Richard Butler

Acting

Richard Butler

Born October 30, 1924 · Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Died April 23, 2003 · aged 78

Richard Butler was a Bradford born British actor who appeared mostly on television in a career that stretched back to the live broadcasts of the early 1950s. He is perhaps best known for playing the vicar officiating at Charles and Henrietta's abortive wedding in the 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral. He died on April 23, 2003 in Surrey, England.

Known For

Four Weddings and a FuneralFour Weddings and a Funeral · 1994
Four Weddings and a Funeral
★ 6.81994
MovieComedyDrama
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Who Dares WinsWho Dares Wins · 1982
Who Dares Wins
★ 6.31982
MovieActionThriller
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
Some Mother's SonSome Mother's Son · 1996
Some Mother's Son
★ 6.81996
MovieDramaHistory
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
The Naked Civil ServantThe Naked Civil Servant · 1975
The Naked Civil Servant
★ 6.71975
MovieDramaComedy
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
ScumScum · 1977
Scum
★ 7.21977
MovieTV MovieDrama
Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.
Birth of a NationBirth of a Nation · 1983
Birth of a Nation
★ 7.81983
MovieDramaTV Movie
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
The Storyteller: The Three RavensThe Storyteller: The Three Ravens · 1988
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
1988
MovieFantasyFamily
A witch weds a widowed king. Finding that his children pose a threat to her, she transforms the three boys into ravens. The girl escapes but is told she must remain silent for three years, or the boys will be trapped in raven form forever.
ScrubbersScrubbers · 1982
Scrubbers
★ 5.21982
MovieDrama
Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.

Filmography

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Peak PracticePeak Practice · 1993
Peak Practice
★ 6.51993
SeriesDrama
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.

Sam Wilson

Sergeant CorkSergeant Cork · 1963
Sergeant Cork
★ 7.21963
SeriesDrama
Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

George Morton