Lord Uffenham
George, 6th Viscount Uffenham. Bald and pear-shaped, Lord Uffenham is the owner of Shipley Hall in Kent. An eccentric and absent-minded aristocrat, he usually finds himself impecunious and in need to hire out his Hall.
In Money in the Bank (1942), he converted his fortune into diamonds and hid them at the Hall, then forgot where (due to an unfortunate head injury suffered in an automobile accident), so he had to hire out the Hall to make ends meet. Disguised as a butler named Cakebread to stay at the Hall and seek the gems, his tenants grow uncomfortable with finding him searching their rooms.
In Something Fishy (1957), impoverished again, he hired out the Hall for the summer to an American plotting someone else's marriage. Meanwhile, Lord Uffenham was painting goatees on statues and helping out his niece's lover.
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