Alfred

Alfred Pennyworth is Bruce Wayne's trusted butler.

Early Life
Born and raised in England, Alfred Pennyworth followed in his mother's footsteps as a theater actor instead of becoming a butler for the Wayne Family in Gotham City like his father and grandfather. Pennyworth later entered the British Secret Service. His exploits are unrevealed, except for Project Excalibur. England retained one of its hidden missile silos as a last resort defensive measure. The site could only be activated by two verbal commands. One was given to Pennyworth. After quitting the Service, Pennyworth became engaged with younger woman only to find out she cheated on him. When his father passed away, Alfred decided to fulfill his father's obligation and became family butler to Thomas and Martha Wayne, just as their son Bruce was born.

Life as Wayne's butler
When Thomas and Martha were murdered, Pennyworth and a family friend Dr. Leslie Thompkins raised Bruce. Pennyworth did his best to prevent Bruce from falling into the darkness of insanity over his parents' deaths and acted as a surrogate father. He shared in Wayne's desire for justice and willingly went along with Wayne's plan. After Wayne returned to Gotham from his world travels, Pennyworth was relieved to see him fall in love with Andrea Beaumont but circumstances prevented their happy ending. Wayne became Batman. On the first night, even Pennyworth was taken aback. Aside from house work and helping with Wayne's appointments, Pennyworth offers his witty retorts to Batman. Since then he has been aide to Bruce and later Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon and Tim Drake.