Lawson Butt

{{Short description|British actor and film director (1880–1956)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = W. Lawson Butt

| image = Lawson Butt 1915.JPG

| caption = Butt in film journal, 1915

| birth_name = Wilfred Lawson Butt

| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|3|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|1|14|1880|3|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Hampshire, England

| yearsactive =

| occupation = Actor

| relatives = Dame Clara Butt(sister)

}}

W. Lawson Butt (4 March 1880 – 14 January 1956) was a British actor and film director of the silent era.{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/21883 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | BUTT, W. Lawson |access-date=13 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023190805/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/21883 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}(7 August 1915). [https://books.google.com/books?id=JZksAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA982 W. Lawson Butt with Kleine], The Moving Picture World His sister was opera singer Clara Butt.