List of fictional butlers

A list of fictional butlers or related characters:

Butler Work Year introduced Note
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Afanasii Ziukin majordomo of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich in The Coronation by Boris Akunin 2009
Agni servant/butler to Prince Soma in the manga Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) 2007
Akiharu Hino not technically a butler but studies at Hakureiryō Academy, a school for training servants-to-be, in the anime, manga, and light novel, Ladies versus Butlers! 2006
Brian Albumen faithful servant/valet to Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut (Rik Mayall) from the ITV TV series Believe Nothing 2002
Alfred Nikolas Cassadine's butler in the TV series General Hospital 2006
Alfred Mayflowers' murderous butler in Hudson Hawk movie 1991
Alfred Pennyworth Bruce Wayne's butler and father figure in the Batman universe 1943
Alfredo Nanette Manoir's butler in Angela Anaconda 1999
Andrew in the film Overboard 1987
Andrew Martin robotic/android butler in Isaac Asimov's novella The Bicentennial Man and the film based on it 1976
Archer Samuel and Elizabeth Daily's butler in The Woman In Black 1983
Aurthour Guardian and Butler to Equius Zahhak in Homestuck
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Banks Simon Peel's butler in the British sitcom Never the Twain 1981
Barkley in the film The Toy 1982
Barrymore/Barryman Butler to Sir Henry Baskerville in The Hound of the Baskervilles 1901
Bates in Top Hat (1935) 1935
Bautista in Rigoberto Picaporte
Sebastian Beach Lord Emsworth's butler at Blandings Castle, from the works of P. G. Wodehouse 1915
Beeker from the Phule novels by Robert Asprin 1990
Lynn Belvedere from the novel Belvedere, the adapted feature film and its sequels, and the TV series Mr. Belvedere 1947 [1]
Benson DuBois butler to the Tates on Soap and household manager to Governor Gatling on the spinoff series Benson 1977
Thomas Benson Butler and assistant to Wolf Frankenstein 1939
Bernard The Osborns' butler from the Spider-Man movies 2002 [2]
Bertram butler to the Ross family in Jessie 2011
Bill Tremblay butler of the Where's Wabi League
Billy Swan butler of Bloodstone family in Marvel Cinematic Universe 2022
Edmund Blackadder butler to the Prince of Wales in Blackadder the Third 1987
Bob in Bob the Butler 2005
Mr. Boo butler to Uncle Basti in the kensington reptilarium
Bootler butler to Lady Bow from the video game Paper Mario 2000
Brabinger family retainer of the fforbes-Hamiltons from the BBC TV series To the Manor Born 1979
Brace servant to James Delaney of the historic drama series Taboo 2017
Brackett butler to Lord Belborough of the children's television show Chigley 1969
Fritz Brenner Nero Wolfe's servant 1934
Brewster the Cranleighs’ butler in Doctor WhoBlack Orchid 1982
Birmingham Brown butler/chauffeur of Charlie Chan in the 1940s film serial 1944
Brunton butler to the Musgrave family in "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" 1893
Mervyn Bunter valet of Lord Peter Wimsey in several novels and short-stories by Dorothy Leigh Sayers (see also Batman (military)) 1923
Domovoi Butler from the Artemis Fowl novels 2001
Geoffrey Butler in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990
Juliet Butler from the Artemis Fowl novels 2001
The Butler in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, a holographic butler that Jimmy makes, later destroyed when Jimmy's dad removes the power pack, causing an explosion 2003
The Butler butler to No. 2 in The Prisoner 1967
Butler Livers butler from the game Brave Fencer Musashi 1998
Butterscotch Butler Prince Gumball's butler, the gender-swapped version of Peppermint Butler in Adventure Time 2016
Mr. Butlertron from Clone High 2002 [3]
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Charles Carson Butler to the Crawley family in the ITV series Downton Abbey 2010
Cadbury the Riches' butler who attends to the Rich Estate in the Richie Rich comic book series, cartoon TV shows, and 1994 live action movie 1953
Carter Butler to Sir Wilfrid Robarts in "The Witness for the Prosecution" 1925
Cavendish Butler to Sir Hugo Drax in James Bond movie Moonraker 1979
Chadwick Butler to Sir Humphrey Pengallan 1939
Chives British butler to Louis Stevens in Even Stevens, episode 43, "Gutter Queen" 2002
Chives loyal butler to Raef Halleber (formerly Julian Halleber) from the UK TV series ChuckleVision 2008
Coleman from Trading Places 1983
Collins Marcus Scarman's ill-fated butler in Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars 1975
Chunjin undercover Communist valet to Raymond Shaw in The Manchurian Candidate 1959
Claude Faustus butler for Alois Trancy of the Trancy Household in Kuroshitsuji II 2010
Clorica butler to the avatar in Rune Factory 4 2012
Codsworth robotic butler to the Sole Survivor in Fallout 4 2015
Cogsworth Majordomo for the Beast in Beauty and the Beast 1991
Crichton butler to Lord Loam, from J. M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton 1902
Cube from Princess Maker and Petite Princess Yucie 1993
D
Darach butler of later Elite Four member Caitlin in the Pokémon franchise 2008
Mr. Deeds a paranormal butler summoned by ringing a silver hand bell (SCP-662). Is in the custody of the SCP Foundation along with his former employer, Lord Blackwood (SCP-1867). 2009 [4][5]
Desmond from the Rip Kirby comics 1946
Didit butler in the Clue VCR Mystery Game 1985
Dobby house-elf in literary saga of Harry Potter 1998
Drake Oliver Warbucks' butler in Annie
Duckworth Scrooge McDuck's butler/chauffeur on Ducktales (Battista in the Italian comics) 1987
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Edgar butler to retired opera diva Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in The Aristocats 1970
8D8 8D-series smelter droid that was Jabba the Hutt's chief of Cyborg Operations in Return of the Jedi. Became the majordomo of Boba Fett in The Book of Boba Fett 1983
Emilio Lopez butler to Preston Blake in Mr. Deeds 2002
English butler to Kid Notorious in Kid Notorious 2003
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Ferguson butler to Frasier Crane in Frasier episode "Taking Liberties" 2000
Claude Fitzwilliam butler to Victoria Woodworth in Fitzwilly 1967
Fodor butler to the Mortevals in Boris Karloff Mexican film House of Evil 1968
Bib Fortuna Twi'lek majordomo of Jabba the Hutt, debuted in Return of the Jedi 1983
Franz butler to the Von Trapp family in The Sound of Music 1959
Mr. French Uncle Bill's butler in the 1960s US sitcom Family Affair 1966
Frith Butler to the De Winter family in Rebecca 1938
G
Genji Ronoue from Umineko no Naku Koro ni 2007
Geoffrey Butler from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Joseph Marcell also plays the recurring role of Massimo Marone's butler on The Bold and the Beautiful, who used to work for a family in Beverly Hills, a reference to his role on Fresh Prince) 1990
George (billed as Manservant) manservant to Damien Thorn in Omen III: The Final Conflict 1981
George Costanza briefly became Frank Costanza's butler in The Handicap Spot due to payment of a wrecked car 1989
Giles Ava Jerome's British butler at Wyndemere Castle replacing Alfred during her ownership of Wyndemere Castle on General Hospital 2023
Giles from the murder mystery reality-competition series Whodunnit? 2013 [6]
Giovanni Bertuccio butler/steward to The Count of Monte Cristo 1844
Godfrey butler to the Bullock family in My Man Godfrey 1935
Delbert Grady from Stephen King's The Shining 1977
Grovely butler to Montana Max of Tiny Toon Adventures 1990
Gudgeon butler to the Angkatell family in Agatha Christie's The Hollow 1946
H
Hargreaves butler to Harrison Chase in the Doctor Who serial The Seeds of Doom 1976
Hayate Ayasaki from Hayate no Gotoku 2004
Hawkins from The Contest Kid and the Big Prize by Barbara Brooks Wallace 1977
Heathcliff from Big Hero 6 2014
Hein Geese Howard's butler in The King of Fighters XIV 2016
Heinz the Matthews' Chinese butler in Daniel Pinkwater's The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, a false identity used alternately by Wallace and Heinrich Nussbaum, or possibly just a butler who uses the Nussbaums as false identities 1982
Herbert from Justice Squad [7]
Hermann butler to Count Scarlioni/Scaroth in the Doctor Who story "City of Death" 1979
Higgins from the 1951 radio comedy It's Higgins, Sir, recreated as the television show Our Man Higgins in 1962 1951
Jonathan Higgins majordomo in Magnum, P.I. 1980
Hillary butler for Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life 2001
Robert Hiller Dorothy's butler in Two's Company 1975
Hirsh butler to WKRP owner Lillian Carlson 1981
Hobson in Arthur and Arthur 2: On the Rocks 1981
Mr. Homn Lwaxana Troi's manservant in Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987
Hovis from Catscratch 2005
Angus Hudson from Upstairs, Downstairs 1971
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Ianto Jones from Torchwood (while his role could be considered General Support, he considers that the services he provides make him "like a butler") 2006
Ingmar Freakazoid's mute butler 1995
Igor butler to Count Duckula (animated series) 1988
Igor The hunchbacked assistant of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein 1974
Ishizaki Karin Kanzuki's rotund, muscular butler in Street Fighter Alpha 3 1998
J
Jack Butler of businessman Justin Hammer in Iron Man 2 2010
Jacob the unisex butler in all the La Cage Aux Folles films 1978
Jake witch disguised as the Wilhern family's butler in Penelope 2008
Jakob the avatar's butler in Fire Emblem Fates 2015
James butler to Miss Sophie in TV sketch Dinner for One 1963
Jamesir Bensonmum blind butler to Lionel Twain in the movie Murder by Death 1976
James Twelvetrees the pompous footman from You Rang, M'Lord? 1988
Edwin Jarvis from Marvel Comics' Avengers series 1964
Jeepers Bob Hope's butler in Paramount's Never Say Die 1939
Jeeves technically a valet to Bertie Wooster rather than a butler, from the Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse, adapted for UK television as Jeeves and Wooster, and inspiration for the name of the Internet search engine known as Ask Jeeves.com. 1915
Jeeves the Colonel's butler from the adventure game Colonel's Bequest 1989
Jeeves robotic butler (and former warbot) from the Liaden Universe novels 1989
Jodot the count's butler and chief assassin from Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro 1979
Joost Olivier B. Bommel's loyal butler in the comic series Tom Poes 1942
Joseph Butler to Alexander Sebastian in Notorious 1946
Jenkins Robot servant of Webster family in City by Clifford D. Simak 1952
Jenkins Butler of Daphne Blake in the long-running animated TV series Scooby-Doo 1989
Jennings the butler in the 2001 film Gosford Park, directed by Robert Altman 2001
John Doe AKA Shelly de Killer from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Justice for All 2002
K
Cato (or "Kato") Inspector Clouseau's butler and sparring partner from the original Pink Panther franchise; spelled with a "k" in A Shot in the Dark (1964) 1964
Kato Britt Reid's valet in the Green Hornet 1936
Karun Patel personal valet of Eternal actor Kingo in Marvel Cinematic Universe 2021
Klahadore (real name Kuro) butler to Kaya in the manga One Piece 1997
Klein Seiben butler to the Schnee family in RWBY. 2016
Kyrano manservant to Jeff Tracy in Thunderbirds 1965
L
Lane manservant to Algernon Moncrieff in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest 1895
Lawrence Doctor Nefarious' butler in the Ratchet & Clank videogame series 2004
Ling Qisa in Hayate the Combat Butler (TV series) 2011 Based on Hayate Ayasaki
Lucas (or Lucan) a knight who served as King Arthur's butler in Le Morte d'Arthur 1485
Lurch in The Addams Family 1938
M
Magersfontein Lugg in the Albert Campion novels, written by Margery Allingham 1930
Martin from The Parent Trap remake 1998
Max von Mayerling Butler and former husband to Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard 1950
Max (a parody of Max von Mayerling) from Cats Don't Dance 1997
Max from the TV show Hart to Hart 1979
Merriman butler to John Worthing in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest 1895
Merry butler to Kaya in the manga One Piece 1997
Meadows from Chuck Jones' animated short The Aristo-Cat 1943
Meadows butler to the Stanley family from The Pirate Movie 1982
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Nestor Captain Haddock's butler at Marlinspike Hall, in Hergé's comic book series The Adventures of Tintin 1943
Mr. Nettlebed from Rosamunde Pilcher's novel Coming Home 1995
Nick Nack butler to Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun 1974
Niles in The Nanny 1993
Nimrod Neanderthal butler in the Doctor Who tale Ghost Light 1989
Norman Burg Roger Smith's butler in anime television series The Big O 1999
O
Orto K. Gotchi Dudley's butler in Street Fighter III 1997
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Aloysius Parker Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward's butler in Thunderbirds 1965
Passepartout personal valet to Mr. Phileas Fogg in the novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 1873
Paul Moriyama Momoka Nishizawa's butler in Sgt. Frog 1999
Peppermint Butler Princess Bubblegum's butler in Adventure Time 2010
Mr. Pitcher Butler to Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden 1910
Pfister Butler in Haunted Honeymoon 1986
Plimpton Butler to Dr. Wilfred Glendon in Werewolf of London 1935
Poole Butler to Dr. Henry Jekyll in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1886
Pork Butler and valet to Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind 1936
Praiseworthy Jeeves-like butler in the children's novel By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman 1963
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Oeznik Sokovian butler of the Zemo House in Marvel Cinematic Universe 2021
Ramsley from The Haunted Mansion 2003
Raunce succeeds to the position from footman when Eldon the Butler dies, in the novel Loving by Henry Green 1945
Randolph The Cleary's Butler from Wedding Crashers 2005
Raymond Butler and valet to Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane 1941
Reginald The Quartermaine family's former butler in the TV series General Hospital 1992
Riff-Raff Butler and handyman to Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show and the film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1973
Riffael Raffit Butler to Earl Cain 1991
Rihito Shibata Mei Shinonome's Butler from Mei-chan no Shitsuji 2006
Rochester butler to Jack Benny on the Jack Benny Show 1937
Rogers husband of Ethel Rogers and suspect in Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None 1939
Rowen J. Ilbert Butler for the Sharil family in the video game Tales of Xillia 2011
Marmaduke Ruggles in Harry Leon Wilson's Ruggles of Red Gap and its adaptations, "lost" by the English Earl of Burnstead to Egbert Floud in a poker game in Paris and moved to the frontier town of Red Gap, Washington 1914
Ruthven Butler to Melrose Plant in the Richard Jury detective series written by Martha Grimes (pronounced Rivven) 1981
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Sam Butler and best friend to Rick Blaine in Casablanca 1942
Sam Butler to the Amberson family in The Magnificent Ambersons 1918
Samwise Gamgee Gardener, companion, and manservant to Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings 1954
Saturnin Butler/servant in Zdenek Jirotka's eponymous novell and eponymous film 1942
Sandor Butler/servant to Countess Marya Zaleska in Dracula's Daughter 1936
Saunders the butler who replaced Benson DuBois on Soap 1980
Sebastian Lili's butler in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection 2005
Sebastian Michaelis butler to Ciel Phantomhive in the manga Kuroshitsuji 2006
Seecombe Butler to the Ambrose family in My Cousin Rachel 1951
Shakelford from Justice Squad and The Critic
Shinobu Shiori Hongo's Butler from Mei-chan no Shitsuji 2006
Charlie Silversmith butler of Deverill Hall in The Mating Season 1949
Simonides Butler to Judah Ben-Hur 1880
Smethells steward for the player in Titanic: Adventure Out of Time 1996
Smithers Veronica Lodge's butler in the Archie comics 1957
Waylon Smithers assistant to Mr Burns from The Simpsons 1989
Agador Spartacus butler in The Birdcage 1996
Spencer the Hartfords' butler in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive 2007
Septimus Spratt butler to Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the ITV series Downton Abbey 2013
Standish butler to T. Herman Zweibel, editor of The Onion
Stephen Warren butler to the Calvin Candie in Django Unchained 2011
Stevens in Remains of the Day 1989
Alf Stokes Butler to the Meldrum family in You Rang, M'Lord? 1988
Subaru Konoe female butler of Kanade Suzutsuki who is disguised as a male in the Mayo Chiki! anime, manga and light novel 2009
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Tanaka former head butler of the Phantomhive household in the manga Kuroshitsuji. 2006
Thomas Butler to the Lord family in The Philadelphia Story 1939
Thomas Barrow Butler to the Crawley family in the ITV series Downton Abbey 2015
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Valkenhayn R. Hellsing butler to the Alucard family in the BlazBlue videogame series 2008
various members of the Igor family in the Discworld novels 1998
Vishnal butler to the avatar in Rune Factory 4 2012
Volkanon butler to the avatar in Rune Factory 4 2012
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Wadsworth in the movie Clue 1985
Wadsworth robotic butler to the Lone Wanderer in Fallout 3. 2008
Walter C. Dornez from the manga Hellsing (and subsequent anime) by Kouta Hirano 1997
Wallace the Ridgemeres’ butler in the Only Fools and Horses episode "A Touch of Glass" 1982
Wilkins Butler to Mr. and Mrs. Topper in Topper 1926
Willikins Samuel Vimes' butler in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett 1993
Winston the Foxworths’ butler and chauffeur from Oliver & Company 1988
Winston the Griplings’ butler and chauffeur from As Told By Ginger 2000
Winston "Jeeves" Smith butler of Lara Croft in the video game series Tomb Raider 1997
Winter Butler to Sam Flusky in Under Capricorn 1937
Wintergreen Slade's butler in Teen Titans 1980
Woodhouse Sterling Archer's mistreated butler (technically a valet) in the comedy series Archer, who formerly worked for Mallory Archer. 2009
Wong from Marvel Comics' Doctor Strange series 1963
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You There butler to Bender's Uncle Vladimir in Futurama episode "The Honking" 2000
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Zazu not technically a butler, but hered-billed hornbill serves as majordomo to king Mufasa in the film The Lion King 1994
  1. ^ Belvedere
  2. ^ John Paxton
  3. ^ Chris Miller
  4. ^ Rick Revelry (30 May 2009). "SCP-662 - Butler's Hand Bell". SCP Foundation. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. ^ Djoric (26 May 2012). "SCP-1867 - A Gentleman". SCP Foundation. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Giles". ABC. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  7. ^ Justice Squad