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A fixture of Republic Studios from 1943 onward, screenwriter John K. Butler was a specialist in westerns. Butler turned out screenplay after screenplay for such favorites as Roy Rogers and John Wayne. His few non-western projects for Republic included the slick horror film The Vampire's Ghost (1946) and the timely drama GI War Brides (1946). His last screen credit was 20th Century-Fox' Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958). John K. Butler's son Rod has carried on the family business as a writer/producer of religious radio programs.