---
name: "Jimmy Butler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jimmy-butler"
fi1m_id: "jimmy-butler"
imdb_id: "nm0124977"
tmdb_id: 149132
wikidata_id: "Q15995670"
roles: []
born: "20 February 1921"
died: "18 February 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:36:39.973247+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."
---

# Jimmy Butler

## Identity

Jimmy Butler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jimmy-butler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jimmy-butler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0124977
- **TMDB ID:** 149132
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15995670
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Butler_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15995670, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149132

Actor. Born 20 February 1921 in Akron, Ohio, USA. Died 18 February 1945.

## Details

- **Born:** 20 February 1921, Akron, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 18 February 1945
- **Active:** 1937–1938
- **Also known as:** James Butler, Jimmie Butler
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Butler_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15995670, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149132

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stella Dallas*](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md) (80)

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## Biography

Jimmy Butler (also credited as James Butler or Jimmie Butler) was an American actor active in films from the 1930s to the early 1940s. Born in Akron, Ohio, on 20 February 1921, he gained early acting experience at the Pasadena Community Playhouse before making his screen debut in *Only Yesterday* (1933).

He appeared in supporting juvenile roles in several notable productions, including *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934) as Jim Wade as a boy, *Stella Dallas* (1937) as Con Morrison grown up, and *Boys Town* (1938) as Paul Ferguson. Butler also featured in films such as *No Greater Glory* (1934) and *Romance in Manhattan* (1935).

In 1941 he married singer Jean Fahrney. Butler was killed in action on 18 February 1945 while serving in the US Army during the Second World War in Theding, France.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Boys Town* (1938), Fi1m 65, as Paul Ferguson — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), Fi1m 80, as Con Morrison - Grown Up — [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Corvette K-225* (1943), as Rating
- *The Hard Way* (1943), as Boy (Uncredited)
- *Tough as They Come* (1942), as Gene Bennett
- *Uncle Joe* (1941), as Bob
- *Naval Academy* (1941), as Matt Cooper
- *Military Academy* (1940), as Cadet Dewey
- *Call a Messenger* (1939), as Bob Prichard
- *The Escape* (1939), as Jim Rogers
- *Nurse Edith Cavell* (1939), as Jean Rappard
- *Winter Carnival* (1939), as Larry Grey
- *Boys Town* (1938), as Paul Ferguson — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)
- *Wells Fargo* (1937), as Nick Pryor Jr.
- *County Fair* (1937), as Buddy Williams
- *Stella Dallas* (1937), as Con Morrison - Grown Up — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/stella-dallas.md)
- *Battle of Greed* (1937), as Danny Storm
- *Show Them No Mercy!* (1935), as Boy at Service Station (uncredited)
- *The Awakening of Jim Burke* (1935), as Jimmy Burke
- *Dinky* (1935), as Cadet Lane
- *Laddie* (1935), as Leon Stanton
- *When a Man's a Man* (1935), as Newsboy Jimmy
- *Romance in Manhattan* (1934), as Frank Dennis
- *I'll Fix It* (1934), as Bobby Grimes
- *Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch* (1934), as Billy Wiggs
- *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), as Jim Wade as a Boy
- *No Greater Glory* (1934), as Boka
- *Beloved* (1934), as Charles Hausmann, as a boy
- *Only Yesterday* (1933), as Jim Jr.

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