He starred in the black comedy Consuming Passions (1988) opposite Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce.
On television he has appeared in Rumpole of the Bailey, Bergerac, Last of the Summer Wine, Casualty (Series 1, Episode 6 "High Noon"),The Bill, The Darling Buds of May, Home to Roost, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and starred as Osborne in the ITV sitcom Fiddlers Three.
He also played Proteus in the BBC Shakespeare adaptation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1983, Angelo in the CITV children's sci-fi comedy series Mike and Angelo for its first two series and Mr Archer in Whizziwig.
Butterworth is married to actress Janet Dibley; the couple have two sons.
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