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
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
He tells me the apartment comes with a butler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
"We arrange everything for them: flowers, candles, photographer, dinner with a private butler," said Melanie Tessier, its guest relations manager.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
With his bow and quiver, he probably looked like a very dangerous butler.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
Folks once eager for the butlers of the future are now wary of potential attackers and job thieves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The investor story is not robot butlers or science-fiction spectacle — it is production costs.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
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
A number of the butlers had worked for many years in the White House, tending to every family that came through.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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