The specific name "superciliosus" is Latin for "supercilious", "haughty" or "eye-browed". He portrayed a bitchy, supercilious director of a repertory company in post-World War II Liverpool. It was for this well-reviewed role he was typecast as the wasp-tongued, supercilious sophisticate. Rhialto is ordinarily agreeable and carefree, but his fellow wizards regard him as somewhat supercilious. He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic or supercilious roles. Laurence and Granby observe privately that the greedy Caesar and supercilious Rankin deserve each other. He had a supercilious style when he chose to be offensive and was very inquisitive. Buemi countered this by accusing Frijns of being supercilious and swore at him. Golightly (Charles Hawtrey) and supercilious university graduate James Bailey (Kenneth Williams).