Dean Butler (actor)
Dean Butler ( born May 20, 1956 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada ) is an American film and television actor and documentary film producer.
Biography
Private life
He grew up in Piedmont, California, Dean Butler studied Communication Sciences at the University Of The Pacific in Stockton, California. He is married to actress Katherine Cannon, known as " Felice Martin" in " Beverly Hills 90210 ". They met when Katherine successfully for a role in the created and produced by Michael Landon TV series "Father Murphy " auditioned.
Currently, the actor lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California.
Career
His acting career began with a small part in the TV series " Streets of San Francisco ". The first major role came in 1976 on the side of Stephanie Zimbalist in the TV movie "Forever ," based on the novel by Judy Blume.
He became famous mainly through the presentation of " Almanzo Wilder " husband of "Laura Ingalls Wilder" (played by Melissa Gilbert ), produced by Michael Landon in the NBC television series "Little House ". In the years after the series he played "Jeff, Moondoggie ' Griffin " in the TV series "The New Gidget " and had a small role in several episodes of the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer " as Buffy's father " Hank Summers ".
In the 80s and 90s, he had numerous guest roles in such series as " Murder, She Wrote ", " Love Boat" and "Who 's the Boss? " " JAG - The Call of Duty ". In the film "The Kid With The 200 IQ" he played alongside the late child star Gary Coleman one of the main roles.
On the big screen Dean was in the critically acclaimed film " Desert Hearts " and later in "The Final Goal" with Erik Estrada ( " CHiPs " ) and Michael John Lapointe, directed by Jon Cassar ( " 24") to. seen
Also on the stage as a musical actor Dean Butler reported successes. Among other things, he worked in Broadway productions of "West Side Story" and Stephen Sondheim 's " Company" and "Into The Woods " with.
Currently he is working more behind the camera and produced with his company "Peak Moore Enterprises Inc. " documentaries, DVD bonus material and large amounts of web posts, for which he was awarded several " Telly Awards " and " Aurora Awards". Dean is also the U.S. West Coast correspondent for " Broadway World", the world's largest web provider for the Performing Arts.
Little House
Dean Butler is still closely associated with the world of "Little House " and " Laura Ingalls Wilder". For example, by appearances and presentations at various events in honor of the cult author who has described in a series of children's books to her eventful life in American pioneer days. He also produced many hours of bonus material for the DVD boxes and the English-language DVD Complete Edition ( Imavision Mega-Pack ) on the TV series "Little House " as well as documentaries about the childhood of Almanzo Wilder ( " Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura " ) and about the life and literary career of Laura ( " Little House on The Prairie: the Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder " ). Future projects are, inter alia, a documentary about the American painter and illustrator Harvey Dunn and a concert special for American Public Television titled " Pa's Fiddle " ( Laura's " Pa " Charles Ingalls ).