butler
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Hopkins’ voice, still deeply familiar as some of film’s most famous characters, including the serial killer Hannibal Lecter and the English butler, James Stevens, from “Remains of the Day,” now has a weathered rasp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ismael Camenforte Lopez, described in Germany as his manager's "ball butler", is known for feeding balls into training matches, allowing sessions to be played at a high tempo.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Angelo Muscat, who played the butler in “The Prisoner” and was an Oompa Loompa in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” was also in “Magical Mystery Tour.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The broker opens the door, and there’s a butler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
The butler placed a little pool in the living room so he could swim whenever he liked.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
The investor story is not robot butlers or science-fiction spectacle — it is production costs.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
For something like robot butlers, the market is farther off, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
A battalion of chefs, butlers and drivers catering to the smallest of whims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
A new robot shop has opened in Beijing selling everything from mechanical butlers to human-like replicas of Albert Einstein.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
Those 'great' butlers like Mr Marshall who have it, I am sure, acquired it over many years of self-training and the careful absorbing of experience.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
