Winston

### Description

Obese English man with white hair wearing a tuxedo, sometimes a blue apron and black driver's hat

### Occupation

The Foxworths' butler
Driver
Georgette and Oliver's caretaker

### Goal

To take care of Jenny and their residence while her parents are away

### Home

Foxworth Residence, #1125, 5th Avenue, New York

### Pets

Oliver (cat)
Georgette (dog)
Goldfish (unnamed)

### Friends

Jenny, Mr. and Mrs. Foxworth, Georgette, Oliver, Fagin, Tito, Francis, Einstein, and Rita

### Fate

Continues his life as a butler as he watches, with Jenny and Oliver, Fagin and his dogs return home.

### Quote

"Ah. I know you're growing attached to the little fellow, but do try to understand, your parents left me responsible for you."
"Don't forget to make a wish, Jennifer."
"What a delightful scoundrel."

**Winston** is a character in Disney's *Oliver & Company*. He is the Foxworth family's butler in charge of Jenny while her parents are away, their driver, and Oliver and Georgette's caretaker. He was voiced by William Glover.

## Description

Winston is an obese English man with white hair. At first, he wears a tuxedo and driver's black hat. Throughout the movie, he wears a blue apron. His British accent suggests he's an English butler.

He is shown to be loyal, caring, polite, nice, generous, proper, kind, gentle, and understanding.

## Appearance

### *Oliver & Company*

With his employers, Mr. and Mrs. Foxworth having left New York for a business trip around Europe for an unknown period of time, Winston has been left in the charge of taking care of their daughter, Jenny. One day, Winston is first seen driving Jenny home from school in her family's limousine as she reads him some letters she received from her mother, saying that her parents left Paris for a conference in Rome. However, after reading the rest of the letters, Jenny becomes sad and disappointed when she learns that her parents won't make it home in time for her 8th birthday as promised since they are staying a little longer than expected despite Winston's best efforts to comfort her, cheer her up, and make her feel better.

Then, a dog named Einstein deliberately runs headfirst into the car to make it stop while another dog named Francis plays the part of the dog hit as a distraction. Winston tells Jenny to stay inside before going out to investigate the source of the problem while another dog named Tito and a cat later named Oliver inconspicuously sneak inside to steal the car's radio as Einstein comes out of the collision dazed but otherwise okay. Feeling guilty, Winston coaxes Francis to move as a crowd begins to gather around him on the street. When Oliver accidentally slips on the ignition, it causes the car to go haywire; electrocuting and sending Tito "flying" out of the car and Oliver getting caught by one of the wires. Then, Winston is licked good-bye by Francis and returns to check up on Jenny, having found Oliver, before they drive away with Oliver still inside.

Once they return home, with Dodger, the dog-gang's leader, and Tito having followed them all the way, Winston is against Jenny's idea of adopting Oliver whom she has grown attached to since she is his responsibility, they already have a dog named Georgette, and they have to wait for her parents' approval. Then, Winston states that Georgette is not going to like the idea of adopting Oliver either as he makes his way up to her room to wake her up.

Later, Winston is shocked and slightly annoyed to see that Jenny has unintentionally caused a mess in the kitchen while preparing a special meal for Oliver. Before Winston can remind Jenny of her parents' approval, he answers the ringing phone first. Winston informs Jenny that her parents are in fact, the ones on the phone, calling from Rome. On the phone, Winston assures his employers that everything is fine and hunky. Then, when he notices Georgette heading for the kitchen, where Oliver is, he warns her not to go in there, but she ignores him as Jenny comes out to talk to her parents, seeing this as an opportunity to see if she can keep Oliver or not. After having talked to them, Jenny is given permission to keep Oliver; much to her joy but Georgette's apparent dismay.

Later during the day, when Winston doesn't hear Jenny practicing the piano in the next room, he reminds her off-screen. Then, Winston watches over Jenny and Oliver as they spend the rest of most of their fun of the day at Central Park and Jenny later buys Oliver stuff with his name on them while singing "Good Company". At night, after Jenny bids Oliver good night and goes to sleep, Winston turns off the light in her room and closes the door gently as he smiles with joy; revealing how happy he is to see Jenny happy ever since Oliver came into her life.

