John Butler

Born: 1884-05-01


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White Heat

as Motorist at Gas Station (uncredited)
Released: 1949-09-02

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads...

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Too Late for Tears

as Little Man Answering Phone (uncredited)
Released: 1949-07-17

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000,...

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Buck Privates

as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: 1941-01-31

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The...

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The Reckless Moment

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Released: 1949-12-09

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate...

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Black Legion

as Jenkins - Auto Salesman (uncredited)
Released: 1937-01-30

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into...

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Branded

as Spig
Released: 1950-11-03

A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million...

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The Set-Up

as Blind Man's Buddy (uncredited)
Released: 1949-03-29

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling...

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Marie Antoinette

as Second Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin (uncredited)
Released: 1938-08-26

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...

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Frontier Marshal

as Harassed Man
Released: 1939-07-28

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized...

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Hollywood Cavalcade

as Telegraph Operator
Released: 1939-10-13

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she...

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Roadblock

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1951-09-17

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

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Eyes in the Night

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Released: 1942-10-16

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help...

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The Tall Target

as Miller (uncredited)
Released: 1951-08-17

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train...

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Shockproof

as Sam Green, Pawnbroker (Uncredited)
Released: 1949-01-25

Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful...

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Three Secrets

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1950-10-20

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of...

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Edison, the Man

as Mechanic
Released: 1940-05-10

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story...

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Sorrowful Jones

as Jack, Bettor on Green Demon (uncredited)
Released: 1949-07-04

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her...

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Midnight Court

as Kruger's Lawyer
Released: 1937-03-06

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of...

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Mob Town

as Rummel
Released: 1941-10-03

Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.

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The Great O'Malley

as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-13

His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter...

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Sinister Journey

as Storekeeper
Released: 1948-06-11

Lee Garvin has eloped with the daughter of a railroad man who didn't approve of the marriage....

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House of Strangers

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1949-07-01

Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal...

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The Undercover Man

as Grocer / Bookie
Released: 1949-03-21

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob...

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Missing Witnesses

as Prosecutor in Wagner Case (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-11

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

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China Clipper

as Second Commerce Inspector (uncredited)
Released: 1936-08-11

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

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We Who Are Young

as Mr. Peabody
Released: 1940-07-19

A man violates company policy by getting married.

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Convicted

as Convict Curly (uncredited)
Released: 1950-08-01

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

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It Happens Every Spring

as Fan Visiting with Debbie (uncredited)
Released: 1949-06-10

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly...

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You're a Sweetheart

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-26

A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big...

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The Unknown Man

as uncredited
Released: 1951-11-09

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

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Fly-By-Night

as Detective Jenks
Released: 1942-01-19

Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns...

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Exposed

as Wendell, Fish Company Owner
Released: 1938-11-05

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications...

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Hunt the Man Down

as Alice's Landlord (uncredited)
Released: 1950-12-26

A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.

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The Go-Getter

as Ship Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-22

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

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I Stole a Million

as Logan (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-01

A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

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Home Movies

as Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1940-02-17

A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.

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Mr. District Attorney

as Detective in Café
Released: 1941-03-27

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

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Our Very Own

as Poker Player (uncredited)
Released: 1950-07-27

During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is...

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Ex-Champ

as Announcer
Released: 1939-05-11

A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.

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Torchy Runs for Mayor

as Chuck Ball
Released: 1939-05-13

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform...

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Joe Smith, American

as Elias Canfield (uncredited)
Released: 1942-02-01

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after...

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The Mad Miss Manton

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1938-10-21

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears,...

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Slightly Dangerous

as 'Tribune' reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-01

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...

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Mental Poise

as Patient
Released: 1938-12-10

In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.

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Silent Conflict

as Clerk
Released: 1948-03-19

One of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after...

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Sucker List

as Gus (uncredited)
Released: 1941-07-26

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to...

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They're Always Caught

as Concession Stand Owner Montel (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-03

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the...

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Third Finger, Left Hand

as Telegrapher at Railroad Station
Released: 1940-10-11

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...

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Stronger Than Desire

as Shopkeeper Having Camera (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-30

An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

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The Yellow Cab Man

as Gimpy
Released: 1950-03-25

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is...

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Young Dr. Kildare

as Coronary Patient (uncredited)
Released: 1938-10-14

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...

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The Golden Fleecing

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1940-08-16

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

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Some Blondes Are Dangerous

as McNeil
Released: 1937-10-31

"Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his...

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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

as John Finney
Released: 1940-01-11

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death....

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Behind the News

as Skeptical Newspaper Editor
Released: 1940-12-20

As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city...

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Opening Day

as Heckler in Grandstand
Released: 1938-11-12

The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.

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Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Reporter at Train Station
Released: 1938-07-09

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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Money to Loan

as Joe Mello
Released: 1939-03-11

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who...

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Florian

as Horse Peddlar
Released: 1940-06-05

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...

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Pride of the Blue Grass

as Mack Lowman
Released: 1939-10-06

A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.

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Code of the Silver Sage

as Charley Speed
Released: 1950-03-25

Arizona Territory is in the grip of outlaw terror and killer outlaws, secretly organized by...

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Northwest Rangers

as Second Poker Dealer
Released: 1942-10-28

Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other...

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John Smith

as Crook
Released: 1922-06-01

Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for...

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An Hour for Lunch

as Harry - Greets Joe (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-17

Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently....

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How to Watch Football

as Football Fan with Flask
Released: 1938-10-07

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.

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American Spoken Here

as Man on Subway (uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-30

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North...

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