Film Portrayal
In the 2004 film, he was portrayed by actor Timothy Spall. In the film, Poe remains overwhelmingly obtuse. He acts excessively patronising to the children, and is generally unhelpful with finding them new guardians and fulfilling his duty to keep them safe. He is also shown to be gullible as he thought Stephano (Olaf in disguise) was a real man and fiend when Olaf made an attempt to regain custody of the orphans. Despite this, he has unique loyalty towards them and when he finds out Olaf's true intentions, he is the first to turn against the felon. He evidenced himself to have a heart of gold at the end of the film when he stopped by the Baudelaire's burned down mansion for the kids to get one final look at it before driving off to find another legal guardian.
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