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Claude Cattermole "Catsmeat" Potter-Pirbright, son of a writer of theater music and a New York actress named Elsie Cattermole; brother of Cora Pirbright. Was at Rev. Upjohn's prep school with Bertie, where the Rev. Aubrey described him as "brilliant but unsound." Now an actor who plays "Freddie" roles in Society comedies (the lighthearted friend of the hero carrying the second love interest). Graduate of Oxford and a Drone, distinguished for his imitations of Beatrice Lillie, and for once having hit the game pie six times with six consecutive rolls from the far window of the Drones' dining room, as recalled in The Code of the Woosters. Cited in Uncle Fred in the Springtime as a snappy dresser, the modern Brummel. Engaged to Gertrude Winkworth in The Mating Season. Leaving for Hollywood in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit; specializes in juvenile roles in Jeeves and the Greasy Bird and Stylish Stouts, using the stage name Claude Cattermole. Recalled in Much Obliged, Jeeves as having told Bertie a disgusting (but otherwise unspecified) anecdote at the Drones.

Source: Daniel H. Garrison. Who's Who in Wodehouse
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