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Robert Butler

American television and film director (1927-2023) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 95

Robert Stanton Butler was an American film and Emmy Award-winning television director. He is best known for his work in television, where he directed the pilots for a number of series including Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, Batman, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Hill Street Blues.

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2023Died3 November 20232001The DivisionSeries, Director1997TurbulenceFilm, Director1994White MileFilm, Director1988Out of TimeFilm, Director, Producer1985MoonlightingSeries, Director1984Concrete BeatFilm, Director1981Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesAwardHill Street BluesSeries, 1981DirectorUnderground AcesFilm, 1981Director1980Night of the JugglerFilm, Director1978A Question of GuiltFilm, Director1976Dark VictoryFilm, Director1975Black BartFilm, Director, Producer1974Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesAwardThe Ultimate ThrillFilm, 1974Director1973The Blue KnightFilm, Director1971ColumboSeries, DirectorDeath Takes a HolidayFilm, 1971Director1969Guns in the HeatherFilm, Director1967IronsideSeries, Director1966BatmanSeries, Director1965KilroyFilm, Director1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries, Director1961Ben CaseySeries, Director1958The RiflemanSeries, Director1955GunsmokeSeries, Director1927Born17 November 1927

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  • Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1972
  • The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes 1969
  • Up the Creek 1984
  • Turbulence 1997

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Filmography 27

89 credits on file

Television 24

Awards

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series1981
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series1974
Primetime Emmy Award
Directors Guild of America Award

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2023 · aged 95

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Steve LandesbergAlso in Black Bart (1975)Lynne MartaAlso in In the Glitter Palace (1977)Herta WareAlso in A Question of Guilt (1978)Gerald W. AbramsAlso in James Dean (1976)Morgan FarleyAlso in The Barefoot Executive (1971)Bob LarsonAlso in Strange New World (1975)