The next morning, while Jenny is at school, Winston is busy in the kitchen pounding something with a rolling pin, which the dogs, having arrived to "rescue" Oliver, mistake for "torturing" Oliver and reducing him to "dead meat". In the kitchen, as a daily hobby, Winston watches a wrestling match on T.V. and is upset to see that his fighter whom he's betting on is losing until he finds himself having to answer the door when he hears the bell rung by Einstein. When Winston answers it, he finds Francis on the steps of the mansion. Having managed to recognize Francis from the other day after the latter licks him again when approaching to tend to him, Winston resorts to chasing him with his rolling pin across the sidewalk, only to find himself locked outside by the rest of the dogs and eventually, Francis having snuck inside inconspicuously; realizing he had been tricked again through another means of distraction.

When Winston fails to get back inside through the locked entrance door, he successfully makes his way back in through the open kitchen window, only to find to his shock, a mess left out by the dogs. Then, when he hears Georgette desperately barking for him countless times, Winston comes in to check up on her. Einstein and Francis hide under Georgette's bed cover with half of Georgette's body sticking out while Dodger and Rita pose as dog statue replicas and Tito hangs on a coat hanger of the door. Though puzzled, Winston leaves nonetheless. Then, Winston's voice is heard calling for Georgette again off-screen as the latter helps the other dogs "rescue" Oliver and flee through the fire escape in Jenny's room; given her vanity, ego, and recent envy and animosity of Oliver since yesterday when he first came into Jenny's life despite never having shown any sign of love or affection towards her.

Later, at night, Winston is heard speaking on the phone with a loan shark gangster named Sykes as the latter gently demands him to get in touch with Jenny's parents in Rome after having kidnapped their daughter and now, currently holding her for ransom under threat of hurting her if his demands aren't met sooner or later.

The next day, after Jenny has been rescued by Oliver, Georgette, the other dogs, and their owner, Fagin and their enemies: Sykes, Roscoe, and DeSoto have been eliminated, Winston celebrates Jenny's 8th birthday with Oliver and the dogs minus Tito and Georgette as he and Fagin sing "Happy Birthday" to Jenny and then, reminds her to make a wish.

Later, in the kitchen, Winston and Fagin are watching a wrestling match on T.V. as each one bets on a fighter. During the bet, however, Winston receives and answers a call on the telephone while asking Fagin to keep it down. Learning that Jenny's parents are in fact, the ones calling from Rome and that they intend to return the next day, apparently earlier than expected as some sort of late surprise for their daughter, Winston promises to keep the whole thing a secret from Jenny for them until the next day before bidding his employers good-bye, hanging up, and focusing his head on the match with Fagin again. When Winston's fighter wins, Winston asks Fagin to pay him the ten-spot he owes him as agreed on their bet, but the latter uses the time as an excuse to exit and flee back home while snatching an apple on the way since he's obviously broke, to which Winston suspiciously but calmly agrees to. Once the gang has given Jenny birthday presents (garbage actually), to which she is kindly grateful to as reminded by Winston, Winston watches Jenny and Fagin bid each other a touching good-bye.

Outside the mansion, after Fagin starts up his scooter, Winston gets accidentally smudged by its smoke exhaust. After Oliver and the gang bid a fond farewell to each other until the next time they meet, both Winston (wiping some smudge off of his face), Jenny, and Oliver watch as Fagin and his dogs (singing a reprise of "Why Should I Worry") head back home in his scooter.

## Trivia

* When Georgette "helps" Jenny find Oliver when she can't find him, she tries to look for him in a fish bowl with a goldfish inside; suggesting that Oliver and Georgette aren't the only pets Jenny and Winston have living in their home.
* Winston was likely based on Mr. Giles, the Maylies' butler from *Oliver Twist*.