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Reginald Jeeves is a fictional character created by P. G. Wodehouse. He is the quintessential "gentleman's personal gentleman", or valet, in the employment of Bertie Wooster. As with all of Wodehouse's male domestic servants, Jeeves is always known by his surname. For over fifty years after his first appearance, Wodehouse gave him no other name, but in Much Obliged, Jeeves ( 1971) a minor character addressed him as "Reggie," revealing to the reader and to Bertie that his first name is Reginald.

Jeeves is well-known for his convoluted speech and for quoting from, among other things, the plays of Shakespeare and famous romantic poets. He also has distinct opinions about certain items that Bertie adopts, such as a moustache, handkerchiefs with initials, straw boater, an alpine hat, or purple socks. Should Jeeves express his diapproval for an accessory of Bertie's, it is certain that Bertie will dispose of it some way or another before the end of the story.

Jeeves is a member of the Junior Ganymede Club, a club for butlers and valets, in whose club book all members must write down all the wrongdoings of their employers; the book proves alternately helpful and embarrassing to Bertie.

1 TV actors

Another famous Jeeves was Dennis Price, who played opposite Ian Carmichael in the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere television series, The World of Wooster (1965-7).

2 Trivia

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3 External links

• BBC's World of Wooster ( BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere comedy guide)
• ITV's Jeeves and Wooster ( BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere comedy guide)