Richard Butler

Richard Butler

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.

  • Title: Richard Butler
  • Popularity: 6.601
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1924-10-30
  • Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
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Richard Butler Movies

  • 1983
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    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    7.083 1983 HD

    A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jim Broadbent

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  • 1982
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    Scrubbers

    Scrubbers

    5.1 1982 HD

    Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Amanda York

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  • 1977
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    Scum

    Scum

    7.345 1977 HD

    A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Ray Winstone

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  • 1978
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    The Vanishing Army

    The Vanishing Army

    1 1978 HD

    Career army man Bill Paterson faces discharge in this examination of the harsh treatment of British NCOs.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bill Paterson

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  • 1978
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    The Man with the Power

    The Man with the Power

    1 1978 HD

    Boysie discovers he has 'second sight' but neither his girlfriend Gloria nor his work-mate Brian will accept his 'gift'. He sets out on a spiritual...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Willie Jonah

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  • 1975
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    The Naked Civil Servant

    The Naked Civil Servant

    6.8 1975 HD

    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.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Hurt

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  • 1990
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    Shoot to Kill

    Shoot to Kill

    1 1990 HD

    Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six...

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    Cast: Jack Shepherd

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  • 1994
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    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    6.8 1994 HD

    Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hugh Grant

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  • 1996
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    Some Mother's Son

    Some Mother's Son

    6.6 1996 HD

    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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Helen Mirren

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  • 1982
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    Who Dares Wins

    Who Dares Wins

    5.9 1982 HD

    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...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Lewis Collins

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  • 1977
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    One Day at a Time

    One Day at a Time

    1 1977 HD

    An Alcoholics Anonymous meeting

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Benjamin Whitrow

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  • 1980
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    'That Crazy Woman'

    'That Crazy Woman'

    1 1980 HD

    In 1960, at the age of 56, Dr. Barbara Moore became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Zena Walker

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  • 1988
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    Further and Particular

    Further and Particular

    1 1988 HD

    An old man remembers the troubled relationship he had with his mother, the erotic games, and the phantasms in which she managed to attract him. The...

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    Cast: Richard Butler

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  • 1974
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    The Nearly Man

    The Nearly Man

    1 1974 HD

    A middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tony Britton

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  • 1970
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    Chariot of Fire

    Chariot of Fire

    1 1970 HD

    A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rosemary Leach

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  • 1988
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    The Storyteller: The Three Ravens

    The Storyteller: The Three Ravens

    8 1988 HD

    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...

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: John Hurt

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  • 1968
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    The House That Jigger Built

    The House That Jigger Built

    1 1968 HD

    Jigger has made money from dodgy building deals. Some of his family are grateful for what he has done for them, but some deplore his dishonesty.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Harry H. Corbett

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  • 1974
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    Special Branch

    Special Branch

    4.333 1974 HD

    Special Branch is a British television. A police drama series, the action was centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul Eddington

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  • 1967
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    The Scales of Justice

    The Scales of Justice

    6.7 1967 HD

    Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for Anglo Amalgamated running around 30 minutes and...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Edgar Lustgarten

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  • 2002
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    Peak Practice

    Peak Practice

    5.5 2002 HD

    Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Maggie O'Neill

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  • 2010
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 2010 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Derek Fowlds

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  • 1974
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    Bedtime Stories

    Bedtime Stories

    1 1974 HD

    Modern-day interpretation of fairy tales, with a contemporary, darker twist.

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast:

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  • 1987
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    Terry and June

    Terry and June

    6.182 1987 HD

    Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives....

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Terry Scott

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