David Butler (screenwriter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Butler (screenwriter)

Scottish screenwriter

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1927

Place of Birth: Larkhall, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-May-2006

Profession: screenwriter, stage actor, television actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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 specialized 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.