Tyler Butterworth
Tyler Butterworth | |
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| Born | 6 February 1959 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1962–2008 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
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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
- ^ Roberts, Peter (7 February 2026). "Peter Butterworth: looking back over the comic's career". Northwich Guardian.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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) - ^ "The Magnificent Two". Comic Brits.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Consuming Passions". Reel Streets.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tyler Butterworth". British Comedy Guide.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Mike and Angelo". Television Heaven.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "A Bit of a Carry On | The Arts Society". theartssociety.org. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Peter Butterworth and Janet Brown: An Untold Story, with Tyler Butterworth". The Cinema Musuem.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Janet Dibley: Ready for the next stage". Yorkshire Evening Post. 18 January 2016.
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