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Alexander Butler
British film director · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1869 to 1959 · aged 90
Alexander Butler was a British film director who made over sixty features and short films during the 1910s and 1920s including many for G. B. Samuelson's production company. Butler directed several British films in Hollywood in 1920, where Samuelson had made an arrangement with Universal Pictures.
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A typical day, 30 days to 8 July 2026
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SheFilm, 1925Mahomet1923A Royal DivorceFilm, Director
Married LoveFilm, 1923Director1920
Her StoryFilm, DirectorLove in the WildernessFilm, 1920Director1919
Damaged GoodsFilm, Director1917In Another Girl's ShoesFilm, DirectorThe Sorrows Of SatanFilm, 1917Director1916The Girl Who Loves a SoldierFilm, Director1914
The Shepherd of the Southern CrossFilm, Director1913O.H.M.S.Film, DirectorThe Tube of DeathFilm, 1913Director1911
Greater Love Hath No ManFilm, Director1869BornPeople around Alexander
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Lillian Hall-Davis Alexander directed A Royal Divorce (1926)
Daisy Burrell Alexander directed The Valley of Fear (1916)
Albert Ray Alexander directed The Night Riders (1920)
Gladys Cooper Alexander directed The Sorrows of Satan (1917)
Florence Turner Alexander directed The Ugly Duckling (1921)
Isobel Elsom Alexander directed For Her Father's Sake (1921)
Gertrude McCoy Alexander directed A Royal Divorce (1926)
Vesta Tilley Alexander directed The Girl Who Loves a Soldier (1916)- Lionel d'Aragon Also in Little Women and The Sorrows Of Satan
Walter Summers Also in A Royal Divorce (1923)
Fred Paul Also in O.H.M.S. and The Tube of Death
Also in Deutsch
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About this person
Amongst his notable films are the Sherlock Holmes adaptation The Valley of Fear (1916) and the early British horror film The Beetle (1919).
