Paul Butler
Biography
Paul Butler (12 March 1942, Pennsylvania – 12 January 2010, Manhattan, New York) was an American character actor. He is best known for creating the role of Detective Walter Clemmons on Crime Story (1986–1988) and for stage work including A Few Good Men and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. His notable film roles include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Insider (1999), and Reign Over Me (2007).
Filmography
Dummy
1979 · 8.8
100 Centre Street
2001 · 8.2
The Wedding
1998 · 8.2
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · 8.1
Third Watch
1999 · 8.0
Crime Story
1986 · 8.0
Crime Story: Pilot
1986 · 8.0
The Insider
1999 · 7.5
The Unit
2006 · 7.4
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · 7.3
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3
Reign Over Me
2007 · 7.2
Vanishing Son III
1994 · 7.2
Vanishing Son II
1994 · 7.2
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · 7.1
Vanishing Son
1994 · 6.8
The Spanish Prisoner
1997 · 6.8
To Sleep with Anger
1990 · 6.8
Silver Bullet
1985 · 6.7
Old Enough
1984 · 6.5
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
1973 · 6.4
State and Main
2000 · 6.3
Homicide
1991 · 6.3
Golden Years
1991 · 6.3
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993 · 6.2
Things Change
1988 · 6.2
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
1993 · 6.2
Vanishing Son
1994 · 6.2
He Said, She Said
1991 · 5.9
The Rookie
1990 · 5.9
Tadpole
2002 · 5.7
Vanishing Son IV
1994 · 5.6
Strictly Business
1991 · 5.4
The Giraffe
1999 · 5.3
Compromising Positions
1985 · 5.3
Color of Justice
1997 · 5.2
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
1991 · 5.2
Off Beat
1986 · 4.7
Confess
2005 · 4.3
Buns
1978 · 4.0
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994 · 0.0