David Butler (screenwriter)
| David Butler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Butler November 12, 1927 Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died | 27 May 2006 (aged 78) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Director, producer, screenwriter, Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Writers Branch) |
| Years active | 1961–1992 |
| Spouse(s) |
Norma Ronald (1959–1966; divorced) Mary McPhail (1969–2006; his death) |
| Children | Two daughters |
David Dalrymple Butler (12 November 1927 – 27 May 2006) was a Scottish writer of numerous screenplays and teleplays who won a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
He specialised in period-piece drama and is particularly remembered for a string of hit British television shows, including Within These Walls, Lillie, We'll Meet Again and Edward the Seventh, as well as for his acting, most specifically as Dr. Nick Williams on British television's first medical soap opera, Emergency - Ward 10 in 1960–62.
A native of the town of Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, Butler was born into a well-educated family, with his parents working as teachers. At the age of 18, as World War II came to an end, he enrolled at the University of St Andrews, but ultimately abandoned his studies before attaining a degree, upon becoming interested in acting with the university drama society. He subsequently trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his performing career in West End revues. In 1956, at the age of 29, he played a prison officer in Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop production of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow.
In 1959, he married actress Norma Ronald and, by the early 1960s, was supplementing his acting career with scriptwriting. Following a 1966 divorce, his 1969 marriage to Mary McPhail lasted for the remainder of his life and produced two daughters.
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