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Hugo Butler

Hugo Butler

Writer, Director, Music Department

Born May 4, 1914 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Died January 7, 1968

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Hugo D. Butler (4 May 1914 – 7 January 1968) was a Canadian born screenwriter working in Hollywood who was blacklisted by the film studios in the 1950s. Born in Calgary, Alberta, his father had acted and written scripts in silent films. Hugo Butler worked as a journalist and playwright before moving to Hollywood in 1937 where he wrote the first of his thirty-four screenplays. His work on Edison the Man (1940) led to his nomination (with Dore Schary) for the Best Writing, Original Story Academy Award.

In 1940 he married actress Jean Rouverol, later an author and screenwriter. Shortly thereafter Butler's career was interrupted when he served in the United States military during World War II.

After being blacklisted, he wrote under various pseudonyms as well as using a fellow member of the Writers Guild of America as a front to submit screenplays to the movie studios on his behalf. He and his wife went to Mexico where he worked on scripts for directors Luis Buñuel and Carlos Velo. He was a handful of blacklisted artists responsible for the Nuevo Cine movement in Mexico, according to Rebeca Shreiber's Cold War Exiles in Mexico. They did not return to the United States on a permanent basis for thirteen years.

Hugo Butler suffered from arteriosclerotic brain disease for several years before he died from a heart attack in 1968 in Hollywood, California. In 1997, the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America voted to posthumously give him official credit for scripts he had written.

He is survived by Becky Butler, Emily Butler, Mary Butler, Debbie Butler and screenwriter Michael Butler.

Filmography

Actor

1

Trumbo Documentary2007

Writer

38

Type

Year

Running Scared Poster

Running Scared Feature Film1972

Las figuras de arena Poster

Las figuras de arena Feature Film1970

The Legend of Lylah Clare Poster

The Legend of Lylah Clare Feature Film1968

Face in the Rain Poster

Face in the Rain Feature Film1963

Eva Feature Film1962

Sodom and Gomorrah Poster

Sodom and Gomorrah Feature Film1962

Los pequeños gigantes Poster

Los pequeños gigantes Documentary1960

The Young One Poster

The Young One Feature Film1960

Autumn Leaves Poster

Autumn Leaves Feature Film1956

Torero Documentary1956

Robinson Crusoe Poster

Robinson Crusoe Feature Film1954

World for Ransom Poster

World for Ransom Feature Film1954

General Electric Theater Poster

General Electric Theater TV Series1953

The First Time Poster

The First Time Feature Film1952

TV de Vanguarda Poster

TV de Vanguarda TV Series1952

He Ran All the Way Poster

He Ran All the Way Feature Film1951

The Big Night Poster

The Big Night Feature Film1951

The Prowler Poster

The Prowler Feature Film1951

A Woman of Distinction Poster

A Woman of Distinction Feature Film1950

Eye Witness Poster

Eye Witness Feature Film1950

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950

Roughshod Poster

Roughshod Feature Film1949

From This Day Forward Poster

From This Day Forward Feature Film1946

Miss Susie Slagle's Poster

Miss Susie Slagle's Feature Film1946

The Southerner Poster

The Southerner Feature Film1945

Lassie Come Home Poster

Lassie Come Home Feature Film1943

A Yank on the Burma Road Poster

A Yank on the Burma Road Feature Film1942

The Omaha Trail Poster

The Omaha Trail Feature Film1942

Barnacle Bill Poster

Barnacle Bill Feature Film1941

Blossoms in the Dust Poster

Blossoms in the Dust Feature Film1941

Edison, the Man Poster

Edison, the Man Feature Film1940

Wyoming Feature Film1940

Young Tom Edison Poster

Young Tom Edison Feature Film1940

Society Lawyer Poster

Society Lawyer Feature Film1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Poster

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Feature Film1939

A Christmas Carol Poster

A Christmas Carol Feature Film1938

Arsène Lupin Returns Poster

Arsène Lupin Returns Feature Film1938

Big City Poster

Big City Feature Film1937

Director

1

Los pequeños gigantes Poster

Los pequeños gigantes Documentary1960

Thanks

1

That's Entertainment, Part II Poster

That's Entertainment, Part II Documentary1976

Music Department

1

Express Short Film2024

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