List of minor Blackadder characters
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[edit] Angus, Lord
(Valentine Dyall) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")
[edit] Anon
(Mark Arden) A guard at the Royal Palace, along with Soft. ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant", "The Black Seal")
[edit] Applebottom, Thomas
(Howard Lew Lewis) Tully Applebottom's husband. He wasn't terribly happy that Prince Edmund was attempting to marry his wife. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")
[edit] Applebottom, Tully
(Jane Freeman) A peasant with an apparent inability to stop laughing madly, she very nearly committed bigamy with Prince Edmund. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")
[edit] Balladeer, The
(Tony Aitken) A minstrel given to cataloguing Blackadder's many failed adventures. Other than a brief scene in "Bells", the minstrel appeared only in the closing credits to each episode of Blackadder II. (Blackadder II)
[edit] Bellows, Friar
(Paul Brooke) A member of The Black Seal and the clergy, Friar Bellows' godliness was somewhat less than complete given his fondness for fornication and murder. ("The Black Seal")
[edit] Burgundy, Philip of, aka "The Hawk/Thrush"
(Patrick Allen) The deadly childhood rival of Prince Edmund, he was known to his enemies as "The Hawk" (or, when a child, "The Thrush"). Burgundy managed to wrest control of The Black Seal away from Edmund, leading to Edmund's hideously violent but amusing death on a bizarre torture device, the "amusing" part coming from the feathers used to tickle Edmund under "what's left of [his] arms". Burgundy was poisoned by Baldrick and Percy along with the members of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")
[edit] Cain & Abel
(Bert Parnaby & Roy Evans) A pair of peasants with a great admiration for a faceful of manure. ("The Archbishop", "The Witchsmeller Pursuivant", "The Black Seal")
[edit] Celia, Countess of Cheltenham
(Joolia Cappleman) ("Born to be King")
[edit] Chiswick, Lord
| Blackadder character | |
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| Lord Chiswick | |
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| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Lord of Chiswick, Courtier |
| First appearance | The Foretelling |
| Last appearance | The Black Seal |
| Episode count | 6 |
| Played by | Stephen Tate |
Lord Chiswick was a fictional character in the first series of the British sitcom Blackadder. The character was played by Stephen Tate.
Lord Chiswick was a courtier to King Richard IV of England. His most significant function appeared to be keeping the King supplied with fresh horses, although he did occasionally curb his master's fiery temper.
[edit] Cordelia
[edit] Death, Sir Wilfred
(John Hallam) A member of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")
[edit] de Boinod, Sir Justin
(Bill Wallis) An English knight of Norman descent freshly returned from the Crusades, he and his drunken colleague Sir George de Boeuf attempted to murder Edmund Plantagenet, Archbishop of Canterbury after misunderstanding the King. Fortunately for Edmund, they failed to fully replicate the murder of Thomas a Becket and Edmund was merely excommunicated. ("The Archbishop")
[edit] de Boeuf, Sir George
(David Delve) One of the two knights involved in the failed assassination of Prince Edmund during his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury. ("The Archbishop")
[edit] de Glastonbury, Guy
(Patrick Malahide) A member of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")
[edit] Dung Gatherer, Robin the
Baldrick's father.
[edit] Escalosa, Maria, Infanta of Spain
| Blackadder character | |
| Maria Escalosa, Infanta of Spain | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Royal princess |
| First appearance | "The Queen of Spain's Beard" |
| Last appearance | "The Queen of Spain's Beard" |
| Episode count | 1 |
| Played by | Miriam Margolyes |
Infanta of Spain, Maria Escalosa was briefly engaged to Prince Edmund following an arranged marriage by the King for his own political gains. Expecting a ravishing Royal princess, Edmund was rather disappointed to discover he didn't quite accord with his mental picture, being short and fat.
Dismayed, Edmund attempts to weasel out of the wedding every way he can, first by pretending to be "like the Earl of Doncaster" (i.e. gay). The Infanta thinks he is merely dressing up as a Spanish man in order to delight her.
