The Invisible Man Characters

Millie is Mrs. Hall’s incompetent assistant at the Coach and Horses.

Teddy Henfrey is Iping’s local clock-fixer, who mends the clock inside the inn’s parlor room that Griffin is using as a study room.

Mr. Hall is Mrs. Hall’s husband. He is more superstitious and timid than his wife, and believes that they should kick out Griffin soon after he arrives at the inn.

Fearenside is the local “carrier” in Iping, meaning that he transports goods around town. He brings Griffin’s luggage to the Coach and Horses, and while there Fearenside’s dog bites Griffin. Fearenside falsely believes that Griffin is a “piebald,” a term for animals with patches of different colored skin.

Dr. Cuss is the local doctor in Iping. He is extremely curious about Griffin.

Bunting is the local vicar in Iping. He is a kind, friendly man, who is embarrassed by his lack of knowledge of Ancient Greek, which he is supposed to know as a reverend. His vicarage is robbed by Griffin.

Mrs. Bunting is Bunting’s wife.

Sandy Wadgers is the local blacksmith in Iping.

Bobby Jaffers is the local constable (police officer) in Iping.

Gibbins is an amateur naturalist who lives in Iping.

Mr. Huxter is a local man in Iping. He pursues Marvel when he tries to steal Griffin’s belongings.

The mariner has a conversation about the Invisible Man with Thomas Marvel while Marvel is resting in Port Burdock.

The barman works at the Jolly Cricketers pub in Port Burdock.

The off-duty policeman is drinking at the Jolly Cricketers when a fight breaks out with Griffin. Griffin shoots him, but he survives.

Kemp’s servant, whose name is never given, assists him at his house in Port Burdock.

Colonel Adye is a local colonel and friend of Doctor Kemp’s who lives in Port Burdock and helps to bring down Griffin. He is shot by Griffin, but survives.

The book gives little information about Griffin’s father, other than that Griffin stole money from him that did not actually belong to him. Following this theft, Griffin’s father killed himself.

Griffin’s neighbor is an elderly woman whose cat Griffin steals and makes invisible, torturing it in the process.

Griffin’s landlord is a Jewish man who grows suspicious of Griffin when he conducts the invisibility experiments in his room.

The shopkeeper is a man who works in a shop on Drury Lane that Griffin breaks into shortly after becoming invisible. Griffin beats him and throws his body down the stairs, before leaving the shop.

Lord Burdock is a local aristocrat who only appears in the narrative indirectly through the murder of his steward, Mr. Wicksteed.

Mr. Heelas is Kemp’s next-door neighbor. He is one of the few people who doesn’t believe in the Invisible Man. However, when Kemp comes running to his house claiming he is being chased by the Invisible Man, Mr. Heelas locks the doors, refusing to help.