Charles Edward Butterworth (July , â€" June , ) was an American actor
specializing in comedic roles, often in musicals. Butterworth's
distinctive voice was the inspiration for the Cap'n Crunch commercials
from the Jay Ward studio: voice actor Daws Butler based Cap'n Crunch
on the voice of Butterworth.Butterworth was the son of a physician in
South Bend, Indiana. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in
with a law degree.After graduating, Butterworth became a newspaper
reporter at the South Bend News-Times and subsequently Chicago.One of
Butterworth's more memorable film roles was in the Irving Berlin
musical This Is the Army () as the bugle-playing Private Eddie Dibble.
He generally was a supporting actor, though he had top billing in We
Went to College (), played the title role in Baby Face Harrington (),
and shared top billing (as the Sultan) with Ann Corio in The Sultan's
Daughter (). In his obituary, he is described as "characterizing the
man who could not make up his mind".
specializing in comedic roles, often in musicals. Butterworth's
distinctive voice was the inspiration for the Cap'n Crunch commercials
from the Jay Ward studio: voice actor Daws Butler based Cap'n Crunch
on the voice of Butterworth.Butterworth was the son of a physician in
South Bend, Indiana. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in
with a law degree.After graduating, Butterworth became a newspaper
reporter at the South Bend News-Times and subsequently Chicago.One of
Butterworth's more memorable film roles was in the Irving Berlin
musical This Is the Army () as the bugle-playing Private Eddie Dibble.
He generally was a supporting actor, though he had top billing in We
Went to College (), played the title role in Baby Face Harrington (),
and shared top billing (as the Sultan) with Ann Corio in The Sultan's
Daughter (). In his obituary, he is described as "characterizing the
man who could not make up his mind".
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