Edmund then coerces Baldrick into "deflowering" the Infanta: she is already not a virgin, and the King asserts it doesn't matter anyway, as only one of them needs to be a virgin.
Finally, Edmund realises he can't get married if he's already married. He attempts to marry the first woman he finds, Tully Applebottom, a local peasant. This plan is derailed by "Father of the Bride" Thomas Applebottom interrupting the wedding by pointing out his being in fact the husband of the bride.
The wedding between Edmund and the Infanta goes ahead, Edmund finally grimly resigned to his fate - but he is saved in the last possible moment on political grounds, and finds himself married to the eight-year-old Princess Leia of Hungary instead.
[edit] Field, Mrs
(Sarah Thomas) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")
[edit] Fife, Lord
[edit] Firkettle, Jane
[edit] Fletcher-Brown, Nurse Mary
Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown, played by Miranda Richardson, appears in the Blackadder Goes Forth episode "General Hospital". Like Amy Hardwood in Blackadder the Third she has a "fluffy bunny act" (her bedside manner), but is really a highly intelligent cynic. Though Prince George was originally disgusted by Amy's stupid act, his descendant Lieutenant George thinks Nurse Mary is "an absolute peach" and appears to be regressing to the nursery under her care.
She had a brief fling with Captain Blackadder, but this time it was he who was leading her on, suspecting her of being a German spy and eventually exposing her (calling her "Nurse Fleischer-Baum"). She was sent to be executed by firing squad, but when Blackadder realises that the real source of information being leaked to the Germans was an unwitting Lieutenant George, he rushes after her, and it is unclear as to whether or not she survives.
[edit] Gerald, Mad
(Rik Mayall) A one-time cellmate of Prince Edmund whilst the latter was waiting to be eaten alive by snails, he had two friends: Mr Rat and, fortunately for Edmund, Mr Key, which Gerald made from his own teeth. Actor Rik Mayall would later return as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder II's "Bells". ("The Black Seal")
[edit] Godfrey, Archbishop of Canterbury
[edit] Goneril
[edit] Graveney, Lord
(Leslie Sands) ("The Archbishop")
[edit] Hardwood, Amy
| Blackadder character | |
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| Amy Hardwood | |
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| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Highwayman |
| First appearance | Amy and Amiability |
| Last appearance | Amy and Amiability |
| Episode count | 1 |
| Played by | Miranda Richardson |
Amy Hardwood is a fictional character in the British sitcom Blackadder. She appeared in the third series episode "Amy and Amiability", and was played by Miranda Richardson.
Amy was chosen by Mr. E. Blackadder to be the bride of his master, the Prince Regent, due to his belief that her father, an industrialist, was extremely rich. However, upon the discovery that Mr. Hardwood wished his daughter to marry the Prince for his money, Blackadder called it off.
Amy appeared to be an extremely soppy and child-like person, somewhat like Queenie without the ruthlessness. Like Queenie she was proud of her nose, believing it to be "so wee I sometimes think the pixies must have given it to me".
It transpired that this was a front, and she was, in fact, the highly ruthless and practical (although squirrel-phobic) highwayman, the Shadow. Blackadder learned this after taking up highway robbery himself, and believed she was attracted to him. However, their plan to rob the Prince of everything he had, then go to Barbados, was modified by Amy, to involve killing Edmund and going to Barbados on her own. With Baldrick's help, Blackadder turned the tables and Amy was hanged, without anyone learning of Blackadder's involvement.
