Lawson Butt

Lawson Butt
Butt in a 1915 advertisement in The Moving Picture World
Born	4 March 1880 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Died	14 January 1956 (aged 75) Hampshire, England
Occupation	Actor

W. Lawson Butt (born 4 March 1880, Bristol, Gloucestershire - died 14 January 1956, Hampshire) was a British actor and film director of the silent era.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

Actor

• The Woman Next Door (1915)
• Romeo and Juliet (1916)
• The Miracle Man (1919) (*uncredited though substantial part in film)
• The World and Its Woman (1919)
• The Loves of Letty (1919)
• Earthbound (1920)
• Beyond the Crossroads (1922)
• Dante's Inferno (1924)
• The Chicago Fire (1925)
• The Beloved Rogue (1927)
• Old San Francisco (1927)
• The Ringer (1928)

Director

• Afterwards (1928)

References

1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/21883
2. (7 August 1915). W. Lawson Butt with Kleine, The Moving Picture World

External links

• Lawson Butt at the Internet Movie Database