Peter Butterworth

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Peter William Shorrocks Butterworth (born February 4, 1919 in Bramhall near Stockport , † January 16, 1979 in Coventry ) was an English comedian and actor .

life and career

Butterworth was born in Bramhall. During World War II he served in the Royal Navy with the rank of lieutenant . He was captured in the Netherlands in 1940. During the time of his imprisonment he made three attempts to escape. During an escape attempt at the beginning of June 1941, which took place in the "transit camp Luft" ( Dulag Luft ) in Oberursel , Butterworth fled through a tunnel and covered 43 kilometers in three days until he was picked up by a member of the Hitler Youth . After that incident, he kept joking that he never got along with children. All other attempts to escape were always unsuccessful. He was subsequently held prisoner in Stalag Luft III , where he met Talbot Rothwell , who would later participate as a co-author of many of the carry-on films. Together they sang in the entertainment show for the prisoners of war in Stalag Luft III. Both remained good friends after the war and started careers in the entertainment industry.

Peter Butterworth is best known as an actor in 16 films in the comedic Carry-on… film series . He also appeared in the British science fiction series Doctor Who . In the first season of the series Catweazle he had a brief appearance and then took over the recurring role of the castle servant Mr. Groom in the second season. In the crime classic 4:50 p.m. from Paddington , he played a small supporting role as a train conductor together with the leading actress Margaret Rutherford .

Other roles were Higgins in The Atomic Duck (1951), the Kapellmeister in the fairytale musical The Little Thumble (1958) and the Inspector Lord in The Spider Web (1960). Butterworth also played supporting roles in the Disney productions The Prince and the Pauper (1962) and Four Kids Against the Underworld (1963), both times directed by Don Chaffey . He also appeared in Toll It Done the Old Romans (1966) and The Pill Was To Blame For It All (1968). His last movie was The First Great Train Robbery (1979).

He was married to actress Janet Brown . Their son Tyler Butterworth (born December 6, 1958) is also an actor.

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SURNAME Butterworth, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butterworth, Peter William Shorrocks (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Bramhall
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1979
Place of death Coventry