Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
a.k.a. The Butler
Director: Lee Daniels
Plot Synopsis[]
As Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
Male Deaths[]
- David Banner [Earl Gaines]
- John Cusack [Richard Nixon] (time passage)
- Colman Domingo [Freddie Fallows] (time passage)
- Nelsan Ellis [Martin Luther King Jr.]
- Terrence Howard [Howard]
- Elijah Kelley [Charlie Gaines]
- Alex Manette [H.R. "Bob" Haldeman] (time passage)
- James Marsden [John F. Kennedy/JFK]
- Alex Pettyfer [Thomas Westfall] (time passage)
- Alan Rickman [Ronald Reagan] (time passage)
- Liev Schreiber [Lyndon B. Johnson] (time passage)
- Colin Walker [John Ehrlichman] (time passage)
- Clarence Williams III [Maynard] (time passage)
- Robin Williams [Dwight D. Eisenhower] (time passage)
Female Deaths[]
- Mariah Carey [Hattie Pearl] (time passage)
- Minka Kelly [First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy] (time passage)
- Vanessa Redgrave [Annabeth Westfall] (time passage)
- Oprah Winfrey [Gloria Gaines]
Trivia[]
- Many of the deaths for this film are off-screen and are not even referred to in the dialogue, but simply occurred during the course of the story's long timeline. For the purposes of this listing, those deaths are marked here with the notation "(time passage)." Off-screen deaths that are referenced in the story and do play a part in the plot are simply listed as normal.
Gallery[]
David Banner
Nelsan Ellis before his offscreen death
Alex Manette before his offscreen death
Colin Walker before his offscreen death
Elijah Kelley before his offscreen death
Oprah Winfrey