Biography
Charles Botterill (also credited as Charles Parkinson Botterill) was a British percussionist and composer. Born on 22 September 1905 in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, he died in 1986 in Malvern, Worcestershire.
He was a long-standing member of the Mantovani Orchestra. Botterill contributed percussion to the BBC television series Doctor Who (1963), including uncredited work on the 1964 serial Marco Polo and credited percussion music for the 1965 serial The Time Meddler.
He appeared as the xylophonist in the 1953 film The Limping Man.
