Editing Valet (section)

===Famous fictional valets===
[[File:Bazin, valet to Aramis.JPG|thumb|Carving of "Bazin", the valet to [[Henri d'Aramitz|Aramis]], of ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'', was a studious person who later became a lay brother. ([[Thomas Nicholls (sculptor)|Thomas Nicholls]] carves him brushing his master's clothes whilst studying [[theology]].)]]
{{See also|List of fictional butlers}}

* Figaro, the Count of Almaviva's valet from [[Beaumarchais]]' play ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1786), as well as the [[Mozart]] and [[Rossini]] operas based on it
* Leporello, valet of [[Don Giovanni]] in the 1787 opera by Mozart
* [[Sam Weller (character)|Sam Weller]], valet to [[Samuel Pickwick]] in ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'' (1836) by [[Charles Dickens]]
* {{Interlanguage link multi|Planchet (fictional character)|fr|3=Planchet|lt=Planchet}}, valet to [[Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan|D'Artagnan]] of ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' (1844)
* Baptistin, in ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1844) by [[Alexandre Dumas]]
* [[Passepartout (character)|Passepartout]], in the 1873 novel ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (novel)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' by [[Jules Verne]]
* [[Smerdyakov]], the valet to Fyodor Pavlovitch in ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' (1879) by [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]
* [[Jeeves]], created in 1915 by [[P. G. Wodehouse]], starred in a series of stories until Wodehouse's death in 1975
* [[Mervyn Bunter]], created in 1923 by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]] in the [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] series
* George (or Georges), created by [[Agatha Christie]] in 1926, in the [[Hercule Poirot]] novels
* Edward Henry Masterman, the victim's valet and a suspect in Agatha Christie's ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' (1934)
* [[Kato (The Green Hornet)|Kato]], fictional sidekick/valet of [[The Green Hornet]], created in 1936
* Pork, Gerald O'Hara's valet in the 1936 novel ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone With the Wind]]''
* Rochester van Jones ([[Eddie Anderson (comedian)|Eddie Anderson]]), the valet of [[Jack Benny]] on Benny's radio and television shows, introduced in 1937
* Sisk, created in [[Harry Segall]]'s 1938 play, ''Heaven Can Wait'', which was adapted into a 1941 film, ''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]'', and other films
* [[Alfred Pennyworth]], valet to Bruce Wayne ([[Batman]]), created by [[Donald Clough Cameron|Don Cameron]] and [[Bob Kane]] in 1943
* The character "Valet" from ''[[No Exit]]'' (1944) by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]]
* Hugo Barrett, in the 1948 [[Robin Maugham]] novella, 1958 play and 1963 [[Joseph Losey]] film ''[[The Servant (1963 film)|The Servant]]''
* Kato, [[Inspector Clouseau]]'s valet and [[martial arts]] partner in the ''[[The Pink Panther (film series)|Pink Panther]]'' movies, introduced in ''[[A Shot in the Dark (1964 film)|A Shot in the Dark]]'' (1964)
* Giles French ([[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]]) in the [[sitcom]] ''[[Family Affair]]'' (1966–1971)
* Hobson (Sir [[John Gielgud]]), from the 1981 comedy film ''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]''
* "Spicer" Lovejoy ([[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]]), millionaire Caledon Hockley's ([[Billy Zane]]) English valet in the 1997 film ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''
* Probert ([[Derek Jacobi]]), in the 2001 film ''[[Gosford Park]]'', directed by [[Robert Altman]]
* John Bates ([[Brendan Coyle]]), in the Julian Fellowes period drama ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' (2010–2015)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-18 |title=Masterpiece {{!}} Downton Abbey {{!}} PBS |website=[[PBS]] |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/characters.html |access-date=2024-06-08 |archive-date=2011-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018210638/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/characters.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>