Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Butterfield graduated with a BA from Brown University before serving in World War I in France and Germany.

[1] Perhaps his major roles on radio were those of crime-lab expert Lee Jones (as well as many supporting characters) in Dragnet, and The Commissioner in Dangerous Assignment.

His other roles in radio programs included: Rex Kramer on Dan Harding's Wife, Ziehm in Girl Alone, Clarence Wellman in The Halls of Ivy, Weissoul in Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, Preacher Jim in Kitty Keene, Inc., Judge Carter Colby in Lonely Women, Phineas Herringbone in Ma Perkins, Judge Glenn Hunter in One Man's Family, and Judge Colby in Today's Children.

[4] Butterfield's limited activity on television included reprising his roles of Clarence Wellman in The Halls of Ivy[5] and The Commissioner in Dangerous Assignment.

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