Billy Butts
Actor · 1918 – 1987 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Movies23
Movie6.5DramaComedyAn elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
If I Had a Million
1932 · 51 votes
Movie7.0WesternAfter shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of which he committed. In order to prove his innocence, he joins the Texas Rangers, and also hopes to win the approval and hand of Mary Aldridge, a girl from the East. He is assigned to round up a gang of cattle rustlers who are, unknown by Mary. led by her father.
The Lone Star Ranger
1930 · 2 votes
Movie6.9ComedyRomanceHarold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.
Girl Shy
1924 · 75 votes
Movie10.0ComedyRomanceCollege hero Charles Stanton fails miserably as an insurance agent; so he becomes a lifeguard, saves an injured swimmer and is rewarded for his valor.
None But the Brave
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaA runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
Little Miss Nobody
1936 · 2 votes
Movie7.5DramaElna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie. John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. Trudie, being good-hearted tells John that she'll move. One evening, John returns late from work to discover Elna dead. John burns Elna's suicide note to protect Trudie. This results in John being charged for murder and put on trial.
The Night of June 13
1932 · 4 votes
- Movie5.0Drama
A minister's wife leaves her husband and child because of the disgrace of being compromised by Wall Street operator George Ransdell aboard his yacht. Fifteen years later, after having been his mistress, she has him arrested for fraud and imprisoned.
A Woman Who Sinned
1924 · 2 votes
Movie6.8DramaA tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
Are These Our Children?
1931 · 6 votes
Movie7.0DramaA mother and her son's lives are upended by the arrival of a wealthy flapper to their small New England fishing village.
My Son
1925 · 1 votes
Movie4.8ComedyRomanceThe son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
The Medicine Man
1930 · 12 votes
Movie7.0WesternDeputy Marshal Jerry Steele (Ken Maynard) heads off to Oklahoma where a gang of nasty cattle rustlers is terrorizing the local ranchers. After a bit of detective work -- greatly aided by a motley group of would-be outlaws deputized for the occasion -- Steele unmasks a supposedly upstanding citizen Bob Crew (Tom Santschi) as the leader of the rustlers.
The Land Beyond the Law
1927 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaMolly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
Sparrows
1926 · 43 votes
Movie10.0WesternDean Randall is a hero of the Great War who comes home to his horse and his father's ranch. When back he saves a family in a wagon train -- a father, daughter Grace, and three orphan children.
The Two-Gun Man
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.5WesternOn his way to Steer City, Buddy Hale rescues Janet Lane from a runaway horse. Unknown to Buddy, the woman's brother Ward just shot the sheriff. Heading a ring of indignant ranchers whose cattle are being systematically rustled, Ward suspects that the sheriff and Justice Bert Wagner are leading the gang of thieves. Justice Wagner makes Buddy sheriff and sends him to arrest his predecessor's murderer.
The Last Outlaw
1927 · 2 votes
- Movie5.3Comedy
Eleventh episode, third series, of The Gumps 2-reel series.
I'm the Sheriff
1927 · 3 votes
Movie6.2ComedyWinnie Winkle's wee brother Perry captains a rag tag sandlot team.
Happy Days
1926 · 4 votes
MovieFantasyOriginally planned as 12 two-reelers, only three were made: The Little Knight, The Love Charm, The Crown of Courage.
Movie8.0CrimeDramaAn Incompetent insurance salesman sells a policy to Jesse James and has to protect his client until he can get it back.
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomancePaul and Rhoda Remsen, having marital difficulties, separate; and each is awarded custody of their child Peggy for 6 months of the year. Rhoda and Peggy move to a farm town, while Paul remains in the big city to write a play for actress Inez Lamont, who is in love with him. Peggy knows that her mother still loves Paul, so she flees to the big city to explain the situation to her father.
The Law Forbids
1924 · 1 votes
Movie5.8DramaStag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers, take over the upbringing of Ted Streaver after his father, Stag's manager, is killed.
Lady and Gent
1932 · 10 votes
Movie5.6ComedyRomanceUnable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film.
Scarlet River
1933 · 5 votes
Movie10.0DramaWesternBuck and Charlie, two hard-boiled cowboys, arrive at the Bar Nothing Ranch in Arizona and determine to take advantage of the peculiarity of the owner, Fred Saunders, known as "Lone Hand" because he never uses his right hand.
Lone Hand Saunders
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.1RomanceComedyPoor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job non-existent. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies anyway, and finds true love.
Ella Cinders
1926 · 22 votes