Bruce Corcoran

Bruce Corcoran ("Corky")
Corky Corcoran (Greg Charles) and Muriel Singer (Dena Davis), Jeeves and Wooster - Cyril And The Broadway Musical.
First appearance	Introduction on Broadway
Created by	P. G. Wodehouse
Portrayed by	Greg Charles
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	New York portrait painter turned cartoonist
Relatives	uncle Alexander Worple
Nationality	British

Bruce Corcoran , often known as Corky, is a recurring fictional character from the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a New York portrait painter turned cartoonist. In the 1990s television series Jeeves and Wooster he is portrayed by Greg Charles . Bruce Corcoran ("Corky"), a New York portrait painter turned cartoonist, asks Bertie to help him ask his wealthy uncle Alexander Worple to accept his girlfriend Muriel Singer so he can marry her. In order to get Worple's blessings and to attract the affection of Corky's wealthy uncle, Jeeves produces a plan which involves Corky's girlfriend Muriel Singer writing a book, which pleases Worple. At the end Jeeves writes "A Children’s Book of American Birds" in Muriel's place. Things go wrong and the uncle ends up Corky's dream marrying her. Alexander Worple marries Muriel Singer and Corky has only to paint a portrait of their baby. But Worple dislikes Corky's Abstract Expressionist portrait painting of the baby and cuts off Corky's allowance. Aunt Agatha comes with NY Chronicle Art Critic Arthur Prysock, an art critic with whom she wants to start and run her own art gallery. She is enamoured of the Abstract Expressionist portrait painting by Bruce Corcoran ("Corky"), and asks NY Chronicle Art Critic Arthur Prysock to buy it for her art gallery.

References

Primary sources consulted

• Wodehouse, P. G. (1975) [1938]. The Code of the Woosters. New York: Vintage Books. pp. 221–222. ISBN 0-394-72028-8.
• Wodehouse, P. G. (1999) [1954]. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-028120-7.

Secondary sources consulted

• Usborne, Richard (2003) [2002]. Plum Sauce: A P. G. Wodehouse Companion. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. pp. 137–207. ISBN 1-58567-441-9.