Dean Butler: movies and TV shows

Dean Butler has 31 credits in the archive: 16 films and 15 TV series, from 1972 to 2025. Highest rated: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8.1/10).

Career timeline

1972 – 2025 · busiest year: 1983 (3 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2025	Little House Homecoming	Self	Film	—	69
2020	Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page	Self	Film	—	64
2015	Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder	Self - Narrator (voice)	Film	—	59
2015	Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder		Film	—	59
2015	Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder		Film	—	59
2014	Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas	Almanzo James Wilder	Film	8.4	58
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Hank Summers	TV	8.1	41
1995	JAG	Navy Appellate Court Judge #2	TV	7.3	39
1995	The Final Goal		Film	3.8	39
1994	TekWar		TV	5.8	38
1994	Juana la Cubana		Film	6.2	38
1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Sly	TV	7.1	37
1992	Renegade		TV	6.7	36
1990	Shades of L.A.		TV	7.0	34
1989	Private Affairs	Matthew	Film	1.0	33
1986	The New Gidget	Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffin	TV	6.3	30
1985	Desert Hearts	Darrell	Film	7.1	29
1985	Gidget's Summer Reunion	Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffin	Film	6.0	29
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Howard Griffin	TV	7.5	28
1984	Who's the Boss?		TV	7.4	28
1984	Little House: The Last Farewell	Almanzo Wilder	Film	7.1	28
1983	Little House: Look Back to Yesterday	Almanzo Wilder	Film	6.9	27
1983	Little House: Bless All the Dear Children	Almanzo Wilder	Film	5.4	27
1983	The Kid with the 200 I.Q.	Steve Bensfield	Film	5.6	27
1982	Hotel		TV	6.8	26
1981	Here's Boomer		TV	6.2	25
1978	Forever	Michael Wagner	Film	10.0	22
1977	The Love Boat	Stan Barber	TV	6.3	21
1976	Battle of the Network Stars		TV	6.4	20
1974	Little House on the Prairie	Almanzo James Wilder	TV	7.9	18
1972	The Streets of San Francisco		TV	7.0	16