Frank Butler (writer)
Frank Butler | |
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Frank Butler, next to actress Mary Land, in the 1922 film "My American Wife". | |
| Born | Frank Russell Butler December 28, 1889 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | June 10, 1967 (aged 76) Oceanside, California, US. |
| Occupations | Actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1920–1959 |
| Spouses | Margaret Annie Dansey Addis
(m. 1912, divorced)Helen Lue Huntoon
(m. 1921; div. 1926)Ethel Virginia Chapman
(m. 1927) |
Frank Russell Butler (December 28, 1889 – June 10, 1967) was an American film and theatre actor and screenwriter, born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England to parents Frederick Butler and Sarah Ann Hedges. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Going My Way. His son, Hugo Butler, also became a Hollywood screenwriter.