# Nobby Clarke — The Good Companions character guide

> Nobby Clarke in The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nobby, Nobby Clarke

**First appearance:** 0033-i-in-which-they-all-become-good-companions

## Who they are

A minor performer and stagehand.

## In the story

### [Mr. Oakroyd on t'Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv-mr-oakroyd-on-t-road)

Nobby is a tall, fat fellow with a loose mouth who brings Jess to Big Annie's inn and shares a meal with him.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i)

A tall, fattish man with a purple cheek and loose mouth; he talks his way into the inn and organizes the stop.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii)

One of the men who brought Jess to the lodging house; he and his companion have already left early, and Jess later realizes they robbed him.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii)

The man who swindled Jess Oakroyd out of twenty pounds.

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