Born on this day – P. G. Wodehouse:

P. G. Wodehouse

Writer

October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975

Books:

A Carnival of Modern Humour (1967); A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Century of Humour (1925); A Damsel in Distress (1919); A Distant Cry (2002); A Few Quick Ones (1959); A Gentleman of Leisure / aka The Intrusion of Jimmy (1910); A Life in Letters (2025); A Pelican at Blandings (1969); A Prefect's Uncle (1903); Above Average at Games (2019); According to Jeeves (2024); Aunts Aren't Gentlemen / aka The Cat-Nappers (1974); Bachelors Anonymous (1973); Barmy in Wonderland (1952); Best of 'The Strand Magazine' (2025); Big Money (1931); Bill the Conqueror (1924); Blandings Castle and Elsewhere (1935); Carry on, Jeeves (1925); Classic Wodehouse (2017); Cocktail Time (1958); Company for Henry / aka The Purloined Paperweight (1967); Crime and Crime Again (1990); Detective Duos (1997); Do Butlers Burgle Banks? (1968); Doctor Sally (1932); Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940); English Country House Murders (1988); Fine Weather, Jeeves (2024); Four Plays (1983); French Leave (1956); Frozen Assets / aka Biffen's Millions (1964); Full Moon (1947); Galahad at Blandings / aka The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood (1964); Ghostly (2015); Goodbye to All Cats (1998); Heavy Weather (1933); Highballs for Breakfast (2016); Hot Water (1932); Ice in the Bedroom (1961); If I Were You (1931); Imperial Blandings (1993); Indiscretions of Archie (1921); Introducing Jeeves (2019); Jeeves Again (2025); Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954); Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit (2014); Jeeves in the Offing / aka How Right You Are, Jeeves (1960); Jill the Reckless / aka The Little Warrior (1921); Jolly Festive, Jeeves (2023); Joy in the Morning / aka Jeeves in the Morning (1946); Laughing Gas (1936); Leave it to Psmith (1923); Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best (2001); Lord Emsworth and Others / aka The Crime Wave at Blandings (1937); Louder and Funnier (1932); Love Among the Chickens (1906); Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927); Mike (1909); Mike and Psmith / aka Enter Psmith (1935); Mike at Wrykn (1953); Money for Nothing (1928); Money in the Bank (1946); More Mystery Cats (1993); Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1929); Much Obliged, Jeeves / aka Jeeves and the Tie That Binds (1971); Mulliner Nights (1933); Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo (2017); My Man Jeeves (1919); Mystery in the Mainstream (1986); Not George Washington (1907); Nothing Serious (1950); Open at Your Own Risk (1975); Over Seventy (1957); Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin / aka The Plot that Thickened (1972); Performing Flea (1953); Piccadilly Jim (1918); Pigs Have Wings (1952); Plum Pie (1966); Psmith in the City (1910); Psmith Journalist (1915); Quick Service (1940); Right Ho, Jeeves / aka Brinkley Manor (1934); Ring for Jeeves / aka The Return of Jeeves (1953); Sam the Sudden / aka Sam in the Suberbs (1925); Service with a Smile (1962); Sherlock (2015); Short Stories (1985); Something Fishy (1957); Something Fresh (1915); Spring Fever (1948); Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963); Summer Lightning / aka Fish Preferred (1929); Summer Moonshine (1937); Sunset at Blandings (1977); Tales from the Drones Club (1982); Tales of St. Austin's (1903); Thank You, Jeeves (1934); The Adventures of Sally / aka Mostly Sally (1922); The Amazing Hat Mystery (2017); The Amis Story Anthology (1992); The Best of Wodehouse (2007); The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries (2014); The Camelot Chronicles (1992); The Clicking of Cuthbert / aka Golf Without Tears (1922); The Code of the Woosters (1938); The Collector's Wodehouse: The Complete Set (2016); The Coming of Bill / aka Their Mutual Child (1920); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); The Gem Collector (1909); The Girl in Blue (1970); The Globe by the Way Book (1908); The Gold Bat (1904); The Great Book of Humour (1935); The Head of Kay's (1905); The Heart of a Goof / aka Divots (1926); The Hollywood Omnibus (1985); The Inimitable Jeeves / aka Jeeves (1923); The Little Nugget (1913); The Luck of the Bodkins (1935); The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998); The Man Upstairs (1914); The Man with Two Left Feet (1917); The Mating Season (1949); The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse (2023); The Old Reliable (1951); The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (1998); The Pothunters (1902); The Pothunters and other School Stories (1986); The Prince and Betty (1912); The Small Bachelor (1927); The Smile that Wins (1933); The Sophisticated Cat (1992); The Swoop! (1909); The Week-End Book of Humour (1954); The White Feather (1907); The World of Jeeves (1967); The World of Mr. Mulliner (1972); The World of Psmith (1974); The World of Ukridge (1975); The World of Wodehouse Clergy (1984); Three Men And A Maid / aka The Girl on the Boat (1922); Ukridge / aka He Rather Enjoyed It (1924); Uncle Dynamite (1948); Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939); Uneasy Money (1917); Very Good, Jeeves (1930); Vintage Wodehouse (1977); Week-End Wodehouse (1939); What Ho! (2000); Willam Tell Told Again (1904); Wodehouse Nuggets (1983); Wodehouse on Golf (2007); Wodehouse on Wodehouse (1980); Young Men in Spats (1936).

Movies and television:

A Damsel in Distress (1919 / 1937); A Gentleman of Leisure (1915 / 1923); A váratlan utazás (1978); All Night Long (2010); American Pop (1981); An Evening with Orson Welles: Wodehouse Speeches (1972); Anything Goes (1936 / 1956 / 1962); Au théâtre ce soir (1975); Blagoje (2012); Blandings (2013–2014); Blandings Castle (1967); Blixt och dunder (1938); Blut floss auf Blendings Castle (1967); Boardwalk Empire (2010); Bookmark (1989); Bright Lights, Big City (1988); Brother Alfred (1932); By Jeeves (2001); Chester Forgets Himself (1924); Comedy Playhouse (1967–1974); Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991); Diener und andere Herren (1978); Dizzy Dames (1935); Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019); Encounter (1953); Faulks on Fiction (2011); Fireside Reading of My Man Jeeves (2022); Forduljon Psmithhez (1976); Four Star Playhouse (1955); General Electric Theater (1961); Goeie morgen, Bill (1961); Gomorron Bill! (1945); Good Morning, Bill (1939); Gosford Park (2001); Great Performances (1988 / 1989); Heavy Weather (1995); Her Cardboard Lover (1929 / 1942); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Il buon angelo (1957); In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern (1987); ITV Play of the Week (1957); James to zarídí (1970); Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993); Kraft Television Theatre (1953); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Leave It to Me (1933); Live from Lincoln Center (1990); Lord Emsworth and the Little Friend (1956); Making Up with Mother (1919); Monitor (1958); Musical Comedy Time (1950); Nine O'Clock News (1975); Oh Boy! (1919); Oh Kay! (1928); Oh, Lady, Lady (1920); Ordeal by Golf (1924); P.G. Wodehouse's the Test Case (2014); Parade of Stars (1983); Perspectives (2013); Piccadilly Jim (1919 / 1936 / 2004); Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey (1954); Prosím, vase lordstvo! (1991); Review (1971–1972); Rodney Fails to Qualify (1924); Rule Sixty-Three (1915); Sally (1925 / 1929); She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas (1985); Show Boat (1929 / 1936 / 1951); Startime (1960); Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937); Stick Around (1920); Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves: The Radio Play (2018); Summer Lightning (1933); Thank You, Jeeves! (1936); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Book Programme (1974); The Clicking of Cuthbert (1924); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Comedy Map of Britain (2008); The Creative Person (1966); The Girl on the Boat (1962); The Golden Butterfly (1926); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Long Hole (1924); The Magic Plus Fours (1924); The Man in Possession (1931); The Prince and Betty (1919); The Show Boat Story (1989); The Small Bachelor (1927); The Twentieth Century (1961); The Voice of Firestone (1952); The World of Wooster (1965–1967); Their Mutual Child (1920); This Is Your Life (1962); Those Three French Girls (1930); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); Tóbiás és a többiek (1965); Today (1963 / 1966); Tonight on Broadway (1948); Trésor Party (1960); Ukridge (1968); Uneasy Money (1918); Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978); Wogan on Wodehouse (2011).