John Butler
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.327 |
Birthday | 1884-05-01 |
Place of Birth | Canada |
Also Known As | John A. Butler, |
1950
Code of the Silver Sage
6/1
Arizona Territory is in the grip of outlaw terror and killer outlaws, secretly organized by Hulon Champion, who covers his power ambitions with the gu...
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Code of the Silver Sage
1941
Mob Town
0/0
Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.
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Mob Town
1950
The Yellow Cab Man
6.3/6
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that...
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The Yellow Cab Man
1938
Young Dr. Kildare
6.5/8
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his k...
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Young Dr. Kildare
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
5.1/4
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for...
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Hollywood Cavalcade
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
4/1
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
1939
Stronger Than Desire
5.8/6
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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Stronger Than Desire
1939
Frontier Marshal
6/24
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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Frontier Marshal
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
4/2
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1937
Midnight Court
4.8/3
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
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Midnight Court
1937
The Great O'Malley
6.7/8
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien...
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The Great O'Malley
1949
White Heat
7.7/454
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 th...
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White Heat
1938
Exposed
5/2
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
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Exposed
1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
5.8/5
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.
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Torchy Runs for Mayor
1940
Edison, the Man
6.7/20
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 Yor...
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Edison, the Man
1939
Money to Loan
6/1
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordin...
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Money to Loan
1940
We Who Are Young
5.8/5
A man violates company policy by getting married.
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We Who Are Young
1940
Florian
1/1
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
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Florian
1940
The Golden Fleecing
5.3/6
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
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The Golden Fleecing
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
6.8/12
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jef...
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Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
Behind the News
0/0
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter...
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Behind the News
1937
You're a Sweetheart
3.7/9
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He...
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You're a Sweetheart
1950
Branded
5.7/20
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as...
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Branded
1948
Sinister Journey
6/1
Lee Garvin has eloped with the daughter of a railroad man who didn't approve of the marriage. Hoppy steps in when the young man is framed for murder.
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Sinister Journey
1948
Silent Conflict
0/0
One of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after being subjected to hypnosis.
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Silent Conflict
1942
Northwest Rangers
6/2
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.
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Northwest Rangers
1938
How to Watch Football
4.8/4
Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.
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How to Watch Football
1951
Roadblock
5.8/23
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
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Roadblock
1939
I Stole a Million
6/1
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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I Stole a Million
1941
Mr. District Attorney
6.2/5
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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Mr. District Attorney
1943
Slightly Dangerous
5.8/6
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
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Slightly Dangerous
1937
The Go-Getter
5.3/3
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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The Go-Getter
1940
American Spoken Here
0/0
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
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American Spoken Here
1938
Opening Day
6/2
The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.
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Opening Day
1938
They're Always Caught
5.5/4
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can becom...
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They're Always Caught
1950
Three Secrets
6.4/15
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted a...
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Three Secrets
1939
Ex-Champ
6/1
A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.
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Ex-Champ
1950
Convicted
6.271/24
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
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Convicted
1949
Sorrowful Jones
6.1/8
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a...
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Sorrowful Jones
1941
Sucker List
6/2
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of wh...
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Sucker List
1950
Hunt the Man Down
6.2/17
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.
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Hunt the Man Down
1951
The Tall Target
6.905/37
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
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The Tall Target
1936
China Clipper
5.6/8
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
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China Clipper
1937
Black Legion
6.5/50
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates fore...
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Black Legion
1941
Buck Privates
6.6/61
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...
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Buck Privates
1938
Marie Antoinette
6.22/25
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
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Marie Antoinette
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
6.5/36
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves t...
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The Mad Miss Manton
1942
Eyes in the Night
6.1/29
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
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Eyes in the Night
1942
Joe Smith, American
5.7/3
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnap...
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Joe Smith, American
1949
House of Strangers
6.854/72
Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help thei...
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House of Strangers
1937
Some Blondes Are Dangerous
1/1
"Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his crusty old manager George Regan, Mason dumps his ever-lovi...
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Some Blondes Are Dangerous
1942
Fly-By-Night
6.4/5
Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just escap...
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Fly-By-Night
1940
Home Movies
6/1
A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.
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Home Movies
1949
The Set-Up
7.283/145
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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The Set-Up
1922
John Smith
0/0
Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social secre...
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John Smith
1949
The Undercover Man
6.2/36
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal t...
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The Undercover Man
1938
Mental Poise
5.5/2
In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.
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Mental Poise
1939
An Hour for Lunch
4.5/2
Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.
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An Hour for Lunch
1949
The Reckless Moment
6.8/117
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
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The Reckless Moment
1949
Shockproof
6.4/38
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her s...
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Shockproof
1951
The Unknown Man
4.8/13
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
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The Unknown Man
1950
Our Very Own
5.7/10
During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parent...
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Our Very Own
1939
Pride of the Blue Grass
6/2
A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.
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Pride of the Blue Grass
1949
It Happens Every Spring
6.5/19
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
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It Happens Every Spring
1949
Too Late for Tears
6.719/80
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murd...
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Too Late for Tears
1937
Missing Witnesses
5.5/2
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
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Missing Witnesses
1949
Special Agent
0/0
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
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Special Agent
1952
The Wild North
6.9/8
In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mount...
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