Acting

John Butler

Born May 1, 1884 · Canada

Died October 9, 1967 · aged 83

No biography available.

Known For

Strangers on a Train · 1951

Strangers on a Train

★ 7.71951

MovieCrimeThriller

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

House of Strangers · 1949

House of Strangers

★ 7.01949

MovieDramaCrime

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that remains loyal.

Marie Antoinette · 1938

Marie Antoinette

★ 6.61938

MovieDramaHistory

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

Eyes in the Night · 1942

Eyes in the Night

★ 6.11942

MovieThrillerMystery

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.

Torchy Runs for Mayor · 1939

Torchy Runs for Mayor

★ 5.91939

MovieActionAdventure

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

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

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

Frontier Marshal · 1939

Frontier Marshal

★ 6.31939

MovieWestern

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Filmography

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Strangers on a Train · 1951

Strangers on a Train

★ 7.71951

MovieCrimeThriller

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Blind Man (uncredited)

House of Strangers · 1949

House of Strangers

★ 7.01949

MovieDramaCrime

Bartender (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette · 1938

Marie Antoinette

★ 6.61938

MovieDramaHistory

Second Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin (uncredited)

Eyes in the Night · 1942

Eyes in the Night

★ 6.11942

MovieThrillerMystery

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Torchy Runs for Mayor · 1939

Torchy Runs for Mayor

★ 5.91939

MovieActionAdventure

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

Chuck Ball

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

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

Motorist at Gas Station (uncredited)

Frontier Marshal · 1939

Frontier Marshal

★ 6.31939

MovieWestern

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Harassed Man

Edison, the Man · 1940

Edison, the Man

★ 6.81940

MovieHistoryDrama

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Mechanic

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

Announcer

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.

Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

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

Blind Man's Buddy (uncredited)

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

Jenkins - Auto Salesman (uncredited)

The Reckless Moment · 1949

The Reckless Moment

★ 6.81949

MovieDramaThriller

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Mr. District Attorney · 1941

Mr. District Attorney

★ 5.81941

MovieComedyCrime

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

Detective in Café

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

Convict Curly (uncredited)

Third Finger, Left Hand · 1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

★ 7.01940

MovieComedy

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!

Telegrapher at Railroad Station

We Who Are Young · 1940

We Who Are Young

★ 6.31940

MovieDramaRomance

A man violates company policy by getting married.

Mr. Peabody

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.

Horse Peddlar

The Tall Target · 1951

The Tall Target

★ 6.91951

MovieThrillerHistory

A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

Miller (uncredited)

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

Town Councilman (uncredited)

Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.

Wendell, Fish Company Owner

A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.

Sam McCreary - Barber (uncredited)