Portrait of Lawson Butt

Acting

Lawson Butt

Career

Active from 1915 to 1929, busiest in 1919 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
GoodWatch score77/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 2
  • Silent Era 2
  • Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1920s

20 titles · average score 62
The City of Play
The City of Play (1929)

as Tambourini

Afterwards
Afterwards (1928)

Director

The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake (1928)

as Roderick Dhu

Toni
Toni (1928)

as Mendel

The Beloved Rogue
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
GoodWatch score 69

as Duke of Burgundy

Foreign Devils
Foreign Devils (1927)

as Sir Claude

Barriers Burned Away
Barriers Burned Away (1925)

as Earl of Tarnsey

Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno (1924)
GoodWatch score 52

as Dante

The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (1923)
GoodWatch score 77

as Dathan - The Discontented

The Masquerader
The Masquerader (1922)

as Mr. Lakely

The Sting of the Lash
The Sting of the Lash (1921)

as Rhodes

Dangerous Days
Dangerous Days (1920)

as Clayton Spencer

1910s

12 titles
It Happened in Paris
It Happened in Paris (1919)

as Romildo, the Gypsy

The World and Its Woman
The World and Its Woman (1919)

as Peter Poroschine

Playthings of Passion
Playthings of Passion (1919)

as John Sterling (as W. Lawson Butt)

Desert Gold
Desert Gold (1919)

as The Yaqui (as W. Lawson Butt)

The Loves of Letty
The Loves of Letty (1919)

as Neville Letchmore

Shackled
Shackled (1918)

as Thomas Danfield

The Goddess of Lost Lake
The Goddess of Lost Lake (1918)

as Mark Hamilton (as W. Lawson Butt)

The One Woman
The One Woman (1918)

as Rev. Frank Gordon

Danger Trail
Danger Trail (1917)

as Jean Croisset (as W. Lawson Butt)

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (1916)

as Tybalt (as W. Lawson Butt)

Don Caesar de Bazan
Don Caesar de Bazan (1915)

as Don Caesar de Bazan

The Woman Next Door
The Woman Next Door (1915)

as Jack Lake