Lawson Butt

Lawson Butt

Born: March 3, 1880
Died: January 14, 1956
in Bristol, England, UK

Movies for Lawson Butt...

Those Who Love
Title: Those Who Love
Character: Joe
Released: November 26, 1929
Type: Movie
'An author marries an already-married prostitute because she resembles his dead fiancée.' (British Film Institute)
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The City of Play
Title: The City of Play
Character: Tambourini
Released: July 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A British drama film directed by Denison Clift
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The Ringer
Title: The Ringer
Character: Maurice Meister
Released: August 29, 1928
Type: Movie
'Scotland Yard hunt for a dangerous criminal who has returned to Britain after many years away.' (BFI)
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Toni
Title: Toni
Character: Mendel
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Depressive Toni is diagnosed with idlesness by his doctor who recommends more excitement and danger. Another patient, a celebrated detective who bears a striking resemblance to Toni, is diagnosed with exhaustion and told to rest. The two swap places but Toni's first client turns out to be an exiled princess whose jewels are about to be stolen by a ruthless gang and the amateur detective finds more thrills than he bargained for.
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Old San Francisco
Title: Old San Francisco
Character: Captain Enrique de Solano Y Vasquez - in Prologue
Released: September 4, 1927
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.
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Foreign Devils
Title: Foreign Devils
Character: Sir Claude
Released: September 3, 1927
Type: Movie
Capt. Robert Kelly holds off the foreign mob single-handed and makes good his escape during the Boxer rebellion.
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The Beloved Rogue
Title: The Beloved Rogue
Character: Duke of Burgundy
Released: March 12, 1927
Type: Movie
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
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Any Woman
Title: Any Woman
Character: James Rand
Released: May 4, 1925
Type: Movie
When Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father has lost all his money. She must get a job to help support the family, and goes to work as a secretary in the brokerage firm of Phillips and Rand. Both partners find themselves attracted to her, but each has a different approach: Phillipls takes the rough, aggressive route and Rand does the opposite, complimenting and flattering her at every opportunity. However, she falls in love with Tom Galloway, a young inventor who has come up with a new type of soft drink, "Here's How". in which Ellen attempts to interest the brokers. Phillips, however, doesn't take rejection lightly and schemes to break up Ellen and Galloway using his unwitting partner.
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The Ten Commandments
Title: The Ten Commandments
Character: Dathan - The Discontented
Released: November 23, 1923
Type: Movie
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.
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The Masquerader
Title: The Masquerader
Character: Mr. Lakely
Released: July 1, 1922
Type: Movie
John Loder looks exactly like his cousin, John Chilcote, who is a member of Parliament. Because of his dissolute ways, Chilcote collapses, and Loder is called in to take his place so that the family honor can remain unsullied. Loder's masquerade is so successful that no one suspects him of being an impostor, not even Chilcote's estranged wife, Eve. Loder distinguishes himself with his actions, both in public and private, while the real Chilcote sinks further into the gutter until he finally dies. Loder decides to remain as John Chilcote, and marries Eve, who, up until Loder reveals his true identity, has believed she was falling in love with her husband all over again.
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Beyond the Crossroads
Title: Beyond the Crossroads
Character: John Pierce / James Fordham
Released: January 27, 1922
Type: Movie
While James Fordham is away prospecting in Alaska, his wife runs off with Truman Breese. She manages to make her way back to her husband, but dies shortly thereafter.
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The Tiger's Coat
Title: The Tiger's Coat
Released: November 8, 1920
Type: Movie
The film begins in the southern California home of Alexander MacAllister (Lawson Butt) where he is confronting Andrew Hyde (Miles McCarthy) who is accused of crooked dealings. Alexander threatens to expose Hyde, and Hyde defies him to do his worst. A banker friend tells MacAllister, "Why don't you get married?" They are interrupted by an unexpected caller on that rainy evening, a young lady, Jean Ogilvie, the daughter of a Scotsman family friend from Mexico. He puts her up and later remarks that she has dark skin for a Scottish lass. "Mexican sun," she explains. "I expected to find an old man," Jean remarks to herself.
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Earthbound
Title: Earthbound
Character: Harvey Breck
Released: August 10, 1920
Type: Movie
When Jim Rittenshaw learns that his friend Richard Desborough is having an affair with Jim's wife Daisy, Jim kills Richard. The murdered man's ghost then takes up residence and attempts to positively influence the lives of those he had wronged.
