Blake Butler

Actor Oct 22 (died age 56) Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK 1960–1980 (20 year career)

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Biography

John David Blake Butler was an English actor best known for his role as the lecherous chief librarian Mr. Wainwright during the first and third series of Last of the Summer Wine in 1973 and 1976 respectively.

Known For

Film

And Now the Screaming Starts!

5.9 1973

Film

The Saint

Bainter

Film

Mind Your Language

Court Clerk

Film

Paul Temple

Eric

Film

Dad's Army

Mr West

Film

The Good Life

Ronnie Boxall

Film

Last of the Summer Wine

Mr. Wainwright

Film

Survivors

Mr Pollard

Filmography

Acting (33)

Movies (8)

Weekend

1979

as George

And Now the Screaming Starts!

Foreign Exchange

Journey to the Unknown

1969

as Mr. Butler

Two Feet Off the Ground

1969

as Monty

Lock Up Your Daughters

as Faithful

Death Is a Woman

as Lift Operator

Some Lapse of Time

as Anderson

Television (25)

Together

as Mr. Piercefield

Worzel Gummidge

as Boatyard owner

Danger UXB

as ARP Warden

Mind Your Language

as Court Clerk

Raven

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Mr. Thistleton

The Good Life

as Ronnie Boxall

Survivors

as Mr Pollard

Last of the Summer Wine

as Mr. Wainwright

Crown Court

Sykes

Both Ends Meet

as Mr. Smethurst

Elizabeth R

as Sir Thomas Parry

Paul Temple

as Eric

Dad's Army

as Mr West

Ooh La La!

Journey to the Unknown

as Mr Butler

All Gas and Gaiters

as Postman

Not in Front of the Children

1967

as Photographer

6.0

The Wednesday Play

1964

as The Cardinal of Pavia

Martin Chuzzlewit

The Human Jungle

as Man

The Saint

as Bainter

Out of This World

as Parker

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