Robert Butler

Robert Butler Trailers

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Robert Butler (November 17, 1927 - November 3, 2023), the revered director known for steering the debut episodes of iconic series like Batman, Star Trek, Hill Street Blues, and Moonlighting, passed away on November 3 in Los Angeles at the age of 95. Butler also played a role in co-creating Remington Steele, featuring Pierce Brosnan, and directed its inaugural episode. His legacy extends to directing the premiere of Hogan’s Heroes in 1965, setting the stage and directing pivotal episodes for Glenn Gordon Caron’s Moonlighting, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Sisters, and The Division.

Most Popular Robert Butler Trailers

Total trailers found: 29

Kilroy Trailer (1965)

14 March 1965

Just discharged from the Marine Corps, Oscar Kilroy arrives in the small town of Wilton Junction. Befriending the young Bill Fuller, he gets involved in the affairs of the town and hilarity ensues.

Dark Victory Trailer (1976)

05 February 1976

A TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor.

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes Trailer (1969)

29 December 1969

Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college.

Strange New World Trailer (1975)

13 July 1975

In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.

The Blue Knight Trailer (1973)

11 November 1973

Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.

Turbulence Trailer (1997)

09 January 1997

On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane.

Black Bart Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's original title).

Night of the Juggler Trailer (1980)

06 June 1980

When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.

Up the Creek Trailer (1984)

06 April 1984

Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life. Bob, Irwing, Gonzer and Max are the four losers forced and bribed to represent their university in an intercollegiate raft race.

The Ultimate Thrill Trailer (1974)

01 October 1974

At a Colorado ski resort, a jealous man's paranoia results in murder.

James Dean Trailer (1976)

19 February 1976

Writer William Bast rooms with James Dean in acting school and follows his career to its tragic end in 1955.

Now You See Him, Now You Don't Trailer (1972)

12 July 1972

Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible.

White Mile Trailer (1994)

21 May 1994

An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen Trailer (1978)

17 May 1978

This lighthearted Western was an unsuccessful series pilot in which two sisters -- a gun-toting tomboy and a beauty with an engaging smile -- team up to track down a pair of train robbers, suspects in the shooting of their father.

Underground Aces Trailer (1981)

02 January 1981

The escapades of a crew of zany parking lot attendants.

The Barefoot Executive Trailer (1971)

17 March 1971

In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post - an ambitious mailroom clerk at a second-rate TV network.

Scandalous John Trailer (1971)

22 June 1971

A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.

In the Glitter Palace Trailer (1977)

27 February 1977

The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.

No Right to Kill Trailer (1956)

09 August 1956

This is a special series of lost classic programs from the Golden Age of TV. The series has been restored by SabuCat Productions from the best archival film elements available in high definition, some of the programs have not been seen since they were originally broadcast.

Hot Lead & Cold Feet Trailer (1978)

05 July 1978

Twin brothers -- one rough and tough, the other a city-bred milquetoast -- compete for their father's fortune.

A Question of Guilt Trailer (1978)

21 February 1978

A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.

Guns in the Heather Trailer (1969)

23 July 1969

An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich.

Mayday at 40,000 Feet Trailer (1977)

29 April 1977

The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.

Star Trek: The Cage Trailer (1965)

01 February 1965

Led by Captain Christopher Pike, the crew of the starship Enterprise investigates of a far-off planet which was the site of a shipwreck eighteen years earlier.

Long Time Gone Trailer (1986)

23 May 1986

A "world-class screw-up" private eye finds his world and his attention changed when he is reunited with his estranged 11-year old son.

Out of Time Trailer (1988)

17 July 1988

A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.

Death Takes a Holiday Trailer (1971)

23 October 1971

Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life.

Concrete Beat Trailer (1984)

09 July 1984

A newspaper columnist becomes determined to clear a woman who is blamed for the death of her child in a tragic fire.

Heart of Darkness Trailer (1958)

06 November 1958

A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.