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name: "Charles Botterill"
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born: "22 September 1905"
died: "1 January 1986"
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# Charles Botterill

Composer. Born 22 September 1905 in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 1 January 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 22 September 1905, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 January 1986
- **Also known as:** Charles Parkinson Botterill

## 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*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

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