Lawson Butt

W. Lawson Butt (4 March 1880 – 14 January 1956) was a British actor and film director of the silent era.^[1][2] His sister was opera singer Clara Butt.

W. Lawson Butt
Butt in film journal, 1915
Born	Wilfred Lawson Butt (1880-03-04)4 March 1880 Bristol, England
Died	14 January 1956(1956-01-14) (aged 75) Hampshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Relatives	Dame Clara Butt(sister)

Selected filmography

Actor

• The Woman Next Door (1915)
• Romeo and Juliet (1916)
• The Danger Trail (1917)
• Shackled (1918)
• Playthings of Passion (1919)
• Desert Gold (1919)
• It Happened in Paris (1919)
• The Miracle Man (1919) (*uncredited though substantial part in film)
• The World and Its Woman (1919)
• The Loves of Letty (1919)
• Earthbound (1920)
• The Tiger's Coat (1920)
• The Sting of the Lash (1921)
• Beyond the Crossroads (1922)
• The Masquerader (1922)
• The Flying Dutchman (1923)
• Dante's Inferno (1924)
• The Chicago Fire (1925)
• The Beloved Rogue (1927)
• Old San Francisco (1927)
• The Ringer (1928)

Director

• Afterwards (1928)