The Vicar of Wellsworth (T&F)

The Reverend Charles Laxey (sometimes simply known as The Vicar) is the Vicar of Wellsworth. He is also the owner of Trevor the traction engine and lives in the Vicarage at Wellsworth.

Biography
In the third series, the Vicar held a party at the Vicarage when his parish could not pay for a seaside trip for the children. The Vicar asked Edward to carry some posters for the party on his boiler, cab and coaches. He later came to tell Edward about the party's success.

On Laxey's Vicarage, Laxey has a lot of beehives. In the third series episode Buzz, Buzz, the Vicar sent one of his beehives to be carried on the express but a porter dropped it, thus disturbing the bees. The bees eventually settled on James' boiler and only flew off when James passed the Vicarage orchard. The Vicar later came to thank James for rescuing his bees, and nicknamed him "James the Red-Nosed Engine". Laxey also has a Sunday School class at Tidmouth Hault, as shown in the episode Percy's Promise.

Attire
The Vicar wears the typical clothing of an Anglican priest, with a grey shirt with a clerical collar and a Saturno hat (Cappello romano).

Appearances

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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 2 - Saved from Scrap, Thomas and Trevor, Wrong Road and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
 * Series 3 - Percy's Promise, Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party, Buzz, Buzz and Escape
 * Series 4 - Thomas and Stepney, Train Stops Play, Thomas and the Special Letter and Special Attraction
 * Series 5 - Make Someone Happy
 * Series 7 - Harold and the Flying Horse and Best Dressed Engine
 * Series 9 - Percy and the Oil Painting

Music Videos
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 * Series 3 - Thomas' Anthem
 * Series 4 - Don't Judge a Book By its Cover
 * Series 5 - Accidents Will Happen
 * Series 7 - The Red Balloon

Magazine Stories
The Vicar of Wellsworth also appears in the magazine stories, A Colourful Christmas, and A Friend's Party.
 * 1988 - Saved from Scrap, Thomas and Trevor, The Vicar's Fête and Edward and the Vicar
 * 1989 - Trevor's Nest
 * 1993 - The Wedding Engine!, and Who's There!
 * 1994 - Rolling Along!
 * 1995 - Thomas and the Play!
 * 1996 - Play Time!, and The Play Train!
 * 1998 - Look Alike and The Train Game
 * 2001 - False Alarm, and A Song for Caroline
 * 2002 - James and the Bees
 * 2006 - Old and Useful and Whizzing Wheels
 * 2008 - Tripped Up!
 * 2010 - Tripped Up!

Annual Stories
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 * 1987 - Timber!
 * 1988 - Thomas and Trevor
 * 1991 - In the Drink
 * 1992 - Percy and the Vicar's Prizes
 * 1995 - First Prize
 * 1997 - Skarloey Gets a Scare!

Voice Actors

 * Kōhei Miyauchi
 * Ryōichi Tanaka

Trivia

 * According to the magazine story Trevor's Nest, the Vicar is a bird enthusiast.
 * His appearance in the television series changed several times, he had really small eyes in Saved from Scrap, then he had much bigger eyes in Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party, then he had a face mask similar to Jem Cole's in Buzz, Buzz, and finally, in Harold and the Flying Horse, he was balding.
 * The Vicar’s model from Harold and the Flying Horse was reused to portray The Mayor of Sodor in the ninth series episode, Percy and the Oil Painting.
 * His large scale parts have been reused several times:
 * His second series body was reused for a butler and the tailor.
 * His third series head was repainted for the important passenger.
 * His head from the seventh series onwards was reused from the Barber's customer.

Merchandise

 * Departing Now
 * Capsule Plarail

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