Lawson Butt

British actor and film director

W. Lawson Butt
Butt in film journal, 1915
Born	Wilfred Lawson Butt (1880-03-04)4 March 1880 Bristol, England
Died	14 January 1956(1956-01-14) (aged 75) Hampshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Relatives	Dame Clara Butt(sister)

W. Lawson Butt (4 March 1880 – 14 January 1956) was a British actor and film director of the silent era.^[1]^[2] His sister was opera singer Clara Butt.

Selected filmography

Actor

The Woman Next Door (1915)
Romeo and Juliet (1916)
The Danger Trail (1917)
Shackled (1918)
Playthings of Passion (1919)
Desert Gold (1919)
It Happened in Paris (1919)
The Miracle Man (1919) (*uncredited though substantial part in film)
The World and Its Woman (1919)
The Loves of Letty (1919)
Earthbound (1920)
The Tiger's Coat (1920)
The Sting of the Lash (1921)
Beyond the Crossroads (1922)
The Masquerader (1922)
The Flying Dutchman (1923)
Dante's Inferno (1924)
The Chicago Fire (1925)
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
Old San Francisco (1927)
The Ringer (1928)

Director

Afterwards (1928)

References

^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | BUTT, W. Lawson". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
^ (7 August 1915). W. Lawson Butt with Kleine, The Moving Picture World