[edit] Herbert, Archbishop of Canterbury
[edit] Irish Bastard, Sean the
(Ron Cook) An Irish member of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")
[edit] Jack, Dopey
[edit] Jumping Jews of Jerusalem, The
An unentertaining act hired by Prince Edmund for the St Leonard's Day celebrations at the Royal court due to his inability to book any proper entertainments. The lead Jew was played by Angus Deayton, most famous for presenting the topical news quiz Have I Got News for You. ("Born to be King")
[edit] Kate's Father
(Edward Jewesbury) The father of "Bob", or rather Kate. As he had grown too old to support himself and his daughter, he was in favour of the idea of Kate becoming a prostitute. Instead, she decided to go to London, disguise herself as a boy, and seek her fortune. ("Bells")
[edit] Large, Jack
(Big Mick) Also known as Unspeakably Violent Jack, the Bull-Buggering Priest-Killer of No Fixed Abode, his fearsome reputation was somewhat undermined by his being somewhat less than five foot tall. Jack was a member of The Black Seal and died after being poisoned by Baldrick and Percy. ("The Black Seal")
[edit] Leech, Dr
(John Grillo) A doctor (or quack, according to Blackadder) who, like all doctors of his age, prescribes a course of leeches for practically every complaint. ("Bells")
[edit] Leia of Hungary, Princess
| Blackadder character | |
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| Princess Leia | |
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| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation(s) | Princess |
| First appearance | The Queen of Spain's Beard |
| Last appearance | Witchsmeller Pursuivant |
| Episode count | 2 |
| Played by | Natasha King |
Princess Leia of Hungary was a fictional character in the first series of the British sitcom Blackadder. The character was played by Natasha King.
In 1492, at the age of eight, she married the show's central character, Prince Edmund. Three years later, she seemed uncomprehending or unconcerned at the prospect of her husband being burned as a witch. Nothing is known of her life after this point.
The name and hairstyle is an obvious reference to the Star Wars character, Princess Leia Organa.
[edit] Lloyd, Reverend
(John Rapley) The priest who (nearly) married Prince Edmund to Tully Applebottom via rather violent persuasion by Baldrick. Fortunately, Tully Applebottom's husband Thomas made a well-timed interruption of the ceremony, accompanied by a large scythe. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")
[edit] McAngus, Dougal
| Blackadder character | |
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| Dougal McAngus | |
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| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation(s) | Duke of Argyll, Supreme Commander of the King's Army |
| First appearance | Born to be King |
| Last appearance | Born to be King |
| Episode count | 1 |
| Played by | Alex Norton |
Dougal McAngus, 4th Duke of Argyll is a fictional character in the first series of the British sitcom Blackadder. The character was played by Alex Norton.
The character appears in the episode "Born to be King". He is Supreme Commander of the King's Army and the Fourth Duke of Argyll. Upon his return from a crusade against the Turks, he is rewarded for his bravery with Prince Edmund's Scottish lands. Enraged, Edmund schemes to have him stabbed on stage during the entertainment.
He changes his mind about the assassination attempt after McAngus shows him documents that McAngus at first suggests show Edmund's brother, Harry, is illegitimate; he claims his father Donald, the 3rd Duke, had a liaison with Queen Gertrude of Flanders nine months before Harry's birth. Unfortunately for Edmund, the documents prove the Queen's adultery took place nine months before Edmund's birth, not Harry's, showing that McAngus knew all along that he was Edmund's possible half-brother and intended to humiliate him. Edmund destroys the evidence and persuades McAngus to inspect a cannon, which then "accidentally" fires.
[edit] Mother Superior
[edit] Ned, Daft
[edit] Pete, Three-Fingered
(Roger Sloman) A member of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")
[edit] Piers, Yeoman
[edit] Prique, Sir Dominic of Stratford
(Martin Clarke) The leader of a "Thespianic troupe" who put on the deathless The Death of the Pharoah during the St Leonard's Day celebrations at the Royal court. ("Born to be King")
[edit] Richard III, King
| Blackadder character | |
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| King Richard III of England | |
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| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | King of England |
| First appearance | The Foretelling |
| Last appearance | The Foretelling |
| Episode count | 1 |
| Played by | Peter Cook |
King Richard III of England is a fictional character in the first series of the British sitcom Blackadder. The character was played by Peter Cook and based on the real Richard III of England.
The series' first episode, "The Foretelling", explains that King Richard III was actually a kind, benevolent ruler who doted on his nephews, and that his popular image as a murderous usurper is based on lies spread by his rival, Henry Tudor. In the episode, Richard wins the Battle of Bosworth Field, but he loses his horse. He is then killed by his great-nephew, Lord Edmund Plantagenet; Richard takes Edmund's horse, which he thinks is a stray; not recognizing the king, Edmund thinks Richard is stealing it, and cuts his head off). The late King's nephew, Richard, Duke of York, Edmund's father, is then crowned as Richard IV.
During the celebration dinner, Richard's ghost returns to haunt Edmund (parodying Banquo in Macbeth).
[edit] Ross, Lord
(Richard Murdoch) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")
[edit] Rum, Captain Redbeard
| Blackadder character | |
| Captain Redbeard Rum | |
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| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Sailor |
| First appearance | "Potato" |
| Last appearance | "Potato" |
| Episode count | 1 |
| Played by | Tom Baker |
A deranged sea-farer who claims to have had his legs "sliced clean off by a falling sail, and swept into the sea before [my] very eyes" and possesses "a beard you could lose a badger in".
Rum is quite possibly the worst mariner in history, given that he doesn't seem to feel a crew is required to sail an Elizabethan galleon and doesn't know the way from Tilbury to France let alone the Cape of Good Hope.
Rum is the sole captain with, according to Sir Walter Raleigh, few enough marbles to aid Blackadder in the his trip around the Cape of Good Hope, and hence captains Blackadder's voyage of discovery - a trip that was intended to be little more than to France and back, but somehow ends up in Australia.
Unlike the average sea-farer, Rum actually seem to prefer drinking his own urine to water. Percy notes that he began swigging his before the water ran out on board.
Rum proposed to Nursie before Blackadder's remarkably successful trip of discovery to Australia, and she accepted. However, due to Rum ending up as a "third-rate sailor, but a first-rate second course" for some hungry natives, Nursie was left only with his beard as a memento - which she wore in remembrance of him.
[edit] Sara, Sister
[edit] Satan
(Salo Gardner) Prince Edmund's only known son, and hence a possible patrilineal ancestor of Prince Edmund's descendants. ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")
[edit] Smedley, Lord
(Nigel Planer) An extremely annoying friend of George and one half of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the other half being his friend Lord Topper. He is killed by a suicide pill given to him by Blackadder when he is disguised as Madame Guillotine in order to rescue him and Baldrick. ("Nob and Nobility")
[edit] Soft
(Stephen Frost) A guard at the Royal Palace, along with Anon. ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant", "The Black Seal")
[edit] Speekingleesh, Don
(Jim Broadbent) The Infanta Maria Escalosa's incredibly annoying interpreter. Don Speekingleesh accompanied the Infanta at all times whilst in the Royal palace - even when she was making love to Baldrick (in the guise of Prince Edmund). Don Speekingleesh was played by Jim Broadbent. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")
[edit] Topper, Lord
(Tim McInnerny) An extremely irritating friend of George he is offered the chance to go and rescue a French aristocrat by Blackadder but he refuses. He then disguises himself as Le Comte de Frou Frou and is 'rescued' by Blackadder and Baldrick. After being captured by an evil revolutionary (Chris Barrie) and escaping, he reveals himself to be Topper and, coincidently, one half of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the other half being his friend, Lord Smedley, who had already been killed by a suicide pill given to him by Blackadder. When he is about to tell George the truth about his 'rescue', he is also killed the same way as Smedley. ("Nob and Nobility")
[edit] Tyler, Mrs
(Louise Gold) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")
[edit] Winchester, the Duke of
(William Russell) ("The Archbishop")
[edit] Wise Woman, The
(Barbara Miller) A "deranged druid" (according to Blackadder) who Baldrick habitually used to cure medical complaints. Out of desperation, Blackadder decided to brave the swampy wilderness of Putney and seek her counsel to cure him of his "homosexuality" when he found himself attracted to "Bob". She recommends Blackadder sleep with "him", as that's what she tends to do with people she's attracted to - although she she has to drug them first, due to her being "so old and warty". ("Bells")
[edit] Witches, The
[edit] Witchsmeller Pursuivant, The
(Frank Finlay) ("The Witchsmeller Pursuivant")
[edit] Young Crone, The
(Sadie Shimmin) A resident of Putney and something of a receptionist for The Wise Woman. ("Bells")
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