Peter Butterworth

1919-1979

Biography: life and films

Peter Butterworth was an English actor. He was born in Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, England on 4th February 1919 and died in Coventry, West Midlands, England on 16th January 1979, aged 59.

His best films as an actor include Cecil Musk's Blow Your Own Trumpet (1958), Jay Lewis's comedy A Home of Your Own (1964) and C.M. Pennington-Richards's Danny the Dragon (1967).

Peter Butterworth appeared in 54 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Gerald Thomas (16 films), Val Guest (7), Richard Lester (3), Maurice Elvey (3), Maclean Rogers (2), Jay Lewis (2), Godfrey Grayson (2) and George Pollock (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (37 films), drama (7), comedy-romance (5), history (4), Thriller (4), romance (2), crime-thriller (2), War (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Peter Butterworth over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

Key: a = actor

William Comes to Town (1948) [a]

Murder at the Windmill (1949) [a]

The Adventures of Jane (1949) [a]

Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1950) [a]

Night and the City (1950) [a]

Paul Temple's Triumph (1950) [a]

The Body Said No! (1950) [a]

Circle of Danger (1951) [a]

Mister Drake's Duck (1951) [a]

Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951) [a]

Penny Princess (1952) [a]

Saturday Island (1952) [a]

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) [a]

Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) [a]

The Gay Dog (1954) [a]

Fun at St. Fanny's (1956) [a]

Blow Your Own Trumpet (1958) [a]

Tom Thumb (1958) [a]

Escort for Hire (1960) [a]

The Spider's Web (1960) [a]

Murder She Said (1961) [a]

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) [a]

Fate Takes a Hand (1962) [a]

Kill or Cure (1962) [a]

Live Now - Pay Later (1962) [a]

She'll Have to Go (1962) [a]

The Rescue Squad (1963) [a]

A Home of Your Own (1964) [a]

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) [a]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) [a]

Carry On Screaming (1966) [a]

Carry on Cowboy (1966) [a]

Don't Lose Your Head (1966) [a]

Carry on Doctor (1967) [a]

Danny the Dragon (1967) [a]

Follow That Camel (1967) [a]

Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) [a]

Prudence and the Pill (1968) [a]

Carry on Again Doctor (1969) [a]

Carry on Camping (1969) [a]

Bless This House (1972) [a]

Carry on Abroad (1972) [a]

Carry on Girls (1973) [a]

Not Now Darling (1973) [a]

Carry on Dick (1974) [a]

Carry on Behind (1975) [a]

Carry on England (1976) [a]

Robin and Marian (1976) [a]

The Ritz (1976) [a]

That's Carry On (1977) [a]

To See Such Fun (1977) [a]

What's Up Nurse! (1977) [a]

Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) [a]

The First Great Train Robbery (1979) [a]



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