A Carry On star was turned down for a role playing himself in a film based on a prisoner of war escape plot – because he was “too fat”. Peter Butterworth auditioned for the part in 1950 ...

As one of the core actors in the Carry On film franchise, Peter Butterworth was one of UK cinema ... and frantic hotel manager Pepe in Carry On Abroad. But behind the laughter was a deeply ...

An actor famous for playing bumbling comic characters in the legendary Carry-On films hid an extraordinary ... camp breaks during World War 2. Peter Butterworth was best known by TV and cinema ...

Getty Images Peter Butterworth (centre) alongside other Carry On regulars, Jack Douglas and Barbara Windsor A cache of prisoner of war documents recently released from a German archive is now ...

Carry On legendary actor Peter Butterworth has been revealed as a World War Two hero who helped plan the Great Escape from Stalag Luft camp in Poland. According to the National Archives ...

You might not know his name, but you'll probably recognise his face and Carry On aficionados will tell you that Peter Butterworth was one of the lynchpins of the series. He appeared in 16 of ...

At least that is what happened in the short film Playground Express, filmed on the seafront that year starring future Carry On fixture Peter Butterworth. The real Peter Pan’s Playground ...