Robert Dale Butts (1910 - 1990)

Born 12 Mar 1910 in Lamasco, Lyon County, Kentucky, USA

Died 30 Jan 1990 at age 79 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Biography

Dale Butts is Notable.

Composer, Arranger. As music director of Republic Pictures from 1944 to 1956, he scored or orchestrated over 140 films, from B westerns and serials to the company's more ambitious productions. He shared an Academy Award nomination with Morton Scott for "Flame of Barbary Coast" (1945). Robert Dale Butts was born in Lamasco, Kentucky. He joined NBC Radio in Chicago in 1928 and for 13 years was its principal pianist and arranger. In 1937 he married aspiring star Dale Evans (who took her stage name from him) and the couple struggled to find work in Hollywood before they were both signed by Republic in 1943. After their 1945 divorce he continued to write music for Evans' films, including those co-starring her fourth husband, Roy Rogers. Among his credits are "Don't Fence Me In" (1945), "Dakota" (1945), "The Plunderers" (1948), "The Fighting Kentuckian" (1949), "Trigger, Jr." (1950), "The Vanishing American" (1955), and "Affair in Reno" (1957). Butts retired from show business in 1956, but thrifty Republic used his stock cues for several more features until the studio closed in 1959. At his death he bequeathed his personal archives (including an unpublished autobiography) to UCLA. Bio by: Bobb Edwards

1920:Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; Robert C Butts Head of Household 36 Kentucky; Hattie Butts Wife 31 Kentucky; Robert D Butts Son 9 Kentucky; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHG4-PKP 1930: Loisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky; Robert C Butts Head of Household 46 Kentucky; Hattie Butts Wife 41 Kentucky; Dale Butts Son 20 Kentucky; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMXN-ZMR

1940: Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois; Robert C Butts Head of Household 56 Kentucky; Hattie Butts Wife 51 Kentucky; R Dale Butts Son 30 Kentucky; Frances Butts Daughter-in-law 27 Arkansas; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4M6-JC9

Sources

Dale Butts Find A Grave: Memorial #8423

California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000; Robert Dale Butts; Event Type: Burial; Event Date: 2 February 1990; Event Place: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Residence Place: 10470 Kinnard Ave, Los Angeles; Age: 79; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Screen Composer; Birth Date: 12 March 1910; Birthplace: Kentucky; Death Date: 30 January 1990; Death Place: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California; Funeral Home: X; Cemetery: Hollywood; Father's Name: Robert C. Butts; Father's Birthplace: Kentucky; Mother's Name: Hattie Gray; Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky; Spouse's Name: Elsa Herbst; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGCL-VL2M

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