Frank Butler (writer)
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| Frank Butler | |
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| Born | December 28, 1890 |
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| Occupation | Actor and screenwriter |
| Years active | 1920–1959 |
Frank Butler (December 28, 1890 — June 10, 1967) was an American film and theatre actor; he was also a screenwriter.
Career
Theatre
His theatre career included two appearances (1920s–1930s) in Broadway-theatre productions in New York City, New York.
Film work
Butler's film career started with silent films in the early 1920s. He appeared in almost fifty films and wrote more than sixty screenplays. This included the 1937 film, Champagne Waltz.
Awards
He co-won, with Frank Cavett, an Academy Award for Best Writing, [Adapted] Screenplay for the film Going My Way (1944). Butler had earlier been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) twice in the same year for both Road to Morocco and Wake Island, both released in 1942.
External links
- Frank Butler at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Frank Butler at the Internet Movie Database
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