Reg Deadman

Reginald "Reg" Deadman was a character in the BBC sitcom "Goodnight Sweetheart". He was played by Christopher Ettridge.

Reg was a lovably daft, 1940s police constable whose constant references to his adulterous wife, Minnie, became a running joke throughout the series. A man born in the Edwardian era, Reg pretty much takes 1990s time traveler Gary Sparrow (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst) at his word when he says he is a World War II "secret agent" and Hollywood songwriter. Reg and Gary (the show's main protagonist) eventually become good friends, with Reg never seeming to catch on that there was something genuinely odd about his new pal.

He has 11 middle names, due to his father naming him after an entire football squad who'd just won the F.A. cup before he was born, however at one point in series two, he gives hs name as 'Reg Horatio Deadman', revealing a minor discrepancy.