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Paul Butler(1942-2010)

  • Actor
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Set in Kansas during the early 1900s, a teen-aged Native American boy (Winter Fox Frank) is taken from his family and forced to attend a distant Indian "training" school to assimilate into White society.
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The Only Good Indian (2009)
Paul Butler was born on 12 March 1942 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Reign Over Me (2007), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and The Rookie (1990). He died on 12 January 2010 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
BornMarch 12, 1942
DiedJanuary 12, 2010(67)
BornMarch 12, 1942
DiedJanuary 12, 2010(67)
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Known for

Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler in Reign Over Me (2007)
Reign Over Me
7.4
  • George Johnson
  • 2007
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Glengarry Glen Ross
7.7
  • Policeman
  • 1992
Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen in The Rookie (1990)
The Rookie
5.9
  • Captain Hargate
  • 1990
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
7.3
  • Detective
  • 2007

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  • Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Sam Riley, and 50 Cent in 13 (2010)
    13
    6.0
    • Money Boss
    • 2010
  • The Only Good Indian (2009)
    The Only Good Indian
    6.6
    • Harkin
    • 2009
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
    7.3
    • Detective
    • 2007
  • Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler in Reign Over Me (2007)
    Reign Over Me
    7.4
    • George Johnson
    • 2007
  • The Unit (2006)
    The Unit
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Art Spey
    • 2006
  • Confess (2005)
    Confess
    4.7
    • FBI Agent Davis
    • 2005
  • Michael Beach, Eddie Cibrian, Kim Raver, Jason Wiles, Coby Bell, Amy Carlson, Molly Price, Anthony Ruivivar, and Skipp Sudduth in Third Watch (1999)
    Third Watch
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Investigator
    • 2003
  • Alan Arkin, Paula Devicq, Manny Perez, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, and Joseph Lyle Taylor in 100 Centre Street (2001)
    100 Centre Street
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Detective Willard Block
    • Detective Willard Bock
    • Detective Willar Block
    • 2001–2002
  • Sigourney Weaver, Bebe Neuwirth, and Aaron Stanford in Tadpole (2002)
    Tadpole
    6.2
    • Professor Sherman
    • 2002
  • Al Pacino and Jerry Orbach in Chinese Coffee (2000)
    Chinese Coffee
    7.1
    • Barney - Poet
    • bartender
    • 2000
  • State and Main (2000)
    State and Main
    6.7
    • Real Judge
    • 2000
  • Russell Crowe and Al Pacino in The Insider (1999)
    The Insider
    7.8
    • Charlie Phillips
    • 1999
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
    Homicide: Life on the Street
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Judge Clifford Ramsey
    • 1999
  • Maria Schrader in The Giraffe (1998)
    The Giraffe
    6.4
    • Lt. Lynch
    • 1998
  • Halle Berry, Lynn Whitfield, Carl Lumbly, and Eric Thal in The Wedding (1998)
    The Wedding
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Preacher
    • 1998

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To Sleep with Anger

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  • Born
    • March 12, 1942
    • Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • January 12, 2010
    • Manhattan, New York, USA
  • Other works
    He acted in the American Goodman Theatre Company of Chicago, Illinois' theatre production of William Shakespeare's play, "The Merchant of Venice," at the "Everybody's Shakespeare International Festival" at the Barbican and Pit Theatres in London, England with Elaine Tse and Geno Silva in the cast. Peter Sellars was director.

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    His scenes as Elwood Blues's boss in The Blues Brothers (1980) were deleted from theatrical cut but later restored in the extended cut.

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