Biography
A serious-looking teenage actor of the 1930s, dark-haired Jimmy Butler earned good roles in such seminal dramas as
Only Yesterday (1933),
Manhattan Melodrama (1934), and
Stella Dallas ([1938] as the grownup Con Morrison).
Military Academy (1940) foreshadowed his eventual tour of duty in World War II. Sadly, he became one of a handful of Hollywood actors killed in action. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide