Dean Butler

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Dean Butler (2014)

Dean Butler (born May 20, 1956 in Prince George , British Columbia , Canada ) is a Canadian-American film and television actor and documentary producer.

Life

Private life

Raised in Piedmont , California , Dean Butler studied communications at the University Of The Pacific in Stockton, California. He is married to the actress Katherine Cannon , known as "Felice Martin" in " Beverly Hills 90210 ". They met when Katherine successfully auditioned for a role on the Michael Landon- created and produced television series Father Murphy .

The actor currently resides in Los Angeles , California with his wife .

Career

His acting career began with a small part in the TV series "Streets of San Francisco". He played the first leading role in 1976 on the side of Stephanie Zimbalist in the television film "Forever", based on the novel by Judy Blume.

He became famous for his portrayal of " Almanzo Wilder ", husband of " Laura Ingalls Wilder " (played by Melissa Gilbert ) in the NBC television series " Our Little Farm " produced by Michael Landon . In the years after the series he played "Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffin" on the TV series "The New Gidget" and had a small role in several episodes of the TV series " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " as Buffy's father "Hank Summers" .

In the 80s and 90s he had numerous guest roles in series such as “ Murder is your hobby ”, “ Who's the boss here? "," Love Boat "and" JAG - On behalf of honor ". In the film "The Kid With The 200 IQ" he played one of the leading roles alongside the late child star Gary Coleman.

Dean Butler was on the big screen in the critically acclaimed film " Desert Hearts " and later in "The Final Goal" with Erik Estrada ("ChiPs") and Michael John Lapointe, directed by Jon Cassar ("24"), to see.

Dean Butler was also successful on stage as a musical performer. Among other things, he worked in Broadway productions of " West Side Story " and Stephen Sondheim's "Company" and "Into The Woods".

At the moment he is working more and more behind the camera and with his company “PeakMooreEnterprises Inc.” produces documentaries, DVD bonus material and large amounts of web contributions, for which he has received several “Telly Awards” and “Aurora Awards”. Dean Butler is also the US West Coast correspondent for Broadway World, the world's largest web provider for the performing arts.

Our little farm

Dean Butler is still closely associated with the world of “ Our Little Farm ” and “Laura Ingalls Wilder”. For example, through appearances and presentations at various events in honor of the cult author, who described her eventful life in the American pioneering days in a series of children's books. He also produced many hours of bonus material for the DVD boxes and the English-language DVD complete edition (Imavision Mega-Pack) of the TV series “Our Little Farm” as well as documentaries about Almanzo Wilder's childhood (“Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura ") And about the life and writing career of Laura (" Little House On The Prairie: The Legacy Of Laura Ingalls Wilder "). Future projects include a. a documentary about the American painter and illustrator Harvey Dunn and a concert special for American Public Television entitled "Pa's Fiddle" (Laura's "Pa" Charles Ingalls).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dean Butler on LinkedIn (accessed March 15, 2011)
  2. ↑ Dean Butler ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ourkleinefarm.info @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unserekleinefarm.info
  3. ^ Dean Butler at broadwayworld.com
  4. ↑ our small farm
  5. ↑ Almanzo Wilder Farm (accessed March 15, 2011)
  6. ↑ "The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder coming soon" (accessed on March 15, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Butler, Dean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-American film and television actor and documentary producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Prince George , British Columbia , Canada