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Dangerous Days
Title: Dangerous Days
Character: Clayton Spencer
Released: March 14, 1920
Type: Movie
Patriotism, love and treason in the United States during the First World War. Barker manages to give every scene the right climate through inventive use of color. From semi-documentary to cruel melodrama.
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The Street Called Straight
Title: The Street Called Straight
Character: Col. Rupert Ashley (as W. Lawson Butt)
Released: February 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
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It Happened in Paris
Title: It Happened in Paris
Released: December 26, 1919
Type: Movie
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Desert Gold
Title: Desert Gold
Character: The Yaqui (as W. Lawson Butt)
Released: November 21, 1919
Type: Movie
In this adaptation of Zane Grey's novel, adventurer Dick Gale (E.K. Lincoln) is traveling through the Southwest. He helps rescue Mercedes Castanada (Margery Wilson) from the clutches of notorious outlaw Rojas (Walter Long). Mercedes' fiancé, Captain George Thorne (Edward Coxen), entrusts her to Gale's care when he returns to duty.
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The World and Its Woman
Title: The World and Its Woman
Character: Peter Poroschine
Released: September 6, 1919
Type: Movie
A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and find their way to America.
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Playthings of Passion
Title: Playthings of Passion
Character: John Sterling (as W. Lawson Butt)
Released: June 8, 1919
Type: Movie
Helen Rowland is indifferent towards her wealthy husband Henry and spends most of her time at social events. Henry agrees to give financial assistance to young clergyman John Sterling if Helen can become interested in Sterling's work in the slums.
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The Goddess of Lost Lake
Title: The Goddess of Lost Lake
Character: Mark Hamilton (as W. Lawson Butt)
Released: October 14, 1918
Type: Movie
Mary Thorne is the quarter-breed daughter of prospector Marshall Thorne. She has just returned from college and when a pair of hunters, Mark Hamilton and Chester Martin, come along, she decides it would be fun to dress in native garb and fool them. Both men find themselves attracted to her, even though Indians were taboo for whites in the racist days of the 1910s.
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Her Man
Title: Her Man
Released: September 8, 1918
Type: Movie
A wealthy woman moves to Appalachia to educate illiterate mountaineers, but gets caught up between two feuding families.
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Shackled
Title: Shackled
Character: Thomas Danfield
Released: May 20, 1918
Type: Movie
A destitute young woman named Lola Dexter falls in love with Walter Cosgrove, who establishes her in a luxurious apartment and promises to marry her. After his fortune has been squandered, however, he woos and marries wealthy Edith Danfield while her sweetheart, James Ashley, is fighting in the trenches overseas. Embittered, Lola decides that from now on she will use men to her own advantage and travels to Florida to seek her first victim. She soon loses heart, however, and is about to commit suicide when Edith's invalid father, Thomas Danfield, convinces her to begin her life anew. The two become close friends and together return home, where they find that Edith, neglected and abused by Walter, has realized her mistake and is longing for James. To provide Edith with grounds for divorce, Lola allows Walter to enter her room, but when he rushes to attack her in a drunken rage, he falls down the stairs and is killed.
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Danger Trail
Title: Danger Trail
Character: Jean Croisset (as W. Lawson Butt)
Released: April 30, 1917
Type: Movie
John Howland travels to the frozen North to build a branch of the Hudson Bay Railroad. There he meets and falls in love with Meleese Thoreau who warns him that her three bloodthirsty brothers, Max, Pierre and François, have sworn vengeance against a man named John Howland, the son of a man who killed their mother, and that torture and death await him along the route to his station.
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Romeo and Juliet
Title: Romeo and Juliet
Character: Tybalt (as W. Lawson Butt)
Released: October 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Shakespeare's tragedy of two young people who fall desperately in love despite the ancient feud between their two families, and how the sins of the fathers bring disaster to their children.
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Don Caesar de Bazan
Title: Don Caesar de Bazan
Character: Don Caesar de Bazan
Released: June 26, 1915
Type: Movie
Don Jose encourages the King in his infatuation for Maritana, a dancing girl, believing that when the Queen discovers the clandestine love affair, she, in revenge, will listen to his suit. It would aid his plans if Maritana is made a noble. Don Caesar de Bazan, a swashbuckling adventurer is under sentence of death for having violated the edict against dueling.