Peter Guillam [SEP] creator
Peter Guillam
Pierre Guillame, better known by the anglicanized Peter Guillam, is a fictional character in John le Carré's series of espionage novels. He first appears in "Call for the Dead." He is the trusted right-hand-man of George Smiley, the protagonist of many of le Carre's novels, and is often the person Smiley turns to for assistance when he fears he cannot trust his peers or subordinates. 
Character.
Guillam is half-French and half-English, and comes
1979 BBC miniseries of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", Peter Guillam was portrayed by Michael Jayston. In 1982, the BBC adapted "Smiley's People" into a miniseries, in which Michael Byrne played Guillam.
In BBC Radio's 2009/10 adaptation of the novel, Guillam was played by Ewan Bailey.
In the 2011 film version of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", Guillam is played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Guillam is portrayed as homosexual in the film (a departure from the novels), and is forced to