Peter Butterworth

I have a soft spot for character actors like Peter Butterworth, the kind who never headline but make every scene land. His Carry On work and his turn as the Meddling Monk in Doctor Who show a performer equally at home in broad comedy and science fiction, which is rarer than it sounds. There is something quietly admirable about a craftsman who spent decades on film, children's television, and radio simply making people laugh without chasing the spotlight. Paired with his wife, impressionist Janet Brown, he feels like a fixture of a warmer, gentler era of British comedy that I genuinely miss.

Name (English)

Peter Butterworth

Name (Japanese)

ピーター・バターワース

Reading

ぴーたー・ばたーわーす

Born

February 4, 1915 – January 17, 1979

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

Bramhall, United Kingdom

Occupation

comedian / stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Butterworth
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q925902

Tags

• comedian
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.