Road to Morocco* (1942) and *Calamity Jane* (1953). From the late 1950s he worked primarily in television, directing episodes of series including *Leave It to Beaver* (1957), *Wagon Train* (1957) and *The Twilight Zone* (1959).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, tvmaze.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *Calamity Jane* (1953), Director
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1957), Director
- *Road to Morocco* (1942), Director

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