Richard Butler
Popularity:0.9604
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1924-10-30
Place of Birth:Bradford, Yorkshire, England
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Chariot of Fire (1970)
A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.
The Nearly Man (1974)
A middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.
Birth of a Nation (1983)
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to...
The House That Jigger Built (1968)
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.
Scrubbers (1982)
Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.
Scum (1977)
A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders.
The Vanishing Army (1978)
"Why don't you keep that missus o' yours under control? She ain't exactly doin' you a packet o' good, is she? If she was mine I'd bloody put 'er...
The Man with the Power (1976)
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...
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Shoot to Kill (1990)
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...
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
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.
Some Mother's Son (1996)
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...
Who Dares Wins (1982)
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...
One Day at a Time (1977)
An Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
'That Crazy Woman' (1980)
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...
Further and Particular (1988)
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...
The Scales of Justice (1962)
The Scales of Justice is a series of thirteen British cinema featurettes produced from 1962 to 1967 for Anglo-Amalgamated at Merton Park Studios in...
Peak Practice (1993)
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the...
Heartbeat (1992)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Terry and June (1979)
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....
Budgie (1971)
Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and...
Yesterday's Dreams (1987)
Drama with Paul Freeman and Judy Loe
It's Dark Outside (1964)
This spin-off from The Odd Man (1962) starred William Mervyn as the acerbic Inspector Rose, who, alongside the soft-hearted pensive Det. Sgt. Swift...
Sergeant Cork (1963)
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...
Tales Out of School (1983)
Tales Out of School is a British anthology of television plays by David Leland: Birth of a Nation, Flying Into the Wind, R.H.I.N.O.: Really Here in...
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975)
Earnest new recruit PC Penrose has left his hometown and joined the force in the Yorkshire town of Slagcaster. He's young and naive but seasoned...
Holly (1972)
Holly Elliot is a university graduate taking an evening class in art appreciation. Her husband, David, on the other hand, works for a mail-order firm...
Bedtime Stories (1974)
An anthology of six plays, contemporary twists on well-loved tales with dark endings.