for several councils of war between Gally, Beach and Penelope Donaldson, while his niece Maudie pays a visit to the castle under an assumed name. In the later short "Sticky Wicket at Blandings", his position at the castle is again threatened, when Lady Constance decides he has become rather slow and wheezy in his old age, and considers replacing him with a younger, smarter butler. Her scheme is foiled after Gally persuades Beach to undertake a daring and dangerous night-time rescue of his master from the clutches of Colonel Fanshawe. Portrayals Television Felix Felton played Beach in a televised play based on the short story "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" in 1954. Raymond Rollett portrayed the character in televised plays adapted from "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" and "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" in 1956. In the BBC's 1967 series of Blandings short-story adaptations, broadcast as the first series of The World of Wodehouse, Stanley Holloway played Beach. John Savident portrayed Beach in the 1981 television film Thank You, P. G. Wodehouse. In the 1995 television film Heavy Weather made by the BBC and partners, broadcast in the United States by PBS, Beach was played by Roy Hudd. In the 2013–2014 BBC series Blandings, he was played by Mark Williams in the first series and Tim Vine in the second series. Film In the 1933 film Leave It to Me, Beach was played by Syd Crossley. Beach was portrayed by Miles Malleson in the 1933 film Summer Lightning. Radio In 1939, J. B. Rowe voiced Beach in a radio dramatisation of "The Crime Wave at Blandings". Ralph Truman portrayed Beach in 1940 BBC radio plays adapted from "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" and "Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best". Beach was portrayed by Ellis Dale in the 1981 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Leave It to Psmith. In the 1985–1992 Blandings radio series, Beach was voiced in different episodes by Lockwood West, Timothy Bateson, John Rapley, and Harold Innocent. In 1999, Derwent Watson voiced Beach in a radio adaptation of the novel Full Moon. In Blandings radio adaptations dramatised by Archie Scottney and broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Beach was portrayed by Morgan Sheppard in Something Fresh (2009), Tim Pigott-Smith in Summer Lightning (2010), Kenneth Danziger in Uncle Fred in the Springtime (2012), and Lloyd Owen in Leave it to Psmith (2020). References External links "Blandings Castle" (1967) at the BBC Comedy Guide P. G. Wodehouse characters Fictional butlers Literary characters