Hugo Butler, the screenwriter, was born on May 4, 1914 in Calgary, Alberta, the son of a silent movie actor and screenwriter. Butler worked as a journalist and playwright before moving to Hollywood in 1937, where he established himself as a screenwriter. In 1940, he married actress and screenwriter Jean Rouverol. The next year, he was nominated ...
He and wife Jean Rouverol were blacklisted in the 1950s and went to live in Mexico. They were accompanied to Mexico by Hollywood 10 member Dalton Trumbo, who was also blacklisted, and his family. Butler and his wife did not return to the United States on a permanent basis for thirteen years.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
TV de Vanguarda
1955
TV Series 1 episode
General Electric Theater
1954
TV Series previous screenplay - 1 episode
Robinson Crusoe
1954
screenplay - originally as Philip Ansell Roll
World for Ransom
1954
uncredited
The First Time
1952
screenplay / story
The Big Night
1951
screenplay - originally uncredited
He Ran All the Way
1951
screenplay - front Guy Endore
The Prowler
1951
screenplay
A Woman of Distinction
1950
story
Eye Witness
1950
screenplay
Roughshod
1949
screenplay
From This Day Forward
1946
screenplay
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
screenplay
The Southerner
1945
adaptation
Lassie Come Home
1943
screenplay
The Omaha Trail
1942
screenplay
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942
original screenplay
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
contributing writer - uncredited
Barnacle Bill
1941
Wyoming
1940
screen play
Edison, the Man
1940
original story
Young Tom Edison
1940
original screenplay
Society Lawyer
1939
screen play
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
writer
A Christmas Carol
1938
screen play
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
contributor to treatment - uncredited
Big City
1937
screen play
A Family Affair
1937
uncredited
Running Scared
1972
adaptation
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968
screenplay
Face in the Rain
1963
writer
Sodom and Gomorrah
1962
original screenplay
Eva
1962
Los pequeños gigantes
1960
Documentary written by - originally as Hugo Mozo
The Young One
1960
screenplay - originally as H.B. Addis
Torero
1956
Documentary adaptation - originally as Hugo Mozo
Autumn Leaves
1956
written by - front Jack Jevne
Lux Video Theatre
1955
TV Series original screenplay - 1 episode
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Los pequeños gigantes
1960
Documentary as Hugo Mozo
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Documentary acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by
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