A tow-headed, delicate-looking child actor of the 1920s, Billy Butts (born William Charles Allen Butts) enjoyed some popularity as a young sidekick of western stars Fred Thomson and Rex Bell. He later took over from Jack Morgan in the popular "Gumps" two-reel comedies, but his waif-like qualities didn't survive puberty and he retired at the ripe ...
May 30, 1987, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Profession
Actor
Siblings
Timothy O'Byran
Movies
Sparrows, The Medicine Man, The Night of June 13, Happy Days
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
1
He was half Comanche on his father's side, and half Cherokee on his mother's.
2
He served as a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II. For the remainder of his life he continued working in aviation in the Glendale and Long Beach, California. Among other things, he was a flight instructor.
3
According to his surviving brother, Timothy O'Byran, Billy was most proud of his work on the Mary Pickford classic "Sparrows" (1926) and "Our These Our Children?" (1931).