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