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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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Frank Butler
Born	Frank Russell Butler (1889-12-28)December 28, 1889 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Died	June 10, 1967(1967-06-10) (aged 76) Oceanside, California, USA.
Occupation	Actor and screenwriter
Years active	1920–1959
Spouse(s)	Margaret Annie Dansey Addis (m.1912; divorced) Helen Lue Huntoon m. 1921-1926; divorced) Ethel Virginia Chapman (m. 1927)

Career

Theatre

His theatre career included two appearances (1920s–1930s) in Broadway-theatre productions in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

He co-won, with Frank Cavett, the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Going My Way (1944).[1] Butler had earlier been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) twice in the same year, for Road to Morocco and Wake Island, both released in 1942.

Partial filmography

References

External links

• Frank Butler at the Internet Broadway Database
• Frank Butler at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Frank Butler (Drehbuchautor)

Frank Butler (* 28. Dezember 1890 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; † 10. Juni 1967 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York) war ein britisch-US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Drehbuchautor, der bei der Oscarverleihung 1945 mit Frank Cavett den Oscar für das beste adaptierte Drehbuch für Der Weg zum Glück (1944) für Leo McCarey erhielt.

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- [en] Frank Butler (writer)

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[es] Frank Butler (guionista)

Frank Butler (28 de diciembre de 1890 — 10 de junio de 1967) fue un guionista y actor teatral y cinematográfico estadounidense de origen inglés.

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