List of guest characters in Fawlty Towers

The Abbots
First appearance	The Psychiatrist
Portrayed by	Basil Henson Elspet Gray
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Occupation	psychiatrist paediatrician
Title	Dr

Alan
First appearance	The Wedding Party
Portrayed by	Trevor Adams

André
Portrayed by	André Maranne
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Occupation	Restaurateur

The Arrads
Portrayed by	Norman Bird Stella Tanner
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Occupation	Unknown

Audrey
Portrayed by	Christine Shaw
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Occupation	Unknown

Danny Brown
Portrayed by	Robin Ellis
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Occupation	CID Agent

Mr Carnegie
Portrayed by	John Quarmby
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Occupation	Health inspector

Mrs Chase
Portrayed by	Mavis Pugh
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Occupation	Retired pensioner

The Halls
Portrayed by	Allan Cuthbertson Ann Way
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Occupation	JPs

The Hamiltons
Portrayed by	Bruce Boa Claire Nielson
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Occupation	Unknown

This is a list of notable guest characters from the television series Fawlty Towers written by and starring John Cleese and Connie Booth. The list below is currently incomplete, and includes some characters which are not strictly guests of the hotel, but are nonetheless 'guest' characters. Major characters for the series and cast members are listed in separate articles.

Dr and Dr Abbot (played by Basil Henson and Elspet Gray) feature in the episode The Psychiatrist.

Mr. Abbot is a psychiatrist, and his wife is a paediatrician. Basil does an instant double take when learning of Mr. Abbot's profession, believing that psychiatrists are all obsessed with people's sex lives, a sensitive subject for Basil due to the lack of intimacy in his and Sybil's marriage.

Doctor Abbot becomes a source of gossip when rumours spread around the hotel of his profession, to the extent that Miss Tibbs and Miss Gatsby believe that he has come to take Major Gowen away, due to the Major's clearly unstable mental state.

The doctor is clearly overwhelmed by Basil's mad behaviour – remarking "there's enough material in here for an entire conference" (a play upon a similar quote said in conversation to John Cleese by Humphrey Barclay about Donald Sinclair, on whom the character of Basil was based).

The Abbots become bewildered by Basil's erratic behaviour, especially when he starts sneaking around their room, tapping on the walls, claiming that he has had complaints about them before. In reality, Basil is actually trying to catch out another guest, Mr. Johnson, who has snuck a girl into his room. Eventually it is revealed that the young woman has switched places with Johnson's mother, and Basil famously mimicks a headless chicken. As the Abbots witness this, they incredulously that they are "on holiday."

Alan (played by Trevor Adams) features in "The Wedding Party".

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