Tyler Butterworth

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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.

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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 a development producer on a NASA series. [7]

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

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1962 Live Now – Pay Later Child at TableFilm (uncredited)
1965 Darling William Prosser-JonesFilm (uncredited)
1967 The Magnificent Two Miguel DiazFilm
1970 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Sebastien JardineEpisode: "Married Alive"
1983 The Two Gentlemen of Verona ProteusTV movie
1986 Casualty MarkEpisode: "High Noon"
Chance in a Million DowlingEpisode: "Naming the Day"
1988 Bergerac 'Cruncher' SmithEpisode: "Burnt"
Boon JohnEpisode: "Have a Nice Day"
Consuming Passions Ian LittletonFilm
1989 Home to Roost TrevorEpisode: "Thought for the Day"
1989 -

1990

Mike and Angelo Angelo21 episodes
1991 Fiddlers Three Osbourne13 episodes
Rumpole of the Bailey Roger FabianEpisode: "Rumpole for the Prosecution"
1992 Birds of a Feather MikeEpisode: "Wipe that Smile Off Your Tape"
The Darling Buds of May Reverend Candy4 episodes
1993 The Gingerbread Girl Eddie7 episodes
1994 Minder RawleEpisode: "Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley"
1995 The Bill SymondsEpisode: "They All Look the Same"
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Freddy SlaterEpisode: "Lost Chords"
1998 The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Ferdinand BradleyEpisode: "Speedy Death"
1999 An Ideal Husband PhippsFilm
2000 Waking the Dead Mr. WhitemoreEpisode: "Pilot (Part 1)"
Whizziwig ArcherEpisode: "Out of the Bag"
2001 Doctors John DuncanEpisode: "Abuse of Power"
Peak Practice Keith ShawEpisode: "Bad Tony"
2002 The Bill Kelly2 episodes
Casualty Mr. EwansEpisode: "Acceptance"
2004 The Bill Defence BarristerEpisode: "Don't Bring Me Down"
Peter Ackroyd's London Merry AndrewEpisode: "The Crowd"
2008 Last of the Summer Wine ChistlehurstEpisode: "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 . UK.
  2. White, Andrew (12 June 2019). "Carry On star Peter Butterworth's son spoke in Darlington". The Northern Echo . UK.
  3. "The Magnificent Two". Comic Brits.
  4. "Consuming Passions". Reel Streets.
  5. "Tyler Butterworth". British Comedy Guide . UK.
  6. "Mike and Angelo". Television Heaven. UK.
  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". UK: The Cinema Museum.
  9. "Janet Dibley: Ready for the next stage". Yorkshire Evening Post . UK. 18 January 2016.