List of fictional characters
The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P. G. Wodehouse, by series, in alphabetical order by series name. Due to overlap between the various classifications of Wodehouse's work, some characters appear more than once.
Mr. Mulliner
- Mr. Mulliner, pub raconteur with a large family, including several nephews.
- his nephew Archibald Mulliner, sock collector who can mimic a hen laying an egg.
- another nephew, Augustine, is a timid young curate who went on to marry his vicar's daughter. His rise through the ranks of the Church of England was partially due to his uncle Wilfred's tonic Buck-U-Uppo. According to N. T. P. Murphy, Augustine is similar to the "pale young curate" Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer.[2]
- Anselm, another nephew, also a pale young curate. Victoria McLure notes that both Augustine and Anselm endear themselves to the reader because they are "underdogs among the clerical caste", and they must "fight their prospective fathers-in-law in order to gain enough money and enough respect to marry".[3]
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Other
Introduced in rough order of the book in which they first appear
- Clarence MacAndrew Chugwater, a Boy Scout, hero of The Swoop
- Roland Bleke, hero of the A Man of Means shorts, a young man who finds money brings trouble
- James Willoughby Pitt, the hero of A Gentleman of Leisure (U.S. title: The Intrusion of Jimmy)
- Molly McEachern, the girl Jimmy Pitt falls for.
- John McEachern, Molly's father, a policeman
- Arthur Mifflin, an actor, an old friend of Pitt
- "Spennie", Earl of Dreever, who McEachern hopes Molly will marry
- Lady Julia Blunt, Spennie's imperious aunt
- Sir Thomas Blunt, her wealthy husband
- Spike Mullins, a New York thief who becomes Jimmy Pitt's valet for a time
- Charteris, a keen organiser of amateur theatre
- Hargate, a card-sharp who preys on Lord Dreever
- William Paradene West, known to all as Bill, of Bill the Conqueror fame
- Cooley Paradene, Bill West's uncle, a wealthy businessman and collector of rare books
- Otis Paradene, Cooley's sponging brother
- Jasper Daly, Cooley's sponging brother-in-law
- Evelyn Paradene-Kirby, Cooley's baby-talking, sponging niece
- Horace French, an unpleasant youth adopted by Paradene
- Sherman Bastable, Horace's tutor
- Professor Appleby, Horace's white-bearded mentor
- Joe the Dip, a member of Appleby's gang
- Wilfred Slingsby, Paradene's man in London
- Judson Coker, Bill West's best friend, a devout drinker
- Alice Coker, Judson's doting sister, adored by Bill
- Prudence Stryker, a New York chorus girl, old friend of Judson Coker
- George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury, media mogul, who first appears in Bill the Conqueror and later visits Blandings
- Roderick Pyke, Pyke's droopy son
- Frances Hammond, Pyke's doting sister
- Sinclair Hammond, Frances' husband, an archaeologist
- Felicia "Flick" Sheridan, Hammond's orphaned niece, who adores Bill but is engaged to Roderick
- Percy Frobisher Pilbeam, Roderick's deputy on Society Spice, later editor and detective
- Sam Shotter, a somewhat eccentric American, hero of Sam the Sudden (US title: Sam in the Suburbs)
- Mr John B. Pynsent, American Export-Import millionaire, Sam's uncle
- Clarence "Hash" Todhunter, an old seafaring pal of Sam's, who becomes his cook
- Kay Derrick, a pretty young girl, whose photograph Sam falls in love with
- Mr Matthew Wrenn, Kay's uncle and guardian
- Claire Lippett, their fiery maid
- Willoughby Braddock, a schoolfriend of Sam and an old neighbour of Kay
- Mrs Martha Lippett, Claire's mother, housekeeper to Braddock
- Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a.k.a. J Sheringham Adair, a crook employed by Lord Tilbury
- Thomas "Soapy" Molloy, an old comrade of Twist, a conman
- Dora "Dolly" Gunn, Molloy's girl, a skilled pick-pocket
- The late Edward "Finky" Finglass, a bank robber, once a resident of Valley Fields
- Claude Winnington-Bates, an unpleasant Wrykyn old boy
- Mrs Winnington-Bates, mother of Claude, Kay's demanding employer
- Mr Cornelius, a white-bearded estate agent and historian, a friend of Mr Wrenn
- Ogden Ford, an obnoxious child, a popular target of kidnappers and thus known as The Little Nugget
- Elmer Ford, Ogden's wealthy and commanding father
- Mrs Nesta Ford (later Mrs Ford Pett), his doting mother
- Peter Burns, a well-to-do young man, who tries to kidnap Ogden for Mrs Ford
- Cynthia Drassilis, the ambitious fiancée of Peter Burns
- Mrs Drassilis, Cynthia's even more ambitious mother
- Audrey Sheridan, Ogden's governess, once Peter Burns's first love
- Arnold Abney, the mild and pompous headmaster of Sanstead House
- Mr Glossop, an irascible master at Sanstead
- White, butler at Sanstead, soon found to be undercover
- Mrs Attwell, matron as Santead
- "Smooth" Sam Fisher, an intellectual crook who kidnaps Ogden Ford
- Buck MacGinnis, a gang leader and archrival of Smooth Sam Fisher
- Lord Mountry, a nervous young noble
- Augustus Beckford, a pupil at Sanstead, cousin of Lord Mountry
- Tankerville Gifford, an unpleasant socialite
- Miss Benjafield, barmaid at the Feathers an inn near the school
- Peter Pett, Millionaire and wife to Nesta Ford
- Anne Chester, Mr Pett's niece and beloved of Jimmy Crocker
- Jimmy Crocker, wild socialite on the mend
- Eugenia Crocker (Formerly van Brunt), disapproving stepmother of Jimmy and Nesta Ford's sister.
- Bingley Crocker, his father, enthusiastic baseball fan
- Skinner, Chicago Ed (Various Aliases of Bingley Crocker)
- Jerry Mitchell, Mr Pett's physical instructor
- Willie Partridge, Nesta Ford's nephew and inventor of the explosive Partidgite
- Lord Wisbeach (Actually Jack the Gentleman), thief after the explosive
- Lord Wisbeach (The Real One) Piccadilly Jim's friend
- Mr Sturgis, head of a detective agency
- Miss Trimble, private detective and ardent socialist
- Bud Smithers, owner of a dogs' home thought appropriate for Ogden by several conspirators
- Lord Percy Whipple, the man who fights Piccadilly Jim in a club
- Monty Bodkin, a member of the Drones Club who appears in a number of novels and is one of Lord Emsworth's many secretaries
- Gertrude Butterwick, the girl to whom Monty was engaged.
- John G. Butterwick (J. B. Butterwick in 'Pearls'), Gertrude's father, uncle to Ambrose and Reggie, demands that Monty hold a job for one year
- Ambrose Tennyson, cousin of Gertrude Butterwick, elder brother of Reggie, novelist engaged to Lotus Blossom
- Reggie Tennyson, cousin of Gertrude Butterwick, younger brother of Ambrose, Drones Club member and friend of Monty
- Sandy Miller, Monty's secretary in California, the girl he marries.
- Reggie Pepper, the hapless protagonist of several stories; Bertie Wooster's prototype
- Oofy Prosser, the richest member of Drones Club.
- Myrtle Prosser, Oofy's wife.
- Pillingshot, schoolboy at St. Austin's, pose as a 'master detective'
- J G Miller, Jeff to his friends, is the protagonist in Money in the Bank
- Myrtle Shoesmith is Jeff's fiancé
- Clarissa Cork rents the Hall in Money in the Bank