Volume III: Biographies

BUTTERFIELD, Everett *

Actor (1915)

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Everett Butterfield appeared in a film made in the Thanhouser studio and released under the Mutual name, titled The Seventh Noon.

Biographical Notes: Everett Butterfield was born in Portland, Maine in 1885. For about 15 years he was on the stage in Milwaukee, Denver, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and elsewhere. In 1911, a group of Washington, D.C. businessmen gave Butterfield a 15% ownership interest in the Franklin Square Theatre and its resident Olympic stock company, a project which was developed in 1912.

During his stage career he worked with Edward Morgan, Amelia Bingham, and Louis James among many other luminaries. His productions included Ready Money, The Man of the Hour, The Misleading Lady, and The Last Laugh. By autumn 1915 he had appeared in more than 700 different stage roles, according to an article in The Moving Picture World, October 30, 1915. Although he was primarily known as a stage actor, Butterfield appeared in several films made by different companies, including the October 1915 Edison release of The Magic Skin, and the Thanhouser production for Mutual of The Seventh Noon.

In the summer of 1916 he was on stage in the road company of Yankee Doodle Dick. In 1917 Butterfield enlisted in the American military forces and went to France, later achieving distinction in combat in fighting on the Vesle River, August 25, 1918, for which he received a decoration from the French government. On June 1, 1919 he sailed for America, after which he was back on stage that summer, touring with a comedy production, A Regular Feller. Everett Butterfield died in New York City on March 6, 1925.

Thanhouser Filmography:

1915: The Seventh Noon (Mutual 11-4-1915)

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