Glenn Butcher

Glenn Butcher
Born	Glenn Donald Butcher (1961-09-16) 16 September 1961 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations	Actor, writer
Years active	1987−present
Known for	Full FrontalSoft FruitYoung EinsteinFisk

Glenn Donald Butcher (born 16 September 1961) is an Australian actor and writer.

Career

The Castanet Club

Butcher first came to prominence as a member of the cult Newcastle-based comedy musical troupe The Castanet Club (1982–1991), in which he played parodic lounge singer Lance Norton. Alongside Butcher, The Castanet Club featured a number of other noted performers who gained prominence in various areas of the Australian media, including Stephen Abbott (aka The Sandman), Mikey Robbins, Angela Moore (aka Shirley Purvis), Penny Biggins, actor-writer-director Warren Coleman and Maynard.

Television

Butcher was a regular cast member of the popular TV sketch comedy series Full Frontal (1993–1997),^[1] as well as hosting Play School and appearing in the films Soft Fruit and Young Einstein.^[2] He starred in the 2005 television movie, Da Kath & Kim Code and the 2012 comedy film, Kath & Kimderella.^[3] In 2020, Butcher was announced as part of the cast for legal comedy Fisk, starring Kitty Flanagan, Butcher would return for the third series of Fisk.^[4][5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Three Corpse Dinner	Dracula	Short film
2013	The 8 Inch Pinch	Wildlife Officer	Short film
2012	Kath & Kimderella	Sergio	Feature film
2009	Street Angel	Doctor Pangea	Short film
2005	Da Kath & Kim Code	Rental Car Agent	TV movie
2003	Fat Pizza	Priest	Feature film
1999	Soft Fruit	Tony	Feature film
1991	The Castanet Club	Lance	Feature film
1989	Future Past	Gospel Singer	TV movie
1988	Young Einstein	Ernest Rutherford	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021–present	Fisk	Viktor	11 episodes
2012	Packed to the Rafters	Roger Wiseman	1 episode
2002–04	Kath & Kim	Maitre'D / Commonwealth Games Committee / Barman	3 episodes
2003	White Collar Blue	Theo's Doctor	1 episode
1998	The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)	Various characters	1 episode
1997–2000	Play School	Host	23 episodes
1993–97	Full Frontal	Various characters	107 episodes
1996	Shaun Micallef's World Around Him	Various	TV special
1991	Fast Forward	Various characters	5 episodes
1990	Tuesday Night Live: The Big Gig	Lance Norton	1 episode
1989	A Country Practice	Lachlan Spencer	1 episode
1988	Swap Shop		TV series

Theatre

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	The Miracle Worker	James Keller	Civic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1979	Under Milk Wood		Civic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1980	Black Comedy	Brindsley	West End Theatre Club, Newcastle
1980	Dracula	Renfield	West End Theatre Club, Newcastle
1981	Treasure Island		Fort Scratchley, Newcastle
1981	Rafferty Rules		Newcastle schools tour
1981; 1982	Red Earth		Newcastle schools tour, Newcastle City Hall, Jesmond Centre, Jesmond with Freewheels Theatre Company
1981	Yule Play it Again		Piccardi Restaurant, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1982	Until Ya Say Ya Love Me		Newcastle schools tour, Wood Street Theatre, Newcastle with Magpie Theatre Company & Freewheels Theatre Company
1982	They Came from the Fun Dimension	Wayne Slazenger	Wood Street Theatre with Freewheels Theatre Company for Newcastle Mattara Festival
1982	Howzatt		Wood Street Theatre, Newcastle
1992	The Rocky Horror Show		Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney
1993	By Jingo, It's Bingo		Playhouse, Newcastle
1995	By Jingo, It's Bingo / Anthony Morgan		Bondi Pavilion, Sydney for Sydney Fringe Festival
1996	The New Rocky Horror Show	Brad Majors	Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Newcastle Civic Theatre with Paul Dainty Productions
1998	Follies		Sydney Opera House for Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
2001	Kid Stakes	Roo	Arts Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Repertory Theatre Inc
2001; 2002	Singin’ in the Rain		Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Festival Theatre, Adelaide
2002; 2003	Barrackers		Comics Lounge, Melbourne, Prince Alfred Hotel, Melbourne for Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2006	Dusty – The Original Pop Diva	Mr O'Brien	State Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Burswood Theatre, Perth, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
2008	The Convict’s Opera	Convicts’ Director / John Gay	Sydney Theatre for STC & Out of Joint Theatre Company
2010	Sung Like a Horse		The Stables, Adelaide with Accidental Productions for Adelaide Fringe Festival
2015	The Goodbye Girl	Mark / various roles	Hayes Theatre Company with Neglected Musicals[6]
2016; 2017	Kinky Boots	Mr Price	Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Capitol Theatre, Sydney

As crew

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990; 1991	The Headbutt	Director	Playhouse, Newcastle, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1992	The Coast Mongrels	Musical Director	Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company

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References

1. Knox, David (21 March 2021). "Kitty's mini-Full Frontal 'reunion' | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
2. "Glenn Butcher". IMDb. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017.
3. "Actor Glenn Butcher". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.
4. Knox, David (18 April 2024). "Filming begins on Fisk S3 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
5. Knox, David (26 October 2020). "Filming begins on Kitty Flanagan comedy | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
6. "The Goodbye Girl – Neglected Musicals". Retrieved 17 January 2025.
7. "AusStage". ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 17 January 2025.

External links

• Glenn Butcher at IMDb