Background
Ray Butt grew up in London as an only child with his mother and father.
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Ray Butt
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He left school at 16 and served national service in the Royal Air Force. He produced Only Fools and Horses until Series 5, directing most episodes himself, when he moved onto new projects. Ray Butt is also remembered for his work on Last of the Summer Wine and Butt directed the 1976 two-part episode from Last of the Summer Wine"s third series consisting of the episodes, "The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper" and "Cheering up Gordon." Butt would also serve as primary producer for between 1975 and 1977.
He frequently collaborated with writer John Sullivan, directing for four different series written by Sullivan.
Butt retired in 1989.
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British