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Paul Butterworth(I)

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Paul Butterworth
Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
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Paul Butterworth grew up in West Yorkshire in a small village called Gildersome, five miles south-west of Leeds. His parents were Frank Butterworth (vicar) and Isabelle Butterworth (drama teacher). He attended Batley Boys Grammar school before the Central School off Speech and Drama (1974-1977) where he graduated from the drama teaching course in 1977. From Central he went straight into children's theatre, community theatre, the Royal Exchange Manchester and then TV. His debut TV role was in 180!!! as Toff (a BBC Play for Today). Following 180!!! he worked extensively in northern TV and film with regular roles for Granada TV, Yorkshire TV, and BBC North. His breakthrough part was Barry in the Full Monty. Paul next features as Richard (friends of the Beth) in Allelujah for Pathe. Allelujah was directed by Richard Eyre, screenplay by Heidi Thomas from a stage play by Alan Bennett, starring Jennifer Saunders, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, David Bradley, Julia McKenzie, Russel Tovey and Bally Gill. A darkly humorous comedy set in the Beth (a small geriatric hospital in Wakefield) it has been completed and is due for release in early 2023 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the NHS.
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Paul Butterworth
Paul Butterworth
Michael Ellacott in Lethal White with Holliday Grainger and Suzanne Burden
Michael Ellacott in Lethal White with Suzanne Burden
Still from THE FULL MONTY as Barry.
Still from THE FULL MONTY as Barry.
Paul Butterworth
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Carl in The Dream Cut
Undertaker in Coronation Street
Michael Ellacott in Strike, Career of Evil
Paul Butterworth

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Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, and Paul Barber in The Full Monty (1997)
The Full Monty
7.2
  • Barry
  • 1997
Frank (2014)
Frank
6.9
  • Jon's Father
  • 2014
Natasha Richardson, Emma Roberts, Juno Temple, Ruby Thomas, Georgia King, and Kimberley Nixon in Wild Child (2008)
Wild Child
6.1
  • Fireman
  • 2008
Joanne Whalley and Clive Wood in A Kind of Loving (1982)
A Kind of Loving
8.8
TV Mini Series
  • Jeff Lewis

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  • Ross Tomlinson in Allelujah (2022)
    Allelujah
  • Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger in C.B. Strike (2017)
    C.B. Strike
  • The Dream Cut (2019)
    The Dream Cut
  • Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
    Coronation Street
    • ...
  • Help Kneaded (2018)
    Help Kneaded
  • Angela Lonsdale, Eva Alexander, and Tom Frederic in Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
  • Paul Butterworth and Joe Johnsey in Hatched (2017)
    Hatched
  • 25 Million Reasons to Smile (2016)
    25 Million Reasons to Smile
  • Finding Hope (2016)
    Finding Hope
  • Frank (2014)
    Frank
  • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
    Holby City
  • Natasha Richardson, Emma Roberts, Juno Temple, Ruby Thomas, Georgia King, and Kimberley Nixon in Wild Child (2008)
    Wild Child
  • Jane Horrocks in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006)
    The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
  • The Only Boy for Me
  • The Line of Beauty (2006)
    The Line of Beauty

Producer

  • Joe Johnsey in The Hole (2017)
    The Hole
  • 25 Million Reasons to Smile (2016)
    25 Million Reasons to Smile

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Paul Butterworth showreel 2021
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Ready When You Are Mr. McGill
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