Parson Maybold Maybold is the new vicar in Mellstock and is set on modernizing the church with a new harmonium. A decent man, he is attracted to Fancy and they share a love of music, travel and education. But he keeps his feelings to himself. "...O, sir, please, here's Tranter Dewy, and old William Dewy, and young Richard Dewy, O, and all the quire too, sir, except the boys, a-come to see you!" said Mr. Maybold's maid-servant to Mr. Maybold, the pupils of her eyes dilating like circles in a pond. "All the choir?" said the astonished vicar (who may be shortly described as a good-looking young man with courageous eyes, timid mouth, and neutral nose), abandoning his writing and looking at his parlour-maid after speaking, like a man who fancied he had seen her face before but couldn't recollect where... Ben Miles, a Wimbledon native, has appeared in the films V for Vendetta, The Wings of the Dove and The Affair of the Necklace. His television roles have included Masterpiece Theatre's The Forsyte Saga, Series I and II (as Montague Dartie) and Prime Suspect 6. He played Patrick ("a complete himbo") in the award-winning BBC hit Coupling.