John William H. Butt (3 April 1878 – June 1931) was an English
film actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
of the
silent era
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
.
He was born in
Bradford
Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...
and died in North
Bierley, West Yorkshire
Bierley is an area in the Tong (ward), Tong ward of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Geography
Bierley housing estate is situated about south-east of the centre of Bradford, ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Chimes'' (1914)
* ''
Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1915)
* ''
The Grand Babylon Hotel'' (1916)
* ''
The Man Behind 'The Times'
''The Man Behind 'The Times is a 1917 British silent film, silent crime film directed by Frank Wilson (director), Frank Wilson and starring Stewart Rome, Chrissie White and Lionelle Howard.Palmer p.884
Cast
* Stewart Rome as Aaron Moss
* Chris ...
'' (1917)
* ''
The American Heiress'' (1917)
* ''
Carrots
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'' (1917)
* ''
The Diamond Necklace'' (1921)
* ''
The Skipper's Wooing'' (1922)
* ''
Sam's Boy'' (1922)
* ''
A Will and a Way'' (1922)
* ''
No. 7 Brick Row'' (1922)
* ''
The Head of the Family'' (1922)
* ''
The Monkey's Paw
"The Monkey's Paw" is a Horror fiction, horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs. It first appeared in ''Harper's Monthly'' in September, 1902, and was reprinted in his third collection of short stories, ''The Lady of the Barge'', late ...
'' (1923)
* ''
Lawyer Quince'' (1924)
* ''
The Prehistoric Man'' (1924)
* ''
Sen Yan's Devotion'' (1924)
* ''
The Flying Fifty-Five'' (1924)
*''
The Gold Cure'' (1925)
* ''
Nell Gwyn
Eleanor Gwyn (also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne; 2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) was an English people, English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Stuart Restoration, Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Second to None'' (1927)
* ''
Passion Island'' (1927)
* ''
Carry On'' (1927)
* ''
The Hellcat'' (1928)
* ''
The Last Post'' (1929)
* ''
A Peep Behind the Scenes'' (1929)
* ''
The Clue of the New Pin'' (1929)
* ''
The Informer'' (1929)
References
External links
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1870 births
1931 deaths
20th-century English male actors
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
Male actors from Bradford
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