Tyler Butterworth

Tyler Butterworth
Born (1959-02-06) 6 February 1959 (age 67)
Redhill, Surrey, England
OccupationActor
Years active1962–2008
Spouse
(m. 1998)
Children2
Parents

Tyler Butterworth (born 6 February 1959) is an English actor.

Early life

Butterworth was born on 6 February 1959 in Redhill, Surrey. His father was Peter Butterworth, who starred in many of the Carry On films.[1] His mother was the actress and Margaret Thatcher impersonator Janet Brown.[2] His first roles were as a child in the 1960s in such films as Darling (1965) and the Morecambe & Wise feature film The Magnificent Two (1967).[3]

Career

Butterworth starred in the black comedy Consuming Passions (1988) opposite Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce.[4] On television, Butterworth has appeared in Rumpole of the Bailey, Bergerac, Last of the Summer Wine, Casualty, The Bill, The Darling Buds of May, Home to Roost, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and starred as Osborne in the ITV sitcom Fiddlers Three.[5]

He also played Proteus in the BBC Shakespeare adaptation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1983, Mr Archer in Whizziwig, and Angelo in the CITV children's sci-fi comedy series Mike and Angelo for its first two series.[6]

In 2008, he moved into producing, and was development producer on a NASA series.[7]

Since then, he has concentrated on voice work.[8]

Selected Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1962 Live Now - Pay Later Child at Table Film (uncredited)
1965 Darling William Prosser-Jones Film (uncredited)
1967 The Magnificent Two Miguel Diaz Film
1970 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Sebastien Jardine Episode: "Married Alive"
1983 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Proteus TV movie
1986 Casualty Mark Episode: "High Noon"
Chance in a Million Dowling Episode: "Naming the Day"
1988 Bergerac 'Cruncher' Smith Episode: "Burnt"
Boon John Episode: "Have a Nice Day"
Consuming Passions Ian Littleton Film
1989 Home to Roost Trevor Episode: "Thought for the Day"
1989 -

1990

Mike and Angelo Angelo 21 episodes
1991 Fiddlers Three Osbourne 13 episodes
Rumpole of the Bailey Roger Fabian Episode: "Rumpole for the Prosecution"
1992 Birds of a Feather Mike Episode: "Wipe that Smile Off Your Tape"
The Darling Buds of May Reverend Candy 4 episodes
1993 The Gingerbread Girl Eddie 7 episodes
1994 Minder Rawle Episode: "Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley"
1995 The Bill Symonds Episode: "They All Look the Same"
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Freddy Slater Episode: "Lost Chords"
1998 The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Ferdinand Bradley Episode: "Speedy Death"
1999 An Ideal Husband Phipps Film
2000 Waking the Dead Mr. Whitemore Episode: "Pilot (Part 1)"
Whizziwig Archer Episode: "Out of the Bag"
2001 Doctors John Duncan Episode: "Abuse of Power"
Peak Practice Keith Shaw Episode: "Bad Tony"
2002 The Bill Kelly 2 episodes
Casualty Mr. Ewans Episode: "Acceptance"
2004 The Bill Defence Barrister Episode: "Don't Bring Me Down"
Peter Ackroyd's London Merry Andrew Episode: "The Crowd"
2008 Last of the Summer Wine Chistlehurst Episode: "In Which Romance Isn't Dead - Just Incompetent"

Personal life

Butterworth is married to actress Janet Dibley; the couple have two sons.[9]

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Peter (7 February 2026). "Peter Butterworth: looking back over the comic's career". Northwich Guardian.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ White, Andrew (12 June 2019). "Carry On star Peter Butterworth's son spoke in Darlington". The Northern Echo.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "The Magnificent Two". Comic Brits.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Consuming Passions". Reel Streets.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Tyler Butterworth". British Comedy Guide.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Mike and Angelo". Television Heaven.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "A Bit of a Carry On | The Arts Society". theartssociety.org. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Peter Butterworth and Janet Brown: An Untold Story, with Tyler Butterworth". The Cinema Musuem.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Janet Dibley: Ready for the next stage". Yorkshire Evening Post. 18 January 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)