Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant — Billy Budd Character Profile

About Squeak, Mr. Claggart's assistant

Claggart's subordinate tasked with finding ways to put Billy Budd on report and implicate him in a fabricated mutiny plot. He acts as an instrument of Claggart's malice during the initial framing of the protagonist.

Character Facts

Played by

Lee Montague

Appears in

Billy Budd (1962)

Role

Supporting

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