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David Buttolph

Career

Active from 1933 to 1963, busiest in 1942 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Buttolph Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Family Dynamics
    3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 11
  • Historical Setting 8
  • Classic Western 8
  • Film Noir 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Classic Film Noir 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Frontier Justice 4
  • Western 3
  • Revenge 3
  • Gritty Realism 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

121
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

3 titles · average score 46
PT 109
PT 109 (1963)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

The Man from Galveston
The Man from Galveston (1963)

Original Music Composer

Guns of the Timberland
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
GoodWatch score 39

Original Music Composer

1950s

38 titles · average score 60
The Horse Soldiers
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Music Composer

The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger (1956)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

The Burning Hills
The Burning Hills (1956)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

Secret of the Incas
Secret of the Incas (1954)
GoodWatch score 56

Original Music Composer

The Bounty Hunter
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

House of Wax
House of Wax (1953)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane (1953)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

Crime Wave
Crime Wave (1953)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

The Enforcer
The Enforcer (1951)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

Along the Great Divide
Along the Great Divide (1951)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Chain Lightning
Chain Lightning (1950)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Music Composer

1940s

62 titles · average score 62
June Bride
June Bride (1948)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

The Street with No Name
The Street with No Name (1948)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Music Composer

Smart Girls Don't Talk
Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death (1947)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Boomerang!
Boomerang! (1947)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer

13 Rue Madeleine
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Guadalcanal Diary
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

The Black Swan
The Black Swan (1942)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Music Composer

Western Union
Western Union (1941)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer, Music Director

Brigham Young
Brigham Young (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

1930s

18 titles · average score 59
The Return of the Cisco Kid
The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)

Original Music Composer

Made for Each Other
Made for Each Other (1939)
GoodWatch score 59

Music

You Can't Have Everything
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

Music Director

Seventh Heaven
Seventh Heaven (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

Music

Love Is News
Love Is News (1937)
GoodWatch score 69

Music Director

Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's of London (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

Music

Pigskin Parade
Pigskin Parade (1936)
GoodWatch score 53

Music Director

The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

Way Down East
Way Down East (1935)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Music Composer

Baby Take a Bow
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

David Harum
David Harum (1934)

Original Music Composer

Mr. Skitch
Mr. Skitch (1933)

Original Music Composer