Coat Rack

The Coat Rack is a minor character from Disney's 1991 animated feature film, Beauty and the Beast.

Beauty and the Beast
The Coat Rack appears with the rest of the staff when Maurice enters the castle. He gives Maurice a blanket while Mrs. Potts gives him tea to help him warm up, tipping his hat as he does so. Later, he is seen helping the Beast get ready for his date with Belle and gives him a haircut which at first comes out ridiculous, and is asked by Lumière to redo it. During the date, he provides ambient violin music to Belle and Beast as the two dine.

The Coat Rack is later rallied with the rest of the enchanted objects to defend the castle from the lynch mob led by Gaston. He participates in the battle by punching one of the villagers multiple times with his arms. After the spell is broken, the Coat Rack is presumably returned to a human, though he was not seen in his human form.

Beauty and the Beast (2017)
The Coat Rack, under the name Chapeau, appears in the live-action remake with a slightly larger role, played by Thomas Padden. As a human, he was an aid to the Prince and held a significant position in the Prince's court. When Maurice enters the castle, Chapeau is the first of the staff to be alerted by his presence after Maurice hangs his coat on him. He is seen with the rest of the servants throughout the film, including when they try to get Belle to stay after being frightened by the Beast. When the last petal falls, Chapeau succumbs to the curse and becomes an inanimate coat rack with the enchanted objects. However, he is transformed back into a human but finds Fru Fru relieving himself on his shoe shortly after the Enchantress lifts